So now that I make sure my buttercream covers my beater....now I'm starting to find bits of motor grease in my buttercream!!!!!!!!! It leaks from the top of the mechanism and when I'm adding pwdr sugar and it gets up there to the top, it rubs it off. Just spent five minutes in the middle of a batch, scooping out bits of yucky buttercream and trying desperately to wipe off the mechanism to save a whole 6 quarts of buttercream....what the...????

Mine did the same thing I wonder if it has anything to do with the 6qt mixer??? I haven't seen anyone else complain about it.

Me too! I have had this happen to me as well. How about my beater attachment now has 2 prongs that broke right off!!! I am NOT happy with it. And it's probably going to cost a pretty penny for a new attachment!

I have a 6 qt. KA - no problems with it so far. (3 years old) I also have a 20 qt. Hobart, no trouble with it either. That sucks that it is giving you trouble.

Absolutely...clear to the top.

I've had service on mine so...dunno if they slopped grease everywhere or something.

Do either of you do anything like making fondant in your mixers? That is something I haven't done...(just wondering if maybe making it "work" had anything to do with it??)

Nope, too lazy to make fondant here....course my beater blades may make them "work" too much at times....

I don't make fondant either, it's too easy to buy it

I have had that happen to me before also, and I have not made my bc go up to the top of my beater blade. I have had it 5 yrs. it has not gotten into my bc before but I have seen it when I pull it out to start and use it. And I have made Fondant with it. ????

I only have the 4.5 quart mixer and mine had the grease issue when I first started using it. I take a paper towel and put some white vinegar on it and I use that to clean the metal portion/mechanism where the beater attaches, and I also use vinegar to clean the bowl if I'm making Italian meringue buttercream. I find that with all the shortening (I use Sugarshack's recipe) it really climbs up the beater, so vinegar works really well for cleaning it.

I would see if you can get it serviced again if it's an actual leak, otherwise it may go away after you use it a couple of times. But definitely try the vinegar trick-it worked like a charm for me!

Loucinda
I do make fondant in my 6 qt kitchen aid and it works great I've had mine for alost 6 years and no problems. By the way where did you get you 20 qt hobart what model is it? I have been wanting to get one also what do you use it for.

Mine is about 5 years old so I think it's been used enough. It just started doing it when I started filling it to the the top of the blade.

I'll have to check the model number. It was made in 1974, I do know that! I use it for cake batter and sometimes for icings. I bought it from a friend who went out of business. It came with 2 stainless steel bowls, a plastic bowl, a guard, a cover for the bowls, and the beater blade. I love it when I am doing wedding cakes - I can mix a mess of batter in it at once! With that mixer and my convection oven, I can completely bake most wedding cakes in a couple of hours now.

Back to the KA - I was going to ask if they were new, and that isn't the case. Maybe they need to be "cleaned" out? I know some mechanical things with gears benefit from having that done and all new grease put back??