I will absolutely be trying that!! Power tools in the kitchen aren't entirely uncommon at our place...
My first Thanksgiving while I was dating James was a real eye opener though-- I was making mashed potatoes, and, being new to his kitchen, asked if he had a hand mixer I could use. He said YES I DO!! He pulled a single beater out of the drawer, then left for the garage. I rifled through the drawers to find the other beater for a few minutes, until he came back in the kitchen with a power drill. He took out the drill bit, stuck the beater in the end of the drill, cranked it tight, and went to work on the mashed potatoes. I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard. Apparently some years back, he'd lost one of the beaters, and rather than find a replacement beater, he threw out the hand mixer and went to the power drill method. Such a redneck McGyver!
His teenage son was honestly astonished the first time I brought out my "proper" two beater hand mixer. "They're supposed to have TWO???"
