Weird KA mixer issue

[mattl]

Last night I was trying a new cinnamon roll  recipe that incorporates tangzhong and requires a long kneading time.  It a fairly tight dough and I should have used my Nutramill dough setup but used the KA instead.  Anyway after 2 long kneading sessions the bowl is firmly twisted into the base and I cannot get it loose.  I'm twisting as hard as I can, was worried about breaking the welds on the handle, tried twisting the bowl itself but no luck.  Tried filling the bowl with ice thinking it might contract enough to break free, again no luck.  Looking for ideas...

 

BTW here is a link to the recipe, supposedly the rolls are supposed to stay fresh longer.

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

A few techniques produce these ultra-pillowy and lightly bready cinnamon rolls: The first is scalding the milk, which leads to improved gluten development in the dough; the second is cooking a portion of the liquid and the flour into a rouxlike mixture called a tangzhong, which, when added to...

cooking.nytimes.com

 

[foraloysius]

Have you tried WD40?

 

[ea56]

Try holding the mixer head and then give the bowl handle a good, hard jerk to the right.  This works for me when the bowl gets stuck.

 

Eddie

 

[mattl]

I've tried giving it a jerk, no luck.  Been making dough in this KA for 30+ years the bowl stuck many times but never like this.

 

Will give the WD idea a try when I hunt down where I stashed it.

 

[petek]

What about tapping it with a hammer carefully

 

[mattl]

Well finally was able to remove the  bowl last night.  Tried oil, no luck, tried putting it on the floor straddling it, no luck.  Finally put it in the sink and submerged the base in very hot water after a few minutes -success! 

 

Been using this KA for 30+ years never had this much of an issue.  Looking online find it's pretty common. I do 90%+ of my bread kneading in my Nutramill using the bread bowl and the claw.  It can easily handle large quantities or stiff dough, did not anticipate cinnamon rolls being that stiff of a dough.

 

[combo52]

Stuck bowl on KitchenAid mixer

Hi Matt, I would definitely lubricate the bowl and possibly the metal part of the mixer where the bowl locks in to a little bit a of butter or Crisco or something will probably keep this from ever happening.

Spray penetrating oil on it would also probably quickly get it loose if it ever happens again, but the hot water method was pretty clever.

John L

 

[dermacie]

I had this happen to me before too.

 

[frigidareu]

Just add some boiling water to the bowl, let it sit, drain the water and it should come off easily.