I have had my mixer for a few years and I was recently making cookies and took the paddle out and realized the coating had chipped off into the mixture. This is an appliance I love and is not one I used as much I probably should use so I would say the paddle has easily been used less than 100 times so I am pretty disappointed the paddle is already useless. On top of that I am having trouble finding a replacement for the  6 qt lift bowl. I love Kitchenaid but this particular product needs some attention by their design team.