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Rating : - Can't fit spatula
I've had a KitchenAid for about 4 years now. Everytime I use it, I curse it. The power of the mixer is fine, but with the beaters straight in the middle of the mixer, it's impossible for me to scrape down the sides while it's turned on. I've heard that the beaters should get all the way to the sides and not need scraping down, but this is not the case. The beaters don't get close enough to the side, so the ingredients end up on the side with nothing in the middle. So I need to shut it off and lift the head to scrape down the sides and then mix again. The mixer my mom had when I was learning to bake had the beaters off to the side. You could easily fit the spatula into the bowl and scrape it down while it was mixing. Maybe that's not the appropriate way to use a mixer, but it's what I've always done. I curse the mixer because I still try and use the spatula while it's mixing and usually end up hitting the beaters and ruining the spatula. Thus only 2 stars, because it never fails to frustrate me.