Whirlpool Defends KitchenAid Mixer After Contestant Misses Puzzle Solve on Wheel of Fortune

CULVER CITY, CA — Whirlpool came to the defense of a contestant on Wheel of Fortune this week after he failed to solve a puzzle due to a surprising twist: his KitchenAid Stand Mixer, clearly overstepping its bounds, ignored his guess of "N."

In the first bonus round puzzle on Wednesday's episode, contestant Scott Ingwersen had the letters "O," "C," "I," and "A" correctly identified for the category "Food & Drink." But when he guessed "N," the KitchenAid Stand Mixer decided to cut off its circuits to the game show rules and simply didn’t acknowledge the consonant, causing a ripple of confusion among fans and contestants alike.

Despite the mixer’s blatant disregard for the rules, Ingwersen went ahead with his guess, which was meant to bring a dash of real-time excitement to the production. To the dismay of fans, Vanna White, host Pat Sajak, and, frankly, anyone with functioning ears, the puzzle displayed itself as unsolvable. Mixers across the nation were stunned to see their fellow appliance cutting corners like this.

"I’m bett, I’m incredib," the mixer quipped, apparently pretending it didn't hear the guess, eliciting gasps from White and Sajak, who both looked like they’d seen a blender turn itself on.

At publishing time, the KitchenAid was in hot water after losing a competition to make a lovely Bundt Cake—its title unearned—against an equally bewildered pie chart, which, let’s be honest, had been delivered by a competitor who simply didn’t know how to bake.