Looking to Buy a Stick Blender
Hi Fellow SE'rs, I just had some serious oral surgery and have to eat my food pureed for a while.
So I think life will be a lot easier with a stick blender. Any recommendations? I'll be pureeing cooked meat, vegetables and some fruit. Thanks in advance.
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19 Comments:
I have 2. One is cordless, Cuisinart. Pretty. Only good for small jobs, it uses up that charge really fast. The other is a Smart Stick by Braun with a cord. I use it all the time. I really like it, but I'm not sure it's heavy duty enough for serious smoothness from big chunks. I still sometimes employ my Kitchen Aid hand mixer.
Oh, I do love my gadgets.
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 6:41PM on 01/22/09
I love my KitchenAid immersion blender, but I would say that I still occassionally get chunks in my soup if it's a thick, creamy soup and I can't see all the way through (also I usually like some texture).
If I had oral surgery I'd probably take the few extra minutes to use my regular KitchenAid blender to truly liquify everything.
Hope you heal up quickly!
bobcatsteph3 at 7:09PM on 01/22/09
I like my Braun. It's perfect for purees and quick mixing anything that's more liquid than solid. It does a superb job of liquifying soups! Very smooooth! It has a cord but I don't find it at all inconvenient.
Pointy at 7:40PM on 01/22/09
Oh. A friend of mine was in a similar predicament. would strongly recommend getting a strainer too, any bits too big will give you grief. Best wishes for a pleasant convalescence.
Pointy at 7:44PM on 01/22/09
I have a Cuisinart Smart Stick. It's awesome. WAY better than a food processor for pureed soups. A friend of mine took a nosedive off her bike pretty hard a while ago - and I used my stick blender on some Thai spiced pumpkin soup thinned enough that she could drink it through a straw since her mouth and teeth were too sensitive to eat solid food or put utensils in her mouth. It's filling and tasty. 101cookbooks has a fair amount of really delicious sounding pureed soup recipes.
joyyy at 10:16PM on 01/22/09
Well, I have a Bamix - a "vintage" M122 of only 85 watts, which, believe me, is plenty. I've bragged about it elsewhere at Serious Eats:
*Talking about making a good mayonnaise
*Stick Blender or food processor?
*...And which brand?
gentlyferal at 2:15AM on 01/23/09
Drat, even IE won't let me post links like I've seen y'all do. (sigh) just google gentlyferal bamix site:seriouseats.com
gentlyferal at 2:17AM on 01/23/09
First of all - get well soon!
Another vote for Braun - I've professed my love for it numerous times, and I still stand by it! Easy to use, easy to clean, does a great job.
You may also want to check out this thread, this thread and this thread.
brooke29 at 2:25AM on 01/23/09
i use cuisinart ... and it's fine for most things.
pooch at 9:44AM on 01/23/09
I have a Braun and love it, but for your circumstance, I would use a food processor. Hope you get back to normal eating soon!
PerkyMac at 9:57AM on 01/23/09
Food processors don't do a proper job of puree-ing, say, soups that are not supposed to have solid texture. I tried making pureed soups before I bought a hand blender .. froze the leftovers, then took the hand blender to the soups when I reheated them later. The difference for that stuff is night and day.
joyyy at 10:07AM on 01/23/09
bump
danielsf at 1:43PM on 01/23/09
@brooke29~ You just Love showing off your link expertise, don'tcha? ; )
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 2:08PM on 01/23/09
I like our Braun immersion blender. I use it to make smoothies all the time! Happy recovery.
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 2:30PM on 01/23/09
@carol - that, and I have a good memory:-)
brooke29 at 2:31PM on 01/23/09
onepercent99 - hope you're feeling ok! Mouth/tooth/face pain is the worst in my book, so it always breaks my heart to hear people going through it.
Jumping on @ChewonThat's smoothie suggestion - immersion blenders totally trump food processors for smoothies. And if you're on a pretty much liquid diet, you can quite easily sneak spinach and other dark leafy greens into a smoothie - the color is obvious but fruit and whatever else is in your smoothie covers the taste so that you don't even notice it. That and you can put peanut butter in them for a protein boost if you aren't big on/are looking for alternatives to tofu or protein powders.
joyyy at 3:17PM on 01/23/09
I've had a Cuisinart for over 20 years and it's still going strong. Didn't come with all the bells and whistles of the newer ones but it still purees a pot of soup beautifully and chops beef, too.
bessfour at 8:25PM on 01/23/09
@Brooke~ What were we talking about....?
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 12:03AM on 01/24/09
@Carol - I was saying that I have a good memory (actually, too good - like an elephant, I never forget:-)), so I always remember if similar questions were asked and even more or less when (and many times, by whom)...so I dig them up and insert where applicable, that's all! Stick blender seems to be a surprisingly popular topic:-)
brooke29 at 12:29AM on 01/24/09