Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
> Squeaks wrote:
>
> > I have never been happy with one aspect of my KA stand mixer: the flat
> > beater doesn't clean the sides or bottom of the bowl. I have to stop it
> > periodically and run a rubber spatula down the sides and bottom to bring
> > in the unincorporated ingredients. It also makes a clanging noise, but I
> > can't figure out what it could possibly be clanging *against* if it's not
> > cleaning the bottom or sides of the bowl. The manual says it's "adjusted
> > at the factory so that the flat beater just clears the bottom of the bowl"
> > and then gives instructions for adjusting the clearance if it's too far
> > away from the bowl, which it appears to be, *but* what's making the
> > clanging sound?
> >
> > I will cheerfully admit that I am the least mechanically ept person I know
> > (my boss is ever alert to my occasional physical assaults on various
> > pieces of recalcitrant office equipment, as my "fix-it" repertoire is
> > limited to giving the offending equipment a good whack). But given the
> > "clanging," dare I use the suggested method of turning the screw slightly
> > to the right? And how "slight" is "slightly"? 1/4 turn? 1/2 turn? I have
> > visions of getting it so utterly out of plumb that I might as well throw
> > it out and start over ;-D
>
> The problem is endemic to KitchenAid mixers. An enterprising manufacturer is
> taking advantage of that problem by selling a beater which *will* clean the
> sides of the bowl:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...l/-/B0015TMHFG
>
> Bob

Yep, there are a few new-fangled 'beaters' with silicone-like baffles
that will fit the stand mixer, subject to the specific model. Check
around because the prices vary significantly.

Sky

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