We recently made approximately 1,500 ravioli in about 10 hours using 3 Kitchenaid mixers. We had one seasoned pro and two able newbies. Here's some tips she passed to us and I'll pass to you: 1) small batch, well rested, firm dough is your friend 2) those claw things on the bottom need to be removed! 3) complete a cycle (run the pasta sheet, then make the ravioli) 4) freeze the finished sheet and snap it apart 5) be sure the fillings are well ground. We found spinach "threads" to be an issue, but no problem with ground meat, ground chicken, or any cheese. Long day = full freezers!

I had put this on my wedding registry and when I read the mixed reviews I almost returned it. So I figured I would give it a shot and it worked like a charm. The thing I saw that people were complaining about was leaking ravioli. To all the people that were complaining that it is a manual crank, who cares. It has to be a manual crank or you would have filling all over the place. By having it a manual crank you can make sure that you dont have anything leaking out anywhere. my first run though ( a dry run w/o filling) I noticed that the dough didnt quite match up. So then with my second sheet of dough I i stretched it out slightly and check for sizing and it fit great and I didnt have any leaking ravioli

I wish this was powered by the mixer but, the control achieved by manual operation is an advantage.

With a little practice I found I could crank out a dozen or more at a time much faster than I could by hand and there was no trapped air in the raviol. At a roll out setting of 3 I found the pasta had a very chewy edge, unacceptably so. I am now experimenting with a roll out of 4 or 5. The biggest problem I'm having is the pasta hanging up on the tines on the "thin white guides/levers" on the bottom of the machine. These are obviously meant to deflect the pasta off the rollers once sealing is complete instead my finished ravioli pass between the right roller (facing the free end of the machine) and the guide and scrunch up into a complete mess. I'm going to try dusting the rollers with flour as well as the surface of the pasta contacting them and see if that helps. The pasta consistently sticks to the right roller and does so regardless of how thick or thin the roll out.

I fully agree with the other negative reviews and had same issues. I will add that it also pulled the dough to one side on the roller. It also helped not having the plastic tines on the bottom engaged. You also end up with extra pasta at the top and bottom of the run. And, if you have some filling left in the hopper you need to take that out before putting new sheets in. Making them by hand is way more efficient, less futsy and frustrating.

I am an experienced cook and love my KitchenAid mixer. I have worked in restaurants and made lots of raviolis in my life. All I can say is that I tried... I made 3 different consistencies of dough and although they came out ok, I couldn't get the ends to properly seal. I did just purchase the pasta arm and I am hoping that maybe that will help... Any suggestions?

I purchased mine over 10 years ago and it was a total waste of time and money ! I have only used, or tried to use it 4 or 5 times with the same result..........big mess. I have most of the attachments and they work very well,not this one though. Just trying to save someone from an expensive mistake of buying this.

Was really excited to get this for my birthday as well as the pasta attachment. Unlike the pasta rolling attachment this one is VERY disappointing. It's messy, the pasta crumples up and doesn't feed through nicely and I get pasta with little to no filling. I've tried 4/5 times now changing my technique each time and even watched videos online to see what I'm doing wrong. Nothing seems to work so I just end up doing it by hand. Really sad about this as it costs so much money for something that isn't fit for purpose.

I have tried several times to use this attachment but I'm always disappointed. It just ends up an absolute mess and little to no filling gets into the pasta or my perfect pasta sheets turn into a glob when putting through the machine. I end up using my great pasta sheets that I make with the pasta roller and have to make the ravioli by hand - just laying them on top of each other and cutting them with a biscuit cutter. So much easier and actually works! This attachment is such a waste of money and it's a lot of money to spend for something that doesn't work.

I was so excited to finally own this attachment! This, being my number one attachment on my wish list, i was ecstatic when i actually did get it! I couldn't wait to bust it open and try that baby out! I got all the ingredients (Semolina was harder to find around here so it took a day or two) and made the dough. The dough came out fantastic and rolled perfectly with the pasta roller attachment. When it came time for the ravioli, i made sure to read all the instructions.. twice, to be sure i got it correct. Did as it said with the practice runs to "perfect the technique". I stuffed my raviolis with cheese, wanted to start out easy being the first time. The roller did not seal, not a SINGLE one. I was disappointed and tried a new technique. The second set did the same exact thing the filling was also bursting out of the unsealed pockets. I decided to re-read the instruction manual thinking that it was user error. Made a third set and turned out the same exact way. I mad sure that the pasta sheets were correctly placed on the rollers and made sure that it cover all the ends thinking that that was why my filling was leaking out and that they weren't sealing, that was not the problem. I was very disappointed. As i laid the unsealed, leaking, gooey pasta on the flour dusted wax paper to dry, it just turned into a large mush pile. I expected so much from this attachment and felt let down. I talked to a few friends and coworkers that have this same attachment and they all had the same problem, none of the raviolis sealed and ended up throwing them away. Sad that i wasted the time and ingredients for such a disaster. Hoping that kitchenaid finds the problem and fixes or comes up with a new/better attachment. I love all my kitchenaid products and I've never had any problems with any. I definitely wouldn't recommend this attachment. disappointed, to say the least.