Can we talk blenders for a second?

RachelG83

My blender ALWAYS leaves 2-3 balls of ice when I make drinks.  Never fails.

Does my blender suck or do they all do this?

I worked @ Baskin Robbins in high school and never remembered theirs doing that but then again those are industrial style.

SEEBALLERINA

I use my magic bullet more often then the blender.  No ice chunks in the bottem.... Maybe the blade needs to be replaced?

fabbate13

I have a Cuisinart blender and it seems to take some work.  I blend, I open it and stir by hand, blend again.  That's the only way I am chunk free.

RachelG83

I sold my Magic Bullet in a garage sale because I hated having all of those cups everywhere.  I couldn't figure out how to store them w/o them flying all over the place when I needed something out of the cabinet they were in.  Kinda like lids to plastic storage containers!

Maybe they do need to be replaced.  We got it as a shower gift and our 4th anniversary is coming up.

robinsokj

I begged dh for a blender for christmas b/c i was tired of the ice in my smoothies just spinning in circles.  My new one crushes the ice in 10 seconds.  Its pretty amazing

 

RachelG83

robinsokj:

I begged dh for a blender for christmas b/c i was tired of the ice in my smoothies just spinning in circles.  My new one crushes the ice in 10 seconds.  Its pretty amazing

 

What kind is it?

Fab - I do that too and still manage to miss some.  Maybe I need to be more diligent with my blend, stir, repeat method...

doyous&idos

Get a Ninja. It is the best kitchen appliance other than our KitchenAid that we have.

robinsokj

RachelG83:

robinsokj:

I begged dh for a blender for christmas b/c i was tired of the ice in my smoothies just spinning in circles.  My new one crushes the ice in 10 seconds.  Its pretty amazing

 

What kind is it?

Fab - I do that too and still manage to miss some.  Maybe I need to be more diligent with my blend, stir, repeat method...

Its a cuisinart 2 in 1 blender and food processor.  It has one base and both the blender and food processor parts.

RachelG83

robinsokj:

RachelG83:

robinsokj:

I begged dh for a blender for christmas b/c i was tired of the ice in my smoothies just spinning in circles.  My new one crushes the ice in 10 seconds.  Its pretty amazing

 

What kind is it?

Fab - I do that too and still manage to miss some.  Maybe I need to be more diligent with my blend, stir, repeat method...

Its a cuisinart 2 in 1 blender and food processor.  It has one base and both the blender and food processor parts.

Dang. I saw that thing on Woot one time and didn't get it.

 

DY - the demo video on their website is cheesy and hilarious 

hippotree

robinsokj:

RachelG83:

robinsokj:

I begged dh for a blender for christmas b/c i was tired of the ice in my smoothies just spinning in circles.  My new one crushes the ice in 10 seconds.  Its pretty amazing

 

What kind is it?

Fab - I do that too and still manage to miss some.  Maybe I need to be more diligent with my blend, stir, repeat method...

Its a cuisinart 2 in 1 blender and food processor.  It has one base and both the blender and food processor parts.

Oooh, that is the one we have!  I haven't tried to crush ice with it yet.  Good to know it works!

bumpuser794640

Our new blender does an awesome job of crushing ice - our old one was terrible.  We have an Oster Fusion with an all-metal drive.  We got it at Target for like $60-$70.

Thusadeedoo

We have a Kitchen Aid blender. Its a bit pricey at about $100 but we use it everyday and have had it for 3 years. Love!

doyous&idos

It is VERY cheesy but it really does make ice into snow, lol. It's the only product other than the Shark I have bought and it actually works the way it says it will on the commercial.

bancbev

When my mom died she had this old ugly Osterizer blender.  I had a kitchen aide that I hated so I figured, hey why not?  I'll try the old one.  Works like a dream.  This thing is seriously 30 years old.  I remember it from when I was a kid.

RachelG83

bancbev:

When my mom died she had this old ugly Osterizer blender.  I had a kitchen aide that I hated so I figured, hey why not?  I'll try the old one.  Works like a dream.  This thing is seriously 30 years old.  I remember it from when I was a kid.

That is awesome!  Just goes to show that they don't make stuff the way they used to!