I need to puree large batches of soup that has meat-is this blender strong enough to PULVERIZE chunks of beef in the soup?
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I would say yes, it can do that. It has about a 2 inch blade and head and the mixer has a high and low speed options. If the meat has been tenderized in the soup, it should what you need. We have run the mixer for minutes at a time with no overheating. Again, it is bigger than appears in the picture and is somewhat heavy. No comparison in power with the regular stick blender you would buy at a store. Hope this helps. Doug
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As long as the pieces of meat are small enough to get to the blades, this thing will turn it into liquid. I mean you could 2" cubes and that would get to the blades and be torn apart. I love the power and speed of this machine. We like our white chicken chili about half pureed (used to ladel it out a blender at a time - take forever) now we put this in the stock pot and in around a minute it is done with 4 gallons of soup. My only regret is that I didn't buy this years ago.
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It could probably handle it for a short amount of time-daily, probably not-i would go with the heavier duty model. We use ours daily for salad dressings, homemade mayo, and pureeing soups but usually nothing more than veggies are being pureed into the soup. Hope this helps :)
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Not sure about that. We mainly use ours for salsas. As of lately it has been shutting off from overheating. And that's just from some of our cream based sauces.
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Can't really answer your question since I use this only for soap making. Sorry.
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I wouldn't use it for large batches of liquid. The center is about 2" high so a blender might work better for you.
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No that would be better made in a blender or food processor. This product motor is used with the Food Strainer for fruits and vegetable to make sauces and purees.
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I returned my blender after two or three soup efforts as the heating element failed. If I remember correctly the plastic thing is not long enough to reach the blades and it is used to push material down into the blender. I am not for sure as I purchased a ninja blender and simply cook my soup on the stove now. You may have better luck than I did.
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it could easily blend the vegetables if they were cooked first- if not- i suggest the food processor attachment or maybe you want a juicer? The blender is a 6c capacity. Don't put that much in in all at once.
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gave mine away as baby gifts. Dont think those really puree. You might be happier using a blender first and then adding the stringy food with fruit/ or something else to put through the grinder. Just speaking from experience of the similar one I had when my children were babies---years ago.
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I think so, depending upon what you're chopping. I mainly use the blender for smoothies. Sor far great. It chops strawberries very good.
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No. It's a blender. I use it to mixcake mixes, make smoothies, blend gravy, soups, etc.I also use it to make fruit and vegetable purees.
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No. The blades spin too slowly, it purees, I guess you can approach something like a badly blended smoothie if you run it for a long long time, risking burning the cheap motor. For fruits and smoothies its all about rpm, and this is a chopping device, not a blending device. And don't even think about throwing ice into this, food processors only handle what you can cut with a knife.
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I think you should be able to get it pretty fine if you use enough water and do it for long enough. Also might depend on what you are pureeing, and how soft it is when you put it in. I precooked all of my baby food so it was fairly soft, then put it in the blender. I sometimes also had to shake or stir it during the process, to move the chunks around closer to the blades. I had success even with rotisserie chicken, making it smooth. But you definitely have to add water.
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Yes. This blender puree hot liquids for soups. The glass is resistant to high temperature and I have to confess that, as the glass is weight, I have changed it for one made of plastic and it still work perfect and also resistant to high temperature. I consider that this is one of the best buy that I have made. I hope this help you.
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Sleek, silver and a real kitchen powerhouse, this KitchenAid Blender in Silver makes it easy to serve up silky purees, satiny soups and tasty smoothies not recommend for raw meat.
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Yes, it works fine. I use it quite often on partially frozen roast beef to cube it for stews.
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I threw mine out because it started leaking and sprung for a Vitamix (reburbished--5 year warranty). This blender blended fine while it worked but it does not puree hard vegetables like you describe. Vitamix is the the one you want to smoothies, using whole apples, etc. Whiz kid!
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Sorry, I don't know. I do know that I made a mistake when I wanted to grate carrots and had the blade at the bottom running also and just about had baby food in seconds. I don't think it's designed to be a blender but I bet it could do the job for you.
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I use the Ninja and find it works great for making smoothies as well as pureeing when making soups.
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it works great on soft cooked vegetables and fruit, a blender works better for cooked meats in broth