Cuisinart CPB-300 SmartPower 15-Piece Compact Portable Blending/Chopping System, Black

Purees better than anything; convenient, November 14, 2010

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J. G. Hartung (Boulder, CO) – See all my reviews

  

I have really enjoyed using this product. I need to have easy-to-eat foods, so I started using blenders and a food processor to puree meals. What a pain, and the clean-up!! Don’t get me started. This Cuisinart has saved the day. I fill it with the food I want to puree, add the liquid (needs more than you think) and then pulse. First on low, then high. I may take it off an shake it, and then run a bit more, occasionally I will run without pulsing for 30 secs. or so. Its fast!! It makes a smooth puree, better than my blender, better than my food processor and much quicker. Then I put the black top on the cup and viola, ready to eat. No other dishes needed. The clean up is easy — just rinse the blade and put the top and cup in the dishwasher. There are plenty of cups and tops, so if I want to make another flavor or a side, I use another cup. This has been indispensable for me to eat regular food–the same food I make for my family, pureed. When I want hot items, I can put the cup in the microwave before or after blending, which makes it so much easier than a blender. For my needs this is perfect. I haven’t used the grinding blade yet.

I’m having fun making great puree recipes…so much so, I’m thinking I should publish a book on them, or at least share with friends who are recovering and need easy to digest foods, or easy to eat foods.

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Excellent Blender – best one I’ve ever had, and I’ve had many!, March 1, 2011

I was ready to write a great review for this blender the moment I got it, but I thought, no, I should test it out, see if it fails to perform over time. It’s been months and it’s just been a wonderful blender, no problems. The pulse button is a very handy addition, because it modifies both HIGH and LOW buttons with one push, so it’s very one-hand-friendly. It’s got a strong motor, which is not too noisy … you can smoothly lift the cups to stop it automatically, which is super smart. Altogether a very neatly designed product.

I use it every day, so it gets a serious work out on a weekly basis. Grinding coffee, making soups, smoothies, chopping vegetables into purees (of course you have to add liquid, it’s not a food processor!). Whipping cream, chopping nuts, blending hot soups (careful, only fill it half way and start on LOW), etc…

If you want a compact, super easy to clean blender, that can go in the dishwasher (plastic does get a bit cloudy, but I don’t care if it means I don’t have to hand wash it!), it’s just the best little blender I’ve ever come across. And I’ve gone through many ‘small’ blenders – I had several MAGIC BULLETS, the pro and ordinary, they were good, but they are a poor design next to this blender.

I TOTALLY recommend it no hesitations.

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DO NOT USE WITH ICE, May 24, 2011

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Chris Parker – See all my reviews

  

Worked GREAT for 3 months – wonderful smoothies, with finely-crushed ice.

Then the blender ripped its own bottom out!

The motor generates lots of torque, and the plastic bottom to which the blades & drive are attached is NOT up to the job.

Great blender for light-duty use. If you want to make smoothies (with ice) or do any heavy-duty chopping, don’t buy this blender!

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