Is the twister jar hard to clean after making nut butters and is it hard to get the nut butters out of the jar??
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It depends on the nut butters and their oil content. Any time you try to wash something that contains oils it can be difficult. As far as getting the nut butters out, it is a piece of cake. The twister jar comes with a custom spatula that does a great job of getting in the hard to reach areas. Honestly, just soak with a decent soap and hot water and you should be fine. The big picture is nutbutters without other ingredients and healthier living :)
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I didn't find it hard to clean at all. The scraper makes it easy to get it out of the jar. I just put some dishwashing liquid and a little water and pulse.
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I don't know for sure about nut butter but everything else we've made is easy to clean and easy to get out of the jar
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It comes with a brilliant spatula which makes it easy to get the contents out. Cleaning is easy - detergent and 1/4 fill with water. Pulse until clean. If anything remains then use a washing up brush. Total cleaning time would be less than a minute.
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It should work if u put warm water in it and turn it on for a few seconds. Give it a go. Good luck.
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I wouldn't. That thing is really sturdy and unless you plan trying to abuse it. I have three types of the jars. The one that came with the blender, the WildSide, the Twister. They all work just fine and I have had the a while. I use the twister the most because of smaller size which I do one or two serving smoothies and protein shakes and my own homemade nut butters in.
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Sorry, I have not tried to do ice. I use mine for making nut butter. It does a verry good job for that and I am pleased with my twister jar.
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This jar comes with 2 lids, Laura. The Twister lid is used for making things like nut butters or other thick mixtures that benefit from "stirring" as they blend. This lid isn't water-tight, however, so a second, water-tight lid is included for more liquid things like smoothies and cleaning. The jar is quite a bit smaller than the 4-Sided or Wildside jar, and the blade is smaller as well (16oz/500 ml for the Twister, as compared to 36 oz/1000 mil for the Wildside/4-Side jars). Still, if you are making smaller batches, I can't see any reason why the Twister wouldn't work for smoothies. If I had to pick only one jar and my budget allowed, I would choose the Wildside jar. The blade is bigger than the 4-Side blade, you COULD make nut butters in it (you'd just have to stop and scrap the sides), and since I go through a quart of green smoothie a day, the larger capacity works for me. That being said, the scraper-spatula that comes with the Twister jar is almost worth the price of the jar -- it's one of the best spatulas I've ever used! Hope that helps. As you can tell, I'm a huge fan of Blendtec blenders, and they DON'T pay me to say this, either!
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The Cuisinart Stainless Steel Spice And Nut Grinder is advertised as capable of doing nut grinding. Does this work better or worse? The Cuisinart device looks like it is not heavy duty. But I'm guessing it will create nut butters.
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No... not hard to clean at all. As stated in my previous review (I've evidently become an expert on this device), best way to clean it is to first rinse out with hot water, then put in more hot water almost to the top and turn on the whirring thingy. This will "swirl" the water around. If you still have any residue (it will be near the top), then just give it a swipe with a wet dishrag around the inside edge and down about as far as your fingers will reach. Be careful not to touch the little whirring thingy (paddle). Dunno what would happen, but just don't. Box is long gone, so don't remember about instructions, but these washing instructions have worked for me - every day - for nearly a year now. Just don't let any residue dry out on the inside and you shouldn't have any probs. Bottom is flexible rubber and removable... it's where the batteries go. Just don't submerge or leave to set in standing water. I have already bought one for all my kids for Christmas. Great product, especially for the money. Hope this helps.
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Maybe if you add oil to the nuts before starting but it doesn't get creamy. Also you'll burn the motor out pretty fast. We make mayo every few days with the stick portion and the motor gets hot after about 30 seconds of blending. The instructions say not to run it for more than about 30 seconds at a time and when i make almond butter it takes much longer than that, so I use my blender.
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Ok, so I did a test for you. I made 3 servings and it took 8 minutes. I would definitely recommend using threading sugar which you can order from amazon. It's really easy and each serving gets you a little more than a baseball-size serving. You turn it on and let it heat up for 3 minutes, then you shut it off and let the spinner atop(about a minute), pour in your 1-serving of threading sugar or 2 crushed candies, turn it back on and it starts making cotton candy immediately. Basically, you have to shut it off and wait for the spinner each time you make a serving. I'm happy to answer any other questions! And oh, don't use those colored sugared sprinkles. I did and it burned and made a mess. I also tried it with crushed hard candy and that worked well too. But you would need to use a basic hard candy like the consistency of a butterscotch disc or candy cane.... Jolly ranchers don't work very well.
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I have made almond milk with great success in the ronco juicer. I find it much easier than using my vitamix and then a nut bag... I usually run the liquid through a second time just to make sure all small bits are out and it leaves you with a smooth milk. I have not used the juicer for almond butter. I am seeing that you sent me this email quite some time ago, and am wondering if you, at this point, have used the juicer for almond butter?
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You really want a blender for creamy nut butters - you can do the initial chopping in a food processor, but a blender will give you better results. :)
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Yes, the components come apart easily to clean. I use this for olive and canola oil only. Would I trust it to melted butter? I would be worried how quickly it would congeal, but for the low cost, this unit is the best possible choice IMO. Worth a try.
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Hi Anita, i love this salad spinner and have never had a problem with cleaning or anything of that matter. It's really been great!
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I'll admit, after working with one of these for nine years, it's not the easiest to clean. That said, we use it multiple times a week and are heavy users at our college. We do give it a wipe down each time we use it and then do a deep clean every month or so. No popcorn machine is super easy to clean, I'm on my third one of this model, so we keep coming back to it.
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I haven't had a problem, you can always just carefully tip the jar to the side to scoop out what's on the bottom. But I love this jar. I have the whole set
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The manufacturer doesn't recommend dishwasher cleaning. The crank is cleaned by the gasket when it is removed after stirring, so only the lid and gasket would need to be cleaned. I keep the lid and the gasket on the top of the jar in the fridge until I'm done with the whole jar of peanut butter, but you could remove the lid and gasket and put the original lid back on and just save the Witmer lid in your drawer for the next use.
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With the Tribest SW-2000-B Slow Star Juicer you use the mincing attachment to make nut butters. The mincing attachment uses the auger and not the screen. When you run nuts through the machine with the mincing attachment on, the nuts will come out almost powdery the first time through. You may want to run the nut ingredients through up to 5 times to get a creamy consistency. The more you run the nut mixture through, the creamery it gets. You also may want to add a little neutral tasting oil to you nut butter to increase the creaminess. Many commercial nut butters have added oil. The oil can be added when the nuts go through the machine or after you are done running the nuts through the machine. I hope this information helps you. VeggieSensations
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not hard to clean at all. I put the loose parts in dishwasher. Sometimes, I just rinse them off if I think I will need them before I run the dishwasher. I always feel the top part with the grinder works better if it is as dry as possible when you use it.