This KitchenAid Gourmet Pastry Blender is the perfect gadget to blend your ingredients when baking. The curved wires quickly cut chilled pieces of butter or margarine into flour and other dry ingredients, which is the key to a light, flaky texture. It allows the butter to break up, and with repeated motion, breaks it down into smaller pieces as it mixes through the dough. The pastry blender features curved, yet flexible tempered stainless steel wires. The soft grip handle provides maximum support and control when pressing the wires into the butter or flour mixture. This pastry blender is dishwasher safe for fast and easy clean up.