We started the day bright and early as we were on the road by 9:30AM. It was a beautiful crisp day and we started the nearly two hour drive to Columbus. Jennifer had made delicious cinnamon buns and I had eaten one in the car on the way there. When we arrived in Greenville, we stopped at the Maid-Rite Drive In for an early lunch . They are known for two things, their loose meat sandwiches (made of 100% ground beef) that tastes sort of like a hamburger, it was very delicious and their gum wall outside. I took a picture of the gum wall outside. It was gross and strangely fascinating.
After the lunch stop, we went to the KitchenAid Factory to take their 1PM tour. We were a little early so we paid for our tour and went to the store that was downtown and came back (more on the store later). I took pictures of the street sign that says KitchenAid Way leading to the factory.
We couldn't take any pictures in the actual factory, but we could take pictures of the lobby/display area. Here's a picture of the first KitchenAid stand mixer that the guy made in his garage in a couple of days in 1919. The first mixer weighed 65 lbs!
This mixer was made for the firehouses that served in the 9/11 attacks and only 100 were made.
The tour lasted an hour led by our wonderful tour guide, Sharon. We learned a lot about KitchenAid, it's history and the mechanics. There is only one KitchenAid factory in the world and they have a projected goal of 1.78 million stand mixers to manufacture this year. It's a lot of KitchenAid mixers. They have made 65 different colors, with white being the most popular. They also make all the international mixers at the factory in Greenville. Here's a picture of us after the tour and we were so overwhelmed with information!
After the tour, it was back into town to the KitchenAid experience store. It was pretty amazing since they had a lot of KitchenAid products in one place. They also had a little museum downstairs of the history of KitchenAid. I geeked out a little bit because Julia Child's actual mixer was there! I took a picture of it and she even signed it.
Here's a picture of some of the older mixer colors that you don't see anymore.
This one is from the 1950s with the ice cream attachment.
The 1920s one that weighed over 60 lbs.
Here's part of the store with Francesca taking a picture of us.
And here are our purchases! We each bought a mixer, with Jennifer going professional with the bestest and largest mixer there was.
Then the trip takes a little interesting turn because we ended up at a grist mill! More in the next post.
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