/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14272895]

I'm in the market for a new blender. My old one was a cheapo Black and Decker, $50, but started having trouble with frozen fruit after a year or 2. I'm looking for something in the $100-150 range. I mostly just use it for smoothies. I've seen a number of poor reviews for Ninja's plastic jars but professional blenders seem to be plastic and hold up fine so I don't know what to think of that. What blender do you use?

[Anonymous No.14273174]

>>14272895
I have a vitamix knock off called home geek that it working pretty well so far. It was dirt cheap. I was going to get the vitamix but figured I'd get this one to see if I use it enough.

[Anonymous No.14273189]

my powerful vitamix can mix concrete

[Anonymous No.14273630]

I use a ninja just for smoothies and it's been great, way better than the cheap osterizer shit I used to have. It still doesn't compare to a vitamix but I don't want to spend that much on a blender I just use for smoothies.

[Anonymous No.14273637]

>>14272895
Buy a used vitamix or stick with your shitty $50 jobs. You won’t get much better quality for $100-150 new

[Anonymous No.14273865]

>>14273630
does it have layered blades like this? Is it not flimsy? For some reason it just gives me the impression they'd snap blending anything frozen

[Anonymous No.14273925]

>>14273865
I have the non-layered version, it chews through ice and frozen fruit with no problems.

[Anonymous No.14273946]

>>14273865
Ninjas are cheap garbage and are well known to break constantly and just fall apart.

[Anonymous No.14274683]

>>14273637
This is good advice.

[Anonymous No.14275560]

>>14273946
what's a better choice then

[Anonymous No.14275929]

>>14272895
I just picked this up for $75 plus shipping. I need a new gasket for the action lid or whatever which is like $7. I took the pitcher apart after soaking it in vinegar and running it a few times and then added some baking soda and ran it a few more times in forward and reverse. Cleaned everything up. It's a fucking beast. I could use a replacement handle for the broken one but I may just order a pair of steel aftermarket replacements.

Fuck new plastic shit.

If you have to settle get a top tier Oster. Mine has lasted 20 years and works great, and you can use normal standard width Mason jars on the base. The blade section will screw right on.

[Anonymous No.14275963]

>>14275929
My old reliable Oster with a Mason jar and the optional milkshake blade making a milkshake.

You can find these and the older vintage ones with glass pitchers all day long at thrift stores for $5-$20. They have a rugged drive coupling and are pretty much backwards compatible. They break down very easily for cleaning too so you don't have an old stinking pitcher.

[Anonymous No.14276005]

>>14275963
Using my Oster to puree piping hot chilies that have been steeped for making enchilada sauce.

The wife has a Ninja but it barely gets used. I used it once for making a dough ball for Pretzels. I think she bought it for margaritas. It seems alright but I wouldn't abuse it like I do my old workhorse Oster.

[Anonymous No.14276126]

>>14275560
I don't know. I bought a last gen Vitamix at Costco like 7 years ago. Ninjas are pretty much the only other thing I've used recently because multiple people I know own them, but they're basically "as seen on TV" garbage.

[Anonymous No.14276629]

>>14275963
Dude that milkshake looks OD, besides from milk and nesquick what else do you put in it?

[Anonymous No.14276774]

>>14276629
Hershey Syrup and Hershey Special Dark Syrup. I'm currently out of malt. I do freeze leftover coffee in an ice tray if I feel like having a Baskin Robbins style Cappuccino Blast.