Mixing appliance and method of operating

A mixing appliance, comprising:

• a housing;
• a motor located in the housing and having a rotatable drive shaft;
• and
• a gearbox located in the housing, having an input side and an output side, the gearbox including a rotatable output shaft, the rotatable output shaft axially aligned with and rotatably coupled to the rotatable drive shaft at the input side, wherein the gearbox includes a first gear train having a first output speed ratio and a second gear train having a second output speed ratio;
• a shifter member moveably coupled to an input gear, the shifter member selectively moveable between a first shifter position and a second shifter position;
• wherein, in response to a first movement of the shifter member to the first shifter position, the input gear is moveable in a first direction to be disengaged from a second gear, and a first gear is moveable in the first direction to be disengaged from a third gear, to define the first gear train of the gearbox;
• and
• wherein in response to a second movement of the shifter member to the second shifter position, the input gear is moveable in a second direction to be in rotatable engagement with the second gear, and the first gear is moveable in the second direction to be in rotatable engagement with the third gear to define the second gear train of the gearbox.