How many of you own a blender?
 

I'm in the market for one to make juices with. What do you have? What do you recommend?

I have a ninja that I only end up using about 4 times a year. Works well, just don't use it much.

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My wife buys and never uses EVERY appliance.

I have a Ninja (great), a couple bullets (I don't know by), a great food processor(best purchase ever), and I took a 3/4 horse garbage disposal and made a 10 gallon redneck margarita machine.

Ninjas are great for the money, don't let the inevitable incoming Vitamix snobs dissuade you.

Yeah they do work well and a good compromise between the Walmart special and whatever the hell $500 thing Firemeboy used to push.

Vitamix ROFL That was it. That was the thing Firemeboy used to pitch.

What the **** is a blender

30 dicks and 1 chick.

Got a ninja that I use to make margaritas and milkshakes. Works fine for both of those. It was given to me but I'd buy one if it shit out.

Have a Ninja that is used regularly.

My review is that it is a better kitchen appliance than a air fryer. Not so much the fridge or stove though.

I had a ninja.. or a couple ninjas then finally broke down and bought a vitamix

ninja would work and get you in the game

Billay I think what you’re looking for is a Grindr.

Well, add up all the married dudes on CP and account for about 25% of the single ones and there’s your answer.

I have the Ninja with all kinds of different canister sizes. It never fails. Well worth the cash

I had ninjas and bullets for years, and then I picked up a reconditioned Vitamix a couple years ago when it was pretty low on Amazon. Pretty amazing for making large smoothie batches, which I do 3-4 times a week. Good customer service, too. Different strokes right?

Haven't had one in a decade or more. Found my Breville in the garage, because it was taking up too much counter space. It no longer worked from lack of use even though it was rarely used before and still relatively new.

Breville is always a good brand for such things though. But I hear Vitamix is excellent, does so much more than a mere blender such as smoothies. You can even make soup in them. Though it has a steep price tag.

I mostly use my NutriBullet especially for smoothies or grinding up flax seeds, nuts etc.

They wind up taking too much counter space and really many aren't even needed because you can do many things with simpler kitchen tools. And I'm a kitchen gadget freak. Anything to make cooking easier. But many are a pain to clean-out afterwards. So into the garage they go to be forgotten until one day I clean it out and say, "Oh that's where I put that thingamajig."

For large ones, I buy a cheap blender because I routinely break the glass. But I use them to make malts and to blend ingredients for sauces.

For small things, I use a magic bullet. Those work really well. Small and not a large cleanup. I also have a hand-blender that I use for sauces, particularly vinaigrettes and hollandaise-based sauces. For the hollandaise-sauces, put in everything but the butter and whisk. Then slowly incorporate melted butter. Sauce thickens up and you don't have to keep whisking the sauce over the oven. Very easy. Bearnaise sauce is really simple: make your reduction in a pot. Let it cool then add it and your egg yolks to the hand mixer.

Yeah I always thought maybe he sold those once lol.

My sis has an old Vitamix. She cooked me broccoli and cheese soup in it. She threw in fresh broccoli cheese and veggie broth turned high pretty soon you could see steam. Poured it in bowl steam was rising it was good. The only thing is I felt like a 80 year old needing my food strained. I suppose any blender can do that though.

I lost mine in the house fire and have not replaced it. I miss my chocolate malts.

Yes. A heavy duty hand blender with a sharp blade can do many (not all) things a standard blender can and they are so much easier to clean

My Kitchenaid hand blender has no problem with things like mango smoothies.

GD you now I'm hungry for a chocolate malt. I haven't had one in years. Not a shake, has to be a malt.

I have the ninja blender/food processor. It is a beast.

get off your ass and go by the ninja, titty!!

bought mine a few years ago. $75 or so, i don't use it as much as i thought i would, but its the best blender i've ever used. i'd recommend it to a friend or an enemy.

Same. And there's always that rush to use up the malted milk before it turns to stone.

Whoppers and Hersheys syrup make a dandy milkshake. Even better is the peanut butter covered malted milk balls and chocolate syrup for milk shakes.

Ha. Forgot about that part. Carnation malted milk in the glass jar. Crack the lid and you might as well keep buying ice cream before it turns to rock.

Sorry, but Vitamix blows em away

Is blender gay code for something?

Do not forget the wooden spoons

I think we have a food processor. Not a blender. But I don't know the difference.

You're thinking of a chafing dish.

I'm in the uncanny valley on the matter of a blender. I lucked into an absolute steal on a premium version of a cheap but reliable brand, . . . Specifically, I got a Hamilton Beach with their biggest [1/2 hp] motor and all stainless steel for $5 at a Home Depot small appliance closeout.

So it's nothing to get excited about, but it does everything you need, and is unlikely to break down anytime soon.

Plus, for the big jobs I got one of Kitchenaid's big 11 cup food processors for like $25 [$150 at Bed Bath & Beyond] at the same time.

Weird flex but okay

I didn't ask the question, I just answered it.

And I think what you're looking for is grindr.

I would isolate in a COVID wing for a Breville Induction top.

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For me, I'm fortunate there's just open space above my refrigerator [no ductwork or cabinets], so I just line all my small appliances that aren't daily use up there and pick them out as needed. Only thing on my counters is my toaster, coffee maker, and induction burner.

Would love to test that glass jaw of yours

How's that again?

Holy moly 1500 for a hotplate I have a 30.0 dollar induction plate I got from Newegg several years ago that works great.

I had a Hamilton Beach blender for over 20 years before motor burned out, won't badmouth the brand. I replaced with an Aldi bullet knockoff that I dig for my needs.

You're familiar with induction, but that's just the start with that bad boy. Very smart, very powerful. To the degree whole pan control at nearly an instant.

Toast things without burning, temper to boil to sear. Set the temp and don't worry about monitoring it, sensors in the plate and a probe interface to go into the cooked medium, including monitoring and maintaining temp on stuff like fry oil even when cold food is added. It has everything, and if it's built like other Breville stuff, it's nearly bulletproof.

I thought of getting one, but decided against it, but won't say why as it will create a tsunami of negative comments, possibly derailing your thread.

Ninja...just not the cheap ones. Look for metal rotars/blades on the base, if you can. Work great for us--we do a lot of morning shakes, and other stuff. Worth the coin.

I have cabinets over my fridge, and have difficulty reaching them. So even if I had the space there it wouldn't work.

I have a moveable island and I keep my Kitchen Aid Mixer in their because that takes up a huge amount of space for the actual amount of time I use it. But damn, that thing is heavy to pull out and lift up. It's a monster.

We have a Vita Mix and a Juicer. They are both awesome and really help make eating healthy a lot simpler. Two thumbs up for both.

I bought one of those Breville electric tea pots which wasn't cheap but it was something, I always wanted.

What a disaster though. Out-of-habit one day I absent-mindedly placed it on my electric burner, and forgot about it. I turned it into a giant charcoal briquet while flames surrounded it. And I only had it two weeks. Breville replaced it for me at a discount with free shipping which was nice of them. I've been afraid to use it ever since. In fact it's still in the shipping box.

I have a juicer too but it's a pain in the ass to use and clean. So I never use it. I should though. I don't even know where it is. I only bought it a year ago too.

3 year throat cancer guy and most meals are mixed in a blender. I have always had a Ninja with no fail. One time I was on vacation with a family with a Vitamix and I hated it. Difficult to clean and didnt mix my meals well at all. Just saying

I have a juicer, and it works quite well. But it too is a PitA to clean. But more importantly I realized that if I had fresh fruit and/or veg, I'd just as soon eat it and get the fiber, rather than juice it and throw all the fiber out.

Yeah, the cleaning part sucks, and the end product is spendy to make, but it's well worth it IMO. :thumb:

The juicer books tell you that you don't need all that fiber and you get a lot more of the good nutrition since it's a lot more veggies in a serving.

Yep don't drink your vitamins eat them, well anyway that's what my Doc always says.

My blender.......

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This. But hey, that's like my opinion, man.. :D

Just get a Nutrabullet.

Cheap, solid for smoothies. Probably juices decently too.

Adverts for products NEVER lie.

My girlfriend has some sort of blender, I'm not sure of the brand but I love it.

I'm a three-meals-a-day kind of guy through and through. I'm also not one to snack throughout the day so I've always found it difficult to eat my daily recommended servings of fruits and veggies. With the blender, I can get all of that in one 'meal' basically by drinking it. It's awesome.

I like to make my smoothies with some mixture of banana, apple, strawberry, blueberry, grapes, pineapple, mango, peanut butter and spinach.

We own a ninja. The wife uses it 3-4 times a week to make smoothies for us.

I use it it make margaritas or daiquiris when the mood strikes. It makes short work of ice. I highly recommend it.

I've got a Kitchenaid blender and a Bullet.

Both are great for making frozen fruit smoothies although I can make bigger batches in the blender.

I've had both Vita and Ninja.

Both work fine.

You can burn through several Ninja and still save $$ over the Vita.

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Ol' Billy boy sucks at keeping rhythm.

I’ve been disappointed with every blender I’ve had before the Vitamix. I’ve not used a Ninja though, so it may be just as good without the price tag. I wanted to buy one blender for the rest of my life (or close to it) and not keep buying shitty appliances that didn’t get the job done. I love it and use it about 4-5 times a week so I get a lot of use out of it. If I used it a few times a year it would be a real luxury item for what they cost.

Smoothies and soups are as smooth as can be without any chunks at all and I out carrots, nuts and oats in my smoothies so that’s saying something.

This. And we used the hell out of ours for three stints of abut three months each. The thing is rock-solid.

This is one of the most ironicalist threads of all times for me ...

In celebration of Cinco De Mayo we planned on margaritas tonight. Sadly, I just learned that our blender is somehow kaput. I have two juicers and a nutri-bullet-thing, but no blender.

So no. I currently do not.

I shall now attempt to reconstruct a blender using parts from the juicers and the bullet-thing, a pair of plyers, and a soldering iron. Hopefully, I will live to see Seis De Mayo.

FAX

If you die in the process of building your new and better blender, I'm sure it wont get listed as natural causes.

Costco has really good deals on Ninja's it's where I got mine and it came with food processor part also..

And people that own Vitamixes have to much money, **** spending 800 dollars on a blender.

:spock:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Vitamix&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Alright well back in the day they were more but still 300 dollars is kind of absurd for a blender that most people will use 5 times a year.

Good review, I'd post it twice were I you.

Hmm.... We got ours for $399 at Costco....but to be sure, that was 10 years ago.

The book comes after you buy. So it's not an advert. And the makers of juicers aren't the only ones who say that. Think about it. How many veggies can you squeeze into a small glass? A LOT. A lot more than using the whole vegetable. Fiber takes up space. Have you ever used both to be able to tell?

Also advertising is one of the most heavily regulated industries which is my industry.

Dont cut your dick off. Also enjoy a marg for me tonight.

He’s calling you a thin-skinned beta bitchboy, BL.

NTTAWWT.

Product manuals are half “don’t sue us” and half “don’t return this product”.

I received those bullet blender things as a gift and it's satisfied my need for blending. Also use one as a coffee grinder.

Just a bit behind the fastball.

ROFL ROFL - Talk about beta, vicarious barking. Now I've seen it all.

Gosh, if only there was any way to see to whom I was replying with that 'behind the fastball' quip. . . .

Oh my goodness . . .