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Cordless Stick Blender (x-post from Cooking)

writersblock (9b/10a)

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

Has anyone had a chance to try the Breville or Cuisinart cordless immersion blenders?

I have a friend who's considering Prius camping for several months who asked if I knew anything about it. I didn't even know that living in a Prius was a Thing, but it's been interesting learning about how people cook out of one.

I'd be interested to hear how well they work.

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Anglophilia

6 years ago

I had the Cuisinart cordless stick blender. It took up a lot of room, keeping it charged, and I didn't find it powerful enough for smoothies with frozen fruit. When I redid my kitchen, it went to Goodwill.

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eam44
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I follow Cook’s Illustrated’s recommendations pretty closely vis-à-vis equipment reviews. They didn’t test the cordless versions, but their favorite immersion blender is the Braun, so you might want to check out the cordless Braun MQ940CC Multiquick Hand Blender.
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writersblock (9b/10a)
Original Author
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Thanks for the Braun suggestion, eam44. That's interesting, because I often cook in a kitchen where they have an older corded Braun, and that's the feeblest stick blender I've ever used, really almost useless. But it's at least ten years old.

It took up a lot of room, keeping it charged

Anglophilia, I guess they've changed, because one reason they're considering the cuisinart is that it just has a removable power cord for charging instead of a big charging base like, say, the Breville.

Do you have a cordless KitchenAid, Mrs. Pete? I didn't know they made one. I have the regular corded KA older model and it's absolutely wonderful.
eam44
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
There is a cordless KA. It is ridiculously expensive. Perhaps you should browse Williams Sonoma or Amazon a bit and check out the reviews.

Better yet, have your friends considered a blender bottle?
writersblock (9b/10a) thanked eam44
Mrs Pete
6 years ago
Do you have a cordless KitchenAid, Mrs. Pete? I didn't know they made
one. I have the regular corded KA older model and it's absolutely
wonderful.

No, regular corded model. I assume the same one you're saying is wonderful.

Better yet, have your friends considered a blender bottle?

I tend to use mine mostly to blend up /smooth up pots of soup. A blender bottle wouldn't do that.
writersblock (9b/10a) thanked Mrs Pete
writersblock (9b/10a)
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks for the blender bottle suggestion. I'll certainly pass that on, but I think that, like Mrs Pete, they had mostly soup in mind, but I don't know. I love having new gadgets to investigate.
writersblock (9b/10a)
Original Author
6 years ago
Darn. I looked up the blender bottle and the manufacturer says it can't even cope with ice cream, only liquids, so unfortunately I don't think that will work for what they want.

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