Is that a special beater on the mixer you are using in the first photo? I just ordered something similar for my large Kitchen Aid and wondered how effective they were in scraping the bowl as you mix. I especially have issues with smaller recipes in the large bowl. It's called a Beater Blade, and it works very well, Marbarre - but one caveat: DO NOT use it for rock-hard butter, very stiff bread dough, or anything else of a similar challenging nature. I broke my first one by mistreating it in that way. It's designed for batters, soft cookie doughs, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, etc. PJH

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