Before using a new kitchen aid mixer the bowl paddles need special cleaning.
Kitchenaid mixer bowl residue. A mechanical only polishing process is used in stainless steel bowls to make them shiny. Luckily there s an easy fix. If washed in the dishwasher or allowed to soak in the sink the burnished aluminum finish may start to oxidize and form a grayish residue. I did wash the bowl before using but they said that using dish soap and sponge isn t enough to get the metal polish off.
Occasionally new stand mixer bowls may have residue in the bowl that cannot be removed in the dishwasher or by hand washing. How to remove the residue. Learn more color of the year pro line series stand mixers stand mixer attachments hand mixers blenders hand blenders food processors coffee collections countertop ovens slow cookers multi cookers toasters kettles commercial products microwaves outlet bundles. I contacted kitchenaid and they told me that sometimes the metal polish they use during production doesn t get washed all the way off.
How to remove residue from a kitchenaid stainless bowl. This grayish residue is not harmful but it may discolor food items mixed in the bowl. Soap water are not enough to get off the residual polish left behind from the manufacturing process. If the bowl remains stuck wrap a hot damp cloth around the base of the bowl and wait 10 minutes.
It ruined my very first recipe a batch of lovingly prepared yeast waffle dough when i started mixing. For tips on how to prevent oil from leaking from a kitchenaid stand mixer do the following. Sometimes there is some left over food safe mechanical polish on your new kitchenaid mixer stainless steel bowl. Kitchenaid recommends putting a few drops of olive oil in a clean bowl spreading it around and letting it sit for several minutes.
There is no polish involved. This video shows goes over some recommended ways to remove this polish off of your. Then wipe the oil away and wash the bowl with hot soapy water. If the bowl on your kitchenaid tilt head stand mixer becomes stuck tap the handle with a rubber mallet or the sides of the bowl and or handle lightly with the palm of your hands to loosen the bowl from the base and then attempt removal again.
Turn the mixer on without any ingredients in the bowl periodically to help prevent this. My brand new kitchenaid artisan 5 quart model ksm150ps purchased in the past week in march 2016 had the same problem of grey residue around the bowl.