From 8/5/15 WSJ page D1:
"Europeans are clamoring for a blender that also cooks--and weighs, grinds, steams, chops, stirs, whips and kneads. It also has a color computer screen to walk cooks through digitized recipes.
The Thermomix, a $1200.00 German kitchen appliance, now has a two month wait list.
Producer Vorwerk & Co. know in in Germany for its durable vacuum cleaners, says a surge in orders for it's latest model, launched in September, is forcing staff to work round the clock every day. Runaway success in Europe has Vorhaut, I mean Vorwerk cooking up plans for a U.S. relaunch late next year.
The Thermomix automates food preparation, going beyond existing soup-making blenders from Cuisinart and others that also heat their contents.
The latest model's screen displays step-by-step cooking instructions using coin-shaped memory chips which hold digital recipe collections. Cooking time and temperature are preset for each increment so users just add specified ingredients. The machine weighs them and indicates the proper mixing speed.
The company sells the Thermomix through private gatherings like Tupperware parties.
Other home appliance makers have in recent years launched sophisticated machines that can blend and cook, including SEB SA's Krups brand, DeLonghi SPA's Kenwood unit and Whirlpool Corp.'s KitchenAid brand.
Vorwerk launched its first heating food processor in the early 70s in France, and expanded to other markets including the US. It decided to stop selling Thermomix in the