magic clean
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panthera
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My, my, my
Thank you.
So not surprised.
Even Whirlpool couldn't destroy good KA design.
Thank you.
So not surprised.
Even Whirlpool couldn't destroy good KA design.
ronhic
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Is good to see Breville a close second though....
...ya just can't keep a good Aussie down...
...ya just can't keep a good Aussie down...
Hhmmm
Hi Leslie, interesting results, was surprised about the Vita-Mix!!!, I wonder what our resident Vita-Mix guru`s think??
Hi Leslie, interesting results, was surprised about the Vita-Mix!!!, I wonder what our resident Vita-Mix guru`s think??
Wonder if she says "veetamin" everyday when she ta
A very tough test! 1/4 cup of liquid isn't really enough for most of those big jars to effectively move the contents down to the blade-action. She never states how much ice is used. I have a sesame-poppy seed salad dressing recipe that I make and have to use my beehive Oster blender because my Vita-Mix jar is too large to process only about 8 oz of the dressing ingredients.
Fun demos aside, you have to think about the results of this test with these ingredients and how many times you'll actually blend and consume an entire orange, rind and all. Real day-to-day usage will likely never be this tough. I use my 1975 Vita-Mix every day with a piece of fresh fruit halved or quartered depending on size, a handful of ice cubes; a handful of frozen blueberries and a handful or more of whole frozen strawberries. I very rarely need to use the tamper to push the ingredients down and within 60-90 seconds, can dispense the smoothie through the spout on the front of the jar. I'd like to see that kind of real-life use testing.
The KitchenAid shines in the tests but a few I know that have bought them had trouble keeping them running after a while - motors, control failures and blade/jar woes. Wonder what a durability test would show. Hobart never made a blender under the KitchenAid name, it's always been a Whirlpool product.
I very nearly bought a KitchenAid hand mixer with a DC motor in lime green the other day when I stumbled onto the QVC KitchenAid hour, they had blenders coming up but I didn't stick around for that segment. I had to run or I would have had all new KA small apps on the counter by the end of the week! I have one of the Hobart/KitchenAid food processors that was French-made by the original Cuisinart (Robo-Coupe?) and that machine is a beast - nothing stops it! The new Whirlpool-KitchenAid fp's are outstanding from what I've seen, very well built.
A very tough test! 1/4 cup of liquid isn't really enough for most of those big jars to effectively move the contents down to the blade-action. She never states how much ice is used. I have a sesame-poppy seed salad dressing recipe that I make and have to use my beehive Oster blender because my Vita-Mix jar is too large to process only about 8 oz of the dressing ingredients.
Fun demos aside, you have to think about the results of this test with these ingredients and how many times you'll actually blend and consume an entire orange, rind and all. Real day-to-day usage will likely never be this tough. I use my 1975 Vita-Mix every day with a piece of fresh fruit halved or quartered depending on size, a handful of ice cubes; a handful of frozen blueberries and a handful or more of whole frozen strawberries. I very rarely need to use the tamper to push the ingredients down and within 60-90 seconds, can dispense the smoothie through the spout on the front of the jar. I'd like to see that kind of real-life use testing.
The KitchenAid shines in the tests but a few I know that have bought them had trouble keeping them running after a while - motors, control failures and blade/jar woes. Wonder what a durability test would show. Hobart never made a blender under the KitchenAid name, it's always been a Whirlpool product.
I very nearly bought a KitchenAid hand mixer with a DC motor in lime green the other day when I stumbled onto the QVC KitchenAid hour, they had blenders coming up but I didn't stick around for that segment. I had to run or I would have had all new KA small apps on the counter by the end of the week! I have one of the Hobart/KitchenAid food processors that was French-made by the original Cuisinart (Robo-Coupe?) and that machine is a beast - nothing stops it! The new Whirlpool-KitchenAid fp's are outstanding from what I've seen, very well built.
Interesting though you have to wonder if by chance the others might have done better had the orange been put in first with the ice on top etc. Sometimes the order of ingredients makes all the difference.
Global
Kitchenaid made a global desing blender, short and squat but ectremely quiet. I had one, loved in, never had an issue and it was slow. There is a rubber cuoupler, $2.98 that fails is abused. Not unlike the Whirlpool washer.
The newer aggresive blender I also have and enjoy. Its still quiet but throatier than the global. This line up with the poly carbinate has proved to be bullet proof. Loving appliance my entire life the concent of abuse, over loading or over burdening a machine is simply not acceptable. Every appliance has vaoice or tenor it pitches when running. If you listen to the voice and stop an appliance when it's sounds differently you can always prevent damage. Watch people using a blender they shake, jerk, thump and something jam the jat down on a spinning drive. I would say 98% of all Kitchenaid appliance failure could be avoided if used within design limits. I worked with Kitchenaid for about 14 months. There is a lot of urban legend and ignorance kicked around, even sometimes on this foum of imformed and enlightened. For $59.00 after rebate, using Shopkitchenaid.com the blender is smack down value.
