SideSwipe for KitchenAid 4.5 and 5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixers

Update 5/2010….

This really does decrease the need to scrape the bowl when beating. Do you really NEED this option? Well, no. But it’s handy. How many times have I been measuring out another ingredient when I should have been watching/scraping my bowl? Many. So, this just saves a little time and aggravation. You can NOT use this beater when making bread dough but it’s great for cake & cookies as long as the dough isn’t overly stiff. I’ve successfully used it with cake batters, chocolate chip cookies, muffins & biscotti cookie dough.

I have a KA Artisan. Make sure you are buying the correct beater for your version of KA. Check your beater-to-bowl clearance before using. You can ruin the beater & make your mixer work twice as hard if you don’t. Someone has posted a good video of how to do this on YouTube. Just search on Beater-To-Bowl Adjustment.

I give it 4 stars because it is a bother to clean the batter out of all those fins. I don’t think that anything could be done…

My SideSwipe Defective

I received the Side Swipe blade as a gift. It worked great at first. After using it about 20 times, I made some cookies and while washing the blade I noticed two of the top fins were missing and two more were cracked and ready to fall off. I had to discard the entire batch of cookies since I did not know which cookie had the fins in them. After breaking several cookies I found one fin in the middle of a cookie. Very dangerous if someone was eating it. I tried to contact the company several times and received no response. They have no telephone and only an email, to which they never seem to reply. I definitely would not recommend this product!

Love it!

After manually scraping down the sides of my Kitchen Aid mixer for several years while making cookie dough, I think this product is heaven sent! It installs just like any other Kitchen Aid mixing tool except that you may have to adjust the height of the tilt top to account for the extra silicone on the bottom of the tool. It’s a simple procedure and the directions are on the back of the package for added convenience. Anyhow, the amazing thing is that the product works just as described…it scrapes the sides of the bowl as you mix your dough and it did a beautiful job blending all the ingredients together. If you’re in to baking, this is a wonderful accessory to have in the kitchen! Go ahead and try it…you’ll love it too!

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