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(More customer reviews)Anyone who uses their KA stand mixer frequently is quite familiar with having to stop mixing to scrape the bowl down two or more times. This beater blade puts an end to that! I used it for the first time to make a sweet potato pound cake that used 3 cups of flour. Normally, I would scrape the bowl down after each addition of flour, this time, I scraped it down once with the last addition of flour to get the flour that had accumulated at the top of bowl beyond the reach of the beater. The sides of the bowl were fine. The blade also works really well with cookie dough. I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and was impressed with how well the blade handled the dough and kept the sides of the bowl scraped.
The beater has a silicon blade that is designed to act just like a wiper blade that continuously scrapes the sides and bottom of the bowl so the batter doesn't stand a chance of accumulating. It could just be my imagination but it seemed as if the batter was fluffier. I know the creamed butter and sugar looked a lot fluffier than normal, and I didn't have to scrape the bowl down at all during this stage. At any rate, fluffier batter or not this is a great tool to add to your KA accessories.
The product description, BeaterBlade for KitchenAid Tilt-Head & Bowl-Lift Mixers, combines two different beater blade models. One for the KA Tilt Head mixer (KA-TH) and one for the Bowl Lift mixer (KA-6L/5Plus). I have a 4.5 qt. Tilt Head Mixer, and the KA-TH Beater Blade fits perfectly. I went to beaterbladedotcom to make sure I was buying the right one (read the FAQ). Model KA-TH will work on most 4.5 qt. and 5 qt. Tilt-Head mixers. There is a different beater blade for the Bowl Lift Mixers, KA-5L for 5 qt. and KA-6L for 6 qt. I didn't see a model 5Plus as mentioned in the description on this page. The Beater Blade site has the KA mixer model numbers listed for each beater blade so if you are not certain of what to get, check there to make sure you purchase the correct blade, especially if you have a really old KA Tilt-Head mixer.
The product page bearing the description BeaterBlade for KitchenAid Tilt-Head & Bowl-Lift Mixers is sort of confusing because it doesn't include an option to select the KA-5L model for the 5 qt. Bowl Lift mixer. It only allows for the KA-TH, and the KA-6L/5Plus. The model number KA-6L/5Plus refers to the blade for the 6 qt. Bowl Lift mixer which will not fit the 5 qt. mixer. To get the 5 qt. beater blade, you have to either search for the model number KA-5L or select the link for it under the Frequently Bought Together section on the product page. The product description will then show the specific model number, and it has a picture of the item where the model number can be seen on the beater blade. The Beater Blade is also available for Cuisinart, Delonghi, and Viking mixers, model CDV-7.
The beater blades are made in the USA, have a one-year warranty against defects, and are dishwasher safe (top rack).
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