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Ralph Collier, a tinner from Baltimore, Maryland, patented the mixer with spinning elements in 1856. Following it, E.P. Griffith’s whisk was patented in England in 1857. J.F. and E.P. Monroe invented another hand-turned rotary egg beater in 1859 in the United States.
Their egg beater patent was one of the first purchased by the Dover Stamping Company, and Dover egg beaters became an iconic American brand.In February 1929, the word “Dover beater” was widely used, as seen by this recipe from the Cedar Rapids Gazette newspaper for “Hur-Mon Bavarian Cream,” a whipped dessert made with gelatin, whipped cream, banana, and gingerale.
The Monroe design was also made in England.[4] In 1870, Turner Williams of Providence, Rhode Island, created another Dover egg beater type. In 1884, Willis Johnson of Cincinnati, Ohio, produced revolutionary egg beater improvements.
Rufus Eastman, an American, is believed to have invented the first mixer with an electric motor in 1885.The Hobart Manufacturing Company was an early manufacturer of big commercial mixers, and they claim that a new model introduced in 1914 had a significant role in their mixer industry.
The Hobart KitchenAid and Sunbeam Mixmaster were two of the first electric mixer brands in the United States, both introduced in 1910.Domestic electric mixers were infrequently used before the 1920s, when they became more popular for domestic use.
Herbert Johnston, an engineer at the Hobart Manufacturing Company, designed the electric standing mixer in 1908. His inspiration came from watching a baker combine bread dough with a metal spoon, and he quickly began experimenting with a mechanical counterpart.
By 1915, his 20-gallon (80-liter) mixer was common equipment in most major bakeries. In 1919, Hobart created the Kitchen Aid Food Preparer (stand mixer) for the home.
