"Tips for Owners" Posts

Have Box, Will Travel

KitchenAid stand mixers are both heavy and fragile; this challenging combination of attributes makes it critically important that they be packed carefully for transit, whether in a moving truck or when being shipped. By far the best way to ship a mixer is in the original factory packaging. The packing was carefully designed and engineered to protect the mixer and associated items (bowl, accessories, etc) from damage resulting from ordinary handling during common-carrier transit. (Pro tip: it doesn’t matter how…    more →Have Box, Will Travel

Care Tips for Bowl-Lift Mixers

A customized KitchenAid KM25 bowl-lift mixer, powder coated in Illusion Cherry Red.

Here are some tips to help keep your bowl-lift KitchenAid mixer in dependable working order. Keep it Clean After each use, unplug the mixer. Then clean it thoroughly using only a soft damp (not wet) cloth and very light pressure. If there’s anything sticky that won’t wipe off easily, you can use a little dish soap on a damp sponge, but take care to keep water out of the mixer, especially around the lever slots. Clean everywhere, including the back…    more →Care Tips for Bowl-Lift Mixers