Here's some of the Thrift Store back bar
Kitchenaid made a global desing blender, short and squat but ectremely quiet. I had one, loved in, never had an issue and it was slow. There is a rubber cuoupler, $2.98 that fails is abused. Not unlike the Whirlpool washer.
The newer aggresive blender I also have and enjoy. Its still quiet but throatier than the global. This line up with the poly carbinate has proved to be bullet proof. Loving appliance my entire life the concent of abuse, over loading or over burdening a machine is simply not acceptable. Every appliance has vaoice or tenor it pitches when running. If you listen to the voice and stop an appliance when it's sounds differently you can always prevent damage. Watch people using a blender they shake, jerk, thump and something jam the jat down on a spinning drive. I would say 98% of all Kitchenaid appliance failure could be avoided if used within design limits. I worked with Kitchenaid for about 14 months. There is a lot of urban legend and ignorance kicked around, even sometimes on this foum of imformed and enlightened. For $59.00 after rebate, using Shopkitchenaid.com the blender is smack down value.
Here's some of the Thrift Store back bar
This makes me feel good about our KA blender. If I had my way, I'd have my 40's Waring Blendor for our daily driver, it was for many years, but I've compromised (24 years and counting) and have it stored under the wet bar for use there.
I agree with Greg, tests based on every day use would be more helpful. Because I like a smoothie with raspberries I always wonder if a blender can pulverize raspberry seeds.
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I`m starting to become a big fan of small kitchen aid appliances.
Coffee makers & coffee grinders for instance that have all metal body
Obviously this is a good company to do business with .
I bought the table top mixer 2 years ago & love it !!!!
Of course I do love the little Breville Frappacino machine (Cafe Roma) They are cute - I`m considering using the Illy Pods.
Other then that Kitchen aid .
Coffee makers & coffee grinders for instance that have all metal body
Obviously this is a good company to do business with .
I bought the table top mixer 2 years ago & love it !!!!
Of course I do love the little Breville Frappacino machine (Cafe Roma) They are cute - I`m considering using the Illy Pods.
Other then that Kitchen aid .
panthera
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KA
KA did make blenders before Whirlpool, here's a link to repair parts for them. KA made tons of stuff apart from vintage dishwashers and stand-mixers.
Clearly, it would be unfair to expect this KA, which is made for occasional household use to last as long as a machine which is intended for continuous commercial use. We all know that blade design and speed as well as the configuration of the blending jar play a role in how the blender reacts to such a load as the apple and orange.
And it did the job, however loudly and however much our vintage noses might turn up at the thought.
We are not the target group for such tests. We understand cavitation and, being mainly gay men of a certain age, would naturally tend to have the ice pre-chipped, the orange properly segmented (pips, dahling, pips) and so on...same with the apple.
I have, however, seen my nieces throw junk in the blender in exactly this manner and expect it to work, picking up the whole thing and shaking it around until it got 'er done. Those are the folks this 'test' is aimed at.
http://www.kitchenaidparts.co.uk/Home/tabid/36/c/KitchenAid-Blender-Spares/CategoryID/6/Default.aspx
KA did make blenders before Whirlpool, here's a link to repair parts for them. KA made tons of stuff apart from vintage dishwashers and stand-mixers.
Clearly, it would be unfair to expect this KA, which is made for occasional household use to last as long as a machine which is intended for continuous commercial use. We all know that blade design and speed as well as the configuration of the blending jar play a role in how the blender reacts to such a load as the apple and orange.
And it did the job, however loudly and however much our vintage noses might turn up at the thought.
We are not the target group for such tests. We understand cavitation and, being mainly gay men of a certain age, would naturally tend to have the ice pre-chipped, the orange properly segmented (pips, dahling, pips) and so on...same with the apple.
I have, however, seen my nieces throw junk in the blender in exactly this manner and expect it to work, picking up the whole thing and shaking it around until it got 'er done. Those are the folks this 'test' is aimed at.
http://www.kitchenaidparts.co.uk/Home/tabid/36/c/KitchenAid-Blender-Spares/CategoryID/6/Default.aspx
Listen
I have the global design Kitchenaid blender, very, very quiet and slow. It has a rubber sacrificial drive. It costs $2.98 and anyone can screw it on. Consumers need to get over complaining about my $100.00 blender should have lasted my lifetime. For $3.00 it will. The newer blender is fashioned after Vita-Mix with a star drive and aggressive blades. I like the poly carbonate jar which goes right in the dishwasher. There are weep hole that let water run out of the base so it's dry at the end of the cycle. I really like the permanently attached blades so you're chasing a rubber seal or assemble it incorrectly. Both the BlendTech and the Vita-Mix require an upgrade or a manual assist to complete the project. Quick pulsing at high low speeds breaks it up and then a slow speed smoothes the mixture. I will never out live my Kitchenaid blender. It is over built for home use. It's kind of like the fad to have Vulcan, Viking or Kitchenaid wrap 300 pounds of steel around a poorly designed home range and call it "designer." The Kitchenaid aced tests at America's Test Kitchen and is their blender of choice. Again, Kitchenaid is not junk, it is over torqued for an inexperienced user and they wreak the 600 series mixer, the blender doing something stupid and then say, "Whirlpool ruined Kitchenaid" The Kitchenaid counter appliances are far from the quality of the 50's, but I defy anyone to find something better at the same price point. I will flatly swear no customer service entity in America is worthy to compare themselves to Kitchenaid. If they didn't honor so many shady requests for replacement we might not have to pay so much for the products. I am excluded dishwashers in this, but frankly that baseless pap spewed about Whirlpool and Kitchenaid makes me tired. Where is Mrs. Madrigal with my nice big stogie of relaxation?
I have the global design Kitchenaid blender, very, very quiet and slow. It has a rubber sacrificial drive. It costs $2.98 and anyone can screw it on. Consumers need to get over complaining about my $100.00 blender should have lasted my lifetime. For $3.00 it will. The newer blender is fashioned after Vita-Mix with a star drive and aggressive blades. I like the poly carbonate jar which goes right in the dishwasher. There are weep hole that let water run out of the base so it's dry at the end of the cycle. I really like the permanently attached blades so you're chasing a rubber seal or assemble it incorrectly. Both the BlendTech and the Vita-Mix require an upgrade or a manual assist to complete the project. Quick pulsing at high low speeds breaks it up and then a slow speed smoothes the mixture. I will never out live my Kitchenaid blender. It is over built for home use. It's kind of like the fad to have Vulcan, Viking or Kitchenaid wrap 300 pounds of steel around a poorly designed home range and call it "designer." The Kitchenaid aced tests at America's Test Kitchen and is their blender of choice. Again, Kitchenaid is not junk, it is over torqued for an inexperienced user and they wreak the 600 series mixer, the blender doing something stupid and then say, "Whirlpool ruined Kitchenaid" The Kitchenaid counter appliances are far from the quality of the 50's, but I defy anyone to find something better at the same price point. I will flatly swear no customer service entity in America is worthy to compare themselves to Kitchenaid. If they didn't honor so many shady requests for replacement we might not have to pay so much for the products. I am excluded dishwashers in this, but frankly that baseless pap spewed about Whirlpool and Kitchenaid makes me tired. Where is Mrs. Madrigal with my nice big stogie of relaxation?
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I have a KitchenAid blender like the one in the above pic. Its in grey and has the polycarbonate jar. I have had it now for almost 2 years and it has been a good blender. The only thing is the hairline cracks that the jar has developed at the base. where the 4 drain holes are there are cracks in the plastic that are growing to circle the base and eventually they will meet. I do love this blender and i know eventually I will have to replace the jar. So much for it being indestructable.
Blender parts link-
Those are Whirlpool parts. I have all the books from Hobart KitchenAid and there are no blenders.
Those are Whirlpool parts. I have all the books from Hobart KitchenAid and there are no blenders.
panthera
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Greg,
You are right, as usual.
Still, I feel like I saw KA blenders in NYC in 1974. Really.
Could it be, they only sold commercial units?
You are right, as usual.
Still, I feel like I saw KA blenders in NYC in 1974. Really.
Could it be, they only sold commercial units?
I was combing the books last night for evidence of even commercial model and came up with nothing. Seems like most every other form of processing food from storing and cooking to disposal was in the Hobart stable of products except that one. Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out they owned Vita-Mix? 
magic clean
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Nope
according to what documents I've viewed, no KitchenAid blender until the early 90's. The blender shown in the video has been out now for about 3 years.
according to what documents I've viewed, no KitchenAid blender until the early 90's. The blender shown in the video has been out now for about 3 years.
magic clean
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Nope
according to what documents I've viewed, no KitchenAid blender until the early 90's. The blender shown in the video has been out now for about 3 years.
according to what documents I've viewed, no KitchenAid blender until the early 90's. The blender shown in the video has been out now for about 3 years.
Speed
IIRC the older model KA blender had a max. speed of 10,000 rpm. Is the new one faster?
IIRC the older model KA blender had a max. speed of 10,000 rpm. Is the new one faster?
Unusual test-I have never blended a whole apple or orange expecting any blender to blend them into a smoothie.Usually peel the orange and apples first.After I found what was put on apple skins-you would too!My Blendtec-Vita Mix blenders have no problems with the apples and oranges that I have quartered and put into the machines with a little liquid-usually water and Mona Vie.The ic goes in last.I have a couple older KA blenders and those are the most USELESS blenders I have.Even quartered fruit takes a long time for them to break down-and its still pulpy.The VM and blendtecs make it truely smooth.Even my monster VM XL breaks down the fruits and seeds. That tester should have tested the "Veeta-Mix" XL!Bet that one would have no problem with whole apples or oranges.In a way that tester really doesn't know how to use the blenders-its more than just starting them-pulsing gives amazing results-you don't even need the "stomper" as provided with "VEETA-MIX" machines-even the XL has a tamper-that all live in a kitchen drawer-the pulsing on and off you don't need the tampers.I feel sort of nervous using them!Its still just a half inch or so from the spinning blades!
Vita Mix!
I just got a vita mix about 3 montha ago. Still trying to learn a lot of techniques.
Peter
I just got a vita mix about 3 montha ago. Still trying to learn a lot of techniques.
Peter
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