Cuisinart Soup Maker & Blender Soup Week was last week, but that doesn't mean we're not still soup-crazed! Today we made soup using our sale rack margarita blender and something was just off. So we turned to the internet to find an appliance that would really help us next time we made a vegetable-based soup — and look what turned up! Is it a lower-priced American competitor to Thermomix, the European dream machine? We sort of fell in love with this new Cuisinart Soup Maker & Blender. Ignore the name, which implies that it's a uni-tasker. (Who needs a soup maker when a pot will do? We think Cuisinart might have really misfired on the naming with this one.) No, this is a multi-tasker — even more than your usual blender. The blender will tackle anything you throw its way, including ice for cocktails, roasted vegetables for a soup or frozen fruit for a delicious smoothie. But then, you're probably asking what sets this blender apart from any other? This blender actually cooks the vegetables while making them into a delicious soup.

It has three heat settings, ranging from a low simmer to a high boil. Throw in some chopped vegetables, turn on the heat setting and get cooking. The blender has a plastic base with a glass container and even comes with a brush for cleaning (we've always hated cleaning our blender!). We're hoping this soup maker and blender takes off in the states. Combo appliances like these aren't generally too popular here but the Thermomix is much more common in Europe. In a small kitchen, a heating-whizzing-cooking-mixer-blender-thingie can actually be an amazing asset. • Read more about Thermomix: The Way We Eat: Dream Machine - by Amanda Hesser in The New York Times, November 2005. Thermomix is really the leader in the market right now, but we're thinking the Cuisinart may do well here, depending on how it performs. • Find It: Cuisinart Soup Maker & Blender, $199.95 at Williams-Sonoma Have you seen this thing in action? Do you own one? Tell us what you think! Related: Spicy Soups To Keep You Extra Warm

There is nothing like nice warm soup as a starter to your meal. The typical way of preparing your favourite soup would be to chop and cook your ingredients in a saucepan then use a hand-held blender and pray that the hot soup doesn’t splatter.These soup making machines however, has both the blender and heating elements built-in, to blend and cook your soup, all-in-one minus the splatter. Simply prepare and add your ingredients from scratch and have your home made soup in minutes.You can do this in three easy steps. Prepare and chop your ingredients according to your recipe and place them in the soup maker. You then choose either the smooth or chunky setting depending on your taste. This feature is available on some machines only. It then chops your ingredients accordingly. When ready, add stock or water then continue to cook your soup in the soup maker.Some machines does it the other way round, it will cook your ingredients in the stock and when ready, use the blender function to finish preparing your soup just the way you like it.

You can probably tell now, there are two different types of soup maker (not including the hand blender). There is the blender style soup maker which is simply a blender with heating elements built to the bottom of the removable blender jug.The other type of soup maker is the kettle style soup maker which as suggested, shapes like a big electric kettle with heating elements at the bottom of the cooking pan and a suspended blade attached to the cover. waring blender cac34When shut, the spinning arm rotates the blades near the center of the jug unlike the blender style soup maker that has its blades at the bottom.ninja blender qb1004 targetRemember, a good soup maker machine also lets you decide if you want you soup smooth or chunky and lets you saute the ingredients before adding the stock. bamix swissline cassette blender - white

An even better soup maker comes with keep warm function and insulated jug that keeps the soup warm for longer.Let’s take a quick look at the ten best soup makersNow for a closer look at the specifications and features of each of these soup makers and how they compare.Vivo Fresh Soup Maker Machine & Smoothie Maker []If you already have a blender and do not really need another blender that cooks soup, rather a dedicated soup maker then the Kettle Style Soup Maker is your best choice. breville hemisphere control blender future shopBut if you are starting out and like the versatility of having a blender and a soup maker then a multi-function soup maker machine may be exactly what you need. We list the soup makers above according to the two different styles. Also, consider a bigger capacity model if you are cooking for a family and a compact, lower capacity model if you only have a couple of mouths to feed.

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