Immersion Blender Handheld Hand Blender, 1000W 5 in 1 Hand Mixer Stick, BPA-Free 12 Speed Handheld Blender 304 Stainless, Mixing Beaker, Chopper, Whisk, Milk Frother, Soup, Smoothies, Baby Food, Sauce

I should have bought one years ago
Disclaimer: this is my first immersion blender. I’ve never even been around one before. I have owned blenders in the past, but haven’t in years. I always found countertop blenders to be hard to clean. And in my current kitchen — which appears to have been an afterthought by the architects who designed my apartment; they retrofitted a walk in closet so counter space is negligible — I have insufficient room for a regular blender.But I’m going to have some serious dental work in spring. I may even lose some teeth and have to replace them with a partial — all of which means I’m likely to have trouble with chewing for a while. So I’ve started exploring soft food diets, which led me to the idea of an immersion blender for making purees, soups, stews that are easier to chew.After researching options for a week, reading reviews and watching videos (on Amazon and elsewhere), and taking my meager budget into consideration, I ended up buying this one.And after using it a couple of weeks, I have to say that I’m quite impressed. Now, I’m not going to say anything here about durability. That takes years. But there’s nothing about it that leads me to believe that it won’t last years. There’s a lot of plastic, but plastics these days are so tough. And it feels solid enough. So good.Obviously, it takes up almost no space on my counter. The little blender jar — sort of a small scale regular blender — and the large, smoothie sized cup sit on my counter by the sink with the main blender blade shaft sitting inside it. The motor unit with cord hangs on a hook over the sink.As for use, it’s far easier than I expected. I was (irrationally) worried that using the main blender tool — the long rod with dual blades on the end covered with a little cowl — stick down into what is to be blended, then rotate at high speeds (adjustable of course). I feared that I’d be spinning food all over the kitchen from the container — pan or mixing bowl — containing the food to be blended. Not so at all. The cowling over the blades totally prevent any splash at all. And so far, I’ve not even had to use any speed faster than the lowest.Admittedly, I cook my food well before blending — whether potatoes, beans, fish or pork — so it’s already soft when I begin to blend. But those blades are so efficient that they can create a puree in less than 20 seconds, and that’s with pulsing.This afternoon, I slow cooked some de-boned southern style pork ribs, along with (in another pot) some onions and potatoes. I only made up enough for two meals. I first blended the pork — took about 15 seconds to get a textured puree — then blended the cooked onions and potatoes. Even less blending time. And both on the lowest setting. I found that with the meat, I put the blades into the meat in a mixing bowl, pulse for 2 seconds, then move the blades to another chunk, pulse for 2 seconds and repeat. After doing that about six times, then I do a long pulse — maybe 7 or 8 seconds — to get the consistency I want.Yesterday it was haddock chowder (a famous downeast Maine recipe) cooked just the way I always cook it — with chunky fish and chunky potatoes and onions — then before adding half/half cream, blended it to a fine puree, then added cream to reheat. Add extra butter. The result was astoundingly delicious.And cleanup is easy breezy. After blending, I lift the blades just an inch above what I blended, and turn it on for maybe 8 or 9 seconds — which spins most food off the blades. Then drop the removed rod with blades into the dish water, hit it with a handled brush, rinse and store. So easy (compared to washing out a regular blender).I’ve used the little mini-blender jar to chop up pecans (which I love) into nearly a powder to sprinkle on my muffins and cake. I even blended up a garden salad with lettuce, carrots, cucumber and some pumpkin seeds into something more akin to cole slaw. Delicious and easy to chew.So this great little tool is going to help me eat delicious foods very well during my upcoming dental challenges.And I’m an elder with some dysphagia (resulting from GERD) and this tool will help a lot with that also.So, yes, I highly recommend this immersion blender.

Great kitchen tool
The package arrived pretty damaged, but after opening…everything checked out 👍! I have used each tool, and happy with results. It is so cool looking, I keep on my countertop! Easy to clean, and use !

It is heavy duty
To puree my soup

Hand held immersion blender
Super powerful. Great price! Fast delivery! Works great chopping fruit or prepping for a smoothie. Wonderful to whip cream for toppings on a dessert.

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