The kitchenaid rep told me that the white attachments can be washed in the dishwasher as well as the stainless steel bowl but not the metal whisk.
Kitchenaid whisk residue. Run the item under cool water and run your fingers over it if you get any gray black streaks at all put it back in the water and boil for another 5 10 minutes. It can discolor food items mixed in the bowl. Hi all i made key lime pie yesterday and made whipped cream in my kitchenaid to top the pie today. Also i wasn t sure if the gray residue was from the bowl or from the whisk looking beater attachment.
I will treat that too. To resolve this kitchenaid recommends putting a small amount of olive oil in the bowl and spreading it around inside the bowl. Discussion from the chowhound cookware mixers attachments food community. Dark metal residue on kitchenaid whisk comes off on hands.
It is a common occurrence when polishing stainless products. It mostly washed away. I d heard of this problem with the metal whipping attachment before so i thought i was being good and careful by washing everything by hand. All went well but when i removed the bowl from the stand and whisked it by hand to finish it and not over beat it a dark metal residue came off on my hands.
I guess i need to make a test batch of something white looking mashed potatoes would be inexpensive and i ll see if the gray residue is still there. The beater will not be as shiny as it originally was but the thin layer of oxidization will be removed and will not discolor foods. Apparently this happens when ran through the dishwasher but is clearly a defect and i expect much more from the kitchenaid brand. Let this sit for several minutes then wipe the oil out.
This residue is not harmful and it can be removed easily. Rated 1 out of 5 by jayh from whisk base leaves gray residue this whisk attachment for the kitchenaid mixer leaves a messy gray residue from the base that attaches to the unit. Kitchenaid also recommends using a powdered cleaning agent designed to remove oxidization to remove this residue. Join the discussion today.