Product Description: This Vitamix blender is a godsend for any home. It will change your diet and put inferior blenders to shame with it’s ability to puree anything. Gone are the days of food chunks and seeds in your shakes. Ice is no problem for this blender as well. Have children? The Vitamix makes it even easier to sneak in fiber-rich vegetables like Broccoli that clog up other blenders. They won’t be able to see it and probably won’t be able to taste it either. You can make all your baby food with this, creating a much healthier alternative to the sugar-rich baby food found in stores. The Vitamix 1700 comes with a tamper that continually pushes food down in the blender to make the process go quickly while ensuring nothing is missed. You can essentially use the Vitamix as a food processor with it’s ability to grind dry beans, flour, rice, and much more. There is a recipe book with 100′s of smoothies and other ideas, but maybe the most fun is experimenting yourself.

The Vitamix 1700 Turbo Blend 4500 Counter-top Blender is priced at $499 but is $379 at Amazon as of September 2011 (with free shipping). Vitamix blenders are made in the U.S.A. and have some of the best customer service around. Very understanding if you have questions and will pay for shipping both ways if it has to be sent in. Not to mention an amazing 7 year warranty on every part of the Vitamix Blender leaves you with peace of mind.

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Further Reading:

• KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer 5 Quart Sale Ending
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For general use at home, a KitchenAid KSB560 or KitchenAid Professional KPCB348PNP makes the most sense.  With the multiple blender speeds you can start off slow and ease into the faster speeds like Puree to ensure no icecubes are left or fruit chunks.  KitchenAid blades are deadly sharp and as you can see are designed to throw the food up like a vortex with the blade facing upwards, making sure every part is blended.  The power of the motor is evidenced by house heavy the machine is.  I’ve found in the past that cheaper blenders are always guilty of either not blending all the solid stuff all the way or it taking several minutes of blender use to do so.

With these type of power and performance you want it working this way all the time.  Fortunately it’s easy to maintain by cleaning it right after making your concoction; just fill it halfway up with water and some dish soap, and then put it on puree it to wash the entire blender.  KitchenAid is friendly and provides great service should you have questions, and are very up front about taking care of their customers should something happen.

The KitchenAid KPCB348PNP Pro Line Chef Blender is near Vita Mix in quality.  A blender that mauls through anything with even more power; adds up to perfect ratings at Amazon!  Kitchen Aid Chef Blender has a step-start mixing sensor for easy blending.

Further Reading:

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• KitchenAid KFP750OB Processor Cuisinart DFP-14BCN
• KitchenAid Cuisinart CPT120 Toaster
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