5. Store Attachments In The Bowl
Your stand mixer probably came with a few attachments, like a paddle, whisk, and dough hook. While undeniably useful, these attachments can be a pain when it comes to storing them!
The easiest storage solution by far is to just keep them in the bowl of the stand mixer. If you’re worried that they’ll damage the bowl, just line the bowl with a kitchen towel before putting the attachments in. Problem solved!
6. Let It Warm Up
KitchenAid stand mixers are lubricated with a food-grade lubricant. On one hand that’s a good thing, in the unlikely event that it ever ended up in your food. But food-grade lubricants do have a tendency to separate after periods of non-use, and the liquid part can leak.
Luckily there’s an easy fix for this issue! If you haven’t used your stand mixer in a while, just let it run on low speed for a few minutes to warm up the lubricant. The separated solid and liquid parts of the lubricant will remix, then it’ll be ready to use!
7. Fix The Beater Height
If your stand mixer is leaving unmixed ingredients at the bottom of the bowl, or if the attachments are scraping the bottom of the bowl, there’s a problem with your mixer’s beater height. While that might sound serious, it’s surprisingly quick and easy to fix it yourself!
Check out this post to learn how to adjust the beater height on your stand mixer.
8. Slide It Around
Tired of scraping your stand mixer across your countertop, or heaving it off the counter to move it? Just set your mixer on a towel, and you’ll be able to slide it around easily.
9. Go Beyond Mixing
One of the best things about owning a KitchenAid stand mixer is that it isn’t just a stand mixer. Thanks to the wide variety of accessories they offer, you can use your mixer to make pasta, extract fresh fruit juice, grind meat, chop vegetables, shred cheese, and so much more!
You can check out all 10+ of KitchenAid’s stand mixer attachments here.
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