As the holiday season approaches, our radars are on high alert for sales on big investment appliances like a KitchenAid stand mixer. And good thing they are — right now, one of our favorite brands is on sale at Amazon for around the same price you'd see on Black Friday.

That's right, you don't have to wait until November to snag a stand mixer for under $300. And since KitchenAid mixers are a forever-popular item and might sell this holiday season (they're already on backorder in many colors) it's a great idea to get ahead of the rush now.

With the Mini Plus Tilt-Head Stand Mixer or the KitchenAid Artisan Mini, you'll get everything you love about the standard Artisan model, just in a smaller size: 10 speeds, three standard attachments and a stainless steel mixing bowl. Plus, the tilt-head design makes it easy to add ingredients and swap out attachments. Overall, it's a great option for home cooks who don't need anything too heavy-duty.

Speaking of attachments, this stand mixer is more than just a mixer. You can also use the plethora of KitchenAid's attachments with it. The best-selling meat grinder, spiralizer, and sifter and scale attachments are all on sale today too.

Amazon users are loving this mixer, too. One five-star reviewer writes that it, "3.5 quarts is perfect for the type of baking [my mom] loves doing -- totally sufficient for a large batch of cookies, a normal size cake, plenty of dough for rolls to serve at a family gathering (she's obviously not running a bakery) and there really is nothing mini about the mixer!"

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