The soup blender Videos

+Kaththee1 yeah the raw diet cooking doesn't exceed certain temperatures so it's still considered "raw"

+Happymoma - That makes so much more sense! Thank you. As a cook, I had trouble understanding the point. I want my soup to reach the boiling point but some consumers do not.

I think these soups are more ment for raw foodies since it doesn't boil the veggies

+K Louden Send em over! :)

+Kaththee1 Hmmmm, interesting.... I will Google the old Vitamix too see the artistic style of way back when.  ;)

+Rembrandt133 - A glass container would be unsafe with such a powerful blender. Glass is prettier though. The original had a stainless steal carafe. It was gorgeous too. The early Vitamix was a work of art. I wish they would go back and borrow some of the older styling.

+canoeshoe We've had many of our Blendtec jars, used almost daily (sometimes multiple times per day) for 4 or more years - no problems. The blades are pretty much indestructible. WE have been looking at some aftermarket jars that can be used on several top blenders that are under $100 to be able to offer to our community.

Bearings and blades do not last long. Jar last a little longer but do wear down. Cost of replacement for jar and blade is around $150 for the 64oz. That's 33-70% the cost of the machine. I purchased mine refurb so it's way up there in the 70% of cost just to buy a damn jar. I feel bad for blendtec users, they can't fix their bearings on their jars. People are replacing their jars after a year or two on average.

+Rembrandt133 sounds smart! About the materials, I'm sure the engineers looked at many options. I think glass feels more premium too, so I'm sure they'd love to use it, but there are probably some restrictions they can't overlook.

+Randy Plett Right. Still, I think I might email Vitamix my suggestion that they can at least build and offer customers who wish to purchase the glass container separate may. I most certainly would buy a glass container if it was offered. I mean, look at Pyrex glass. Amazing company. You can literally bake with their glassware. I think Vitamix should "get in bed" with Pyrex and come up with a brilliant container and I would then make soups galore@ lol  ;)   I think for now I feel like you do. I will at least mix/blend soup ingredients in the Vitamix but cook/heat in a pot over a stove. 

+Rembrandt133 I think B is more accurate because even much cheaper blenders have glass jars. The high end blender manufacturers don't seem to worry about cutting costs on their premium products. My guess is that the high powered motors cause a lot of vibrations, and the plastic is more flexible and resists breakage as you said. Also, maybe a little lighter? They're pretty big to begin with and then you add 1.5L of liquid!

+Randy Plett Interesting you bring this point! I just purchased my Vitamix at Costco during a demo so there was a discount. Regardless, I asked the rep of Vitamix who seemed very friendly, why for such an expensive piece of machine they don't provide GLASS containers instead of plastic...he never did answer my question. I can only assume for 2 reasons. A) plastic is cheaper, and B) The type of plastics they use most likely resists breakage..... Still, I love how its easy to clean glass, and the bacteria do not grow on it like they love plastic...

+Blender Babes I get that they will probably last a long longer and are more resilient to daily wear and tear than non-commercial blenders, but you're still dealing with incredibly fast moving parts. You have to lubricate those parts. The heat generated from the moving parts will cause expansion and lubricants from the bearings will slowly make it's way into your food (and thus your body). The blenders spin fast, some above 25,000 RPM, which would be 150,000 rotations per 6 minute heating. Or you could blend it for 30 seconds and heat it in a pot that has no moving parts. Also, they say the blender jars are BPA free, but what's the next funky chemical that we're going to be worrying about in 5 years from now, causing us to toss out our old jars? I do my best to avoid heating plastics when it comes to preparing foods. You may think that's extreme, but we get enough plastics in our system these days.And using moving parts to generate heat from friction is really, really inefficient.

+Randy Plett These are commercial grade blenders, they are meant to take a beating - and not inefficiently at all! They're used 300x per day in busy smoothie shops. No we don't worry at all about using them to heat foods. :)

+Blender Babes inefficiency aside, are you not worried that you're putting too much milage on the motor, blade, and bearings? The stove has no moving parts.

+Randy Plett It's amazing! Quick and easy! Many of our soup recipes are started on the stove and then blended, however our tortilla soup recipe is made of just vegetables, water, and spices and cooked and ready to go in minutes! :)

+cacadodo666 Thank U! I appreciate your feedback.

+Kajun Boy Right on!!!!

+canadian01978 Try it first. This soup is amazing. This is not a simmering type of soup.

+Julie Gullo Oh my gosh Julie! I'm almost in tears from such a thoughtful reply about my video. Thank you so much! Believe it or not I'm still surprised it's so easy to make a great and hot pot of creamy pea soup in the Vitamix. Glad to hear that you and your husband loved it. Your type of feedback motivates me to do more video recipes. My fall/winter videos are going to have some tasty concoctions so please stay tuned. :-)

+bookmarkthis I have other videos with vegan-style soups. I cater to everybody.

+DerpyBulb That's actually a really fun idea!

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+Sage Appliances Ok, good argument. I went back and watched the video, twice. My apologies to chef! Can I purchase this here in the US?

+Christopher Scafidi the boss has a jug that does both dry and wet foods due to the pro kinetix blades unique to sage. So no need to purchase a separate jug.

+Anytown USA the vitamix dry container was out before the boss blender even existed and using the wet container for dry foods simply isn't it's intended use

+webtechaz I wouldn't call it deceptive if you have to buy the container separately. If anything it shows that they thought of this and built the blender with this and other cooking problems in mind instead of making a separate container as a after thought like the Vitamix. I wouldn't be surprised if Vitamix only came out with the extra, overpriced container BECAUSE of The Boss.

What is the material of the base inside the glass jar. Is it ceramic, metal, plastic? Referring to the surface that everything sits on in the jar under the blade. I would like as little plastic touching my food as possible. Thanks.

Ronson made the excellent Cook-N-Stir in the 60's and 70's, and it was made in the USA. There's a vid on here, but of course it didn't have any electronic play buttons. Amazing machine that didn't sell, I treasure mine.

Why pay all this money when you are actually doing everything, Its hardly a "soup maker" You cant just leave it to make soup as you have to keep pressing the buttons ??????

I have one and I can't seem to remove the base from the pitcher. Do you have this problem and do you have any tips?

what a boring video !!!!!!

That was a boring video!

+Jenan Rizk Ninja Nutri Ninja Duo BL642 Auto iQ Blender

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