Add Your Own Review The Ninja Professional Blender looks cool, feels solid, isn’t too loud, and has a short but sweet range of speeds. It’s easy to clean, and you can toss the pitcher components in the dishwasher. The lid design makes using the Ninja a little clumsy, and the cord's too short. The Ninja does an adequate job with simple tasks like blending drinks. It looks cool, but for less cash you could get a basic blender that performs the same or better. The manufacturer, Massachusetts-based Euro-Pro, has made a specialty of marketing midrange housewares and small kitchen appliances under various names (Bravetti, Shark), positioned as gadgets with stepped-up design and performance. The Ninja has been marketed on TV, infomercial style, and the cool-looking packaging has the brash look and bold call-outs we'd expect. Stainless-steel blades sprout from the bottom and near the top of the tall blade assembly tower, so instead of all the action happening at the bottom of the pitcher, puréeing and pulverizing can theoretically happen at dual shred points.

There’s a large, 72-ounce pitcher made of BPA-free SAN plastic; it's not recommended for foods hotter than 180 degrees Fahrenheit. The cord is a short two feet, and there’s a stuff box in the base. The 1,000-watt motor is relatively powerful, with four options: a pulse setting and three speeds, labeled simply 1 through 3. moulinex mixer price philippinesThe control pad is flat for easy cleanup. ninja pulse blender walmart black fridayThe pitcher locks into the base, and the rather complicated-looking square lid locks into the pitcher, with a handle that has to be secure before the motor turns on—understandable as a safety feature, considering the ferociousness of the multitier blade assembly. blendtec home hp3a fourside blender

You don’t want to be able to stick your fingers into the machine. There’s a relatively small pour spout situated off-center, at one of the lid’s corners. You can clean the pitcher, the lid, and the blade assembly in the dishwasher. The Ninja’s instruction manual comes with recipes covering a pretty wide range of tasks. magimix le blender prezziWe chose five for testing: chopping vegetables for pico de gallo salsa; kitchenaid blender drive coupling canadaand making a frozen pineapple daiquiri.kitchenaid raspberry ice 5 speed blender - 56 oz Pico de gallo salsa: The instruction manual’s salsa recipe says to pulse large pieces of fruits and vegetables three to four times, and shows a picture of beautifully diced mango and tomatoes. euro-pro ninja master prep blender and food processor review

For our pico de gallo, we dropped in half a quartered onion, four Roma tomatoes (each cut into eight pieces), two quartered serrano chiles, and a few cilantro sprigs, then pulsed six times. The results were uneven: some parts slushy and puréed, others still in big hunks. We scraped down the jar and gave it six more pulses. The results were foamy, pink, and slushy, more like soup than salsa. Crushed ice: The instruction manual says to use speed 2 for crushing ice. We dumped 6 cups of cubes into the pitcher, turned it on at speed 2, and let it run for 15 seconds. The result: fluffy drifts of crushed ice. Chopped almonds: We dumped a cup of whole almonds into the jar and, following the instructions in the manual, turned it on at speed 2. After 10 seconds the nuts were a pretty even medium-fine chop—perfect for a crumble topping or to decorate the sides of an iced carrot cake. After another 30 seconds at speed 2, the almonds were a nice, fine meal, just right for a nut torte or to mix into muffin batter.

Ground Parmesan: Our Parmesan started out as 2-inch hunks in the blender jar. We closed the lid and turned it on at speed 2. The Ninja seemed a bit unstable—we felt like we had to keep our hand on top of the lid to steady the machine so it wouldn’t wobble off the counter. After 20 seconds, we had a medium-coarse grind; after another 45, it was medium fine—good for topping gratins or melting into sauces, though perhaps too grainy to sprinkle over pasta at the table. Frozen daiquiris: The ultimate test of any blender—can it make a good frozen drink? We loaded the pitcher with frozen pineapple chunks, ice cubes, rum, simple syrup, and lime juice and turned it on at the Ninja’s highest speed, 3. After nearly 30 seconds, we still saw chunks of ice being hoisted up the blade assembly tower. Our standard KitchenAid blender turned the same ingredients into a perfectly slushy drink in 30 seconds, but the Ninja still had clunkers lurking here and there. We gave it another 30 seconds, and there were still small ice chunks.

Finally, after 2 minutes of blending at speed 3, the daiquiri was slushy and relatively smooth, with lingering mini ice shards. The Magic Bullet is a compact blender sold by Homeland Housewares, a division of the American company Alchemy Worldwide, and sold in over 50 countries.[1] It is widely marketed through television advertisements and infomercials and sold in retail stores under the "As seen on TV" banner. A feature-limited retail version not under this banner called the "Magic Bullet Single Shot+" is also available. Since the introduction of the Magic Bullet, other incarnations include the Magic Bullet To Go, the "Magic Bullet Mini", the Bullet Express, the Baby Bullet, the NutriBullet and the Dessert Bullet. The Magic Bullet is a personal blender that is designed to be used as a space saving replacement for other appliances such as a blender, food processor, and electric juicer.[] The name is derived from the ogive-shaped curve of the blending cups.[] The entire Magic Bullet system consists of an electric blender base with a number of attachments.

Some of the attachments are included with the product, and they are: Other add-ons can be purchased separately. The appliance is used by attaching a blade attachment to the desired cup and fitting the assembly upside down on top of the base. The base contains the motor that turns the blade, which is inside the cup. When one applies pressure to the top of the unit, the blade spins. If one turns the cup to lock into the base, it will continue to spin until it is disengaged. The Magic Bullet is known for its 30-minute infomercial, broadcast mostly in the early hours of the morning. The design for the Magic Bullet and its attachments is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to Lenny Sands, CEO and founding partner of Alchemy Worldwide. Homeland Housewares has introduced add-ons and different versions of the Magic Bullet including the Bullet2Go (with various accessories), the Bullet Express, and a Fat Burning Boost supplement to be used in conjunction with the Magic Bullet.