A friend told me that I could use my kitchen aid to mash potatoes and omg. Life changed!
It was so fast, easy and I ended up with a batch of smooth fluffy mashed potatoes 
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I use a ricer because my mom always told me anything else makes them like glue but idk if that's really true lol.
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Umm, a masher!
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I use a masher. I tried it once in my kitchenaid and it made them a really weird texture, maybe I'll try it again.
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A ricer.
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Kitchen aid ... So much easier!!
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Kitchen aid. So easy and soooo smoooooth!
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I use my kitchenaid hand mixer! Super easy!
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A ricer
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a masher
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My Bosch mixer
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Potato masher. Whipped potatoes taste fine, but I really don't want to pull out my mixer, dirty a special bowl to so it. Faster to use the masher.
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Haha a fork....I'll try my kitchen aid next time!
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I normally use a hand masher- I never thought to use my
Kichen Aid stand mixer, I am going to try that next time!Did you know you can use the stand mixer to shred boiled chicken too? Just leave the head unlocked and put the boiled chunks in. Great for Mexican dishes or chicken salad!
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I always use my Kitchen aid!
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I use a hand masher. I love it, and our potatoes are always fluffy and free of clumps.
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@meredithNYC: I've always wanted to try one of those!
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Usually a masher, mine is plastic and sucks, but it doesn't scratch my non-stick pots & pans. One Thanksgiving a long time ago we had 20 people over and I used my mom's stand mixer. I love lumpy mashed potatoes.
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@Mrs. Sunshine: Haha I just use a fork too!
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@matador84: Another vote for the hand mixer! I love it - so easy!
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A masher. I think that it makes the texture turn out the best.
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Hand mixer here, too!
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@coopsmama: same...love my Bosch mixer!
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A masher! Oh, I need to try the kitchenaid next time.
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Masher
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Usually Kitchenaid stand mixer. I went with the ricer instead this year and the potatoes were definitely smoother, but I don't know that I'm necessarily a convert. As others said, some texture can be a good thing.
[ETA] In case anyone is interested - this tidbit apparently blew a few people's minds when I did it at our Thanksgiving yesterday, so maybe it will be useful here too. You can make the potatoes up to like 4 hours ahead of time if you reserve ~1 cup of the potato-boiling water, and then stir the water back in while reheating the potatoes on the stove immediately before serving. That way you loosen them back up and avoid the gummy mess that potatoes normally become if you let them sit for a few hours. Huge difference.
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I used a blending stick yesterday but it makes them soupy! I'll try the kitchen aid next time.
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A ricer!
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I use a masher. My mom used that old one that looked like a grid, but I HATED washing it, there was always potatoes stuff in the squares.
So when I found the one that is along wavy wire, I fell in LOVE. So much easier to clean. -
A wavy metal masher. Way too much work to pull out my kitchen aid for mashed potatoes!
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Yep, I use the KitchenAid stand mixer. I made a double batch of Paula Deen's mashed red potatoes with a bit of garlic powder thrown in for Thanksgiving. My KitchenAid didn't even flinch with all those potatoes, and they turned out fantastic.
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I use a wavy wire masher, but I don't have a stand mixer. Sometimes I use a stick blender, but normally don't bother.
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A masher or a ricer, the ricer gives better results.
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A masher. I like slightly chunky mashed potatoes much better than whipped.
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I had to look up what a ricer was! That looks like a lot of work. I use a masher.
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I use my Kitchenaid & they turn out perfect!
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@PawPrints: good tip! i made mine and then put them in the crockpot to keep them warm until dinner, freed up the stove and oven
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A ricer. Seriously makes the BEST potatoes
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I use my kitchen aid mixer. Mashing them with a masher is annoying because I can't use it on my calphalon pots, so they have to go in another bowl anyways. If I'm going to dirty a bowl and a utensil, I might as well use the mixer and save myself the manual labor of the actual mashing. Plus it just lives on my counter anyways.
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electric hand mixer
whipped goodness
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