The Countess Flour Funnel™: What is it, and why do you have to have it?

Anyone who has ever had a stand mixer can probably attest what an absolute miracle worker that little countertop device can be. No more trying to juggle a bowl and hand mixer while simultaneously trying to add ingredients. No more kneading bread dough or trying to mix stiff cookie doughs by hand—hallelujah! And the companies that make these mixers also typically sell additional attachments to allow you do make any number of other tasks easier. Want to make homemade ice cream? They’ve got a special bowl for that. Want to peel and slice veggies? There’s an attachment for that. Want to roll and cut your own fettuccini? This may or may not come as a shock to you, but there’s an attachment for that!

But as the owner of several different stand mixers over the years, one of the things that is typically the same across all mixers is the way you feed dry ingredients into your bowl. Generally speaking, the neatest way to get everything in there is to either tilt the mixer head back or lower the bowl, depending on the style of mixer you have. This gives you the clearest access to the center of the bowl and minimizes the chance that you’ll accidentally spill flour or cake mix down the side of the bowl and onto your counter.

Things to note:

• The Countess Flour Funnel™ is not dishwasher safe. In its current version, this product is 3D printed from food-safe filament, but if it is exposed to high temperatures, it can warp or deform. We are working on a version of the Flour Funnel that can stand up to the dishwasher, but for now, the care and cleaning instructions are to wash with warm (not hot) water by hand.
• Although the Countess Flour Funnel™ has been found to fit most stand mixers with a front attachment port, there are a few models out there that it just doesn’t fit—with so many versions of mixers out there, it was pretty much inevitable that there will be one or two that are just slightly different enough to keep it from working. We are currently developing one that will work with the KitchenAid Mini (right now, there is just not enough clearance between the funnel and the bowl), and we hope to have that available at some point in the future. In the meantime, if you purchase a Countess Flour Funnel™ and it does not fit your mixer, we ask that you send us a picture of the model label on your mixer, along with a video showing how the Funnel doesn’t fit properly, and we will give you your money back.

One comment that we have heard more than a few times is “why should I spend money on this when my stand mixer already comes with the pouring shield, which does the exact same thing?” A great question that has a simple answer: it doesn’t do the exact same thing, as evidenced by the hundreds of comments and reviews by happy users. The Countess Flour Funnel™ solved an issue that many bakers had simply come to accept as normal, but now that they know there’s an alternative, there’s no going back to messy counters and spilled ingredients!