"Leila" > wrote:

>Me three. I'm not sure I've thrown my splash guard away yet - the KA
>was a wedding present over 7 years ago. This thread reminds me that I
>can, and should.

I guess I have a different take on the splash guard. Since I mainly
use the KA for bread, all the wet ingredients go in first, followed by
nothing but flour or a mix of flours. For that, the guard is pretty
useful. When it's time to "scrape down", the guard comes off and
stays off. For most everything else, we use a hand mixer, because the
KA is indeed sometimes more trouble than it's worth.