I bought this ice cream maker because I thought it would be easy to make ice cream for my grandbabies. It worked well at first. I had kept it in the freezer all the time for summer ice cream fun.  I took it out of the freezer over the winter since we don't eat much ice cream when it's freezing cold outside.  I just put it back in the freezer and there is blue leaking from it.  I've had to throw out valuable meat because I'm afraid of contamination.  The bowl was never dropped, put in the dishwasher or even washed with hot water.  I'm very disappointed.  I expected more from KitchenAid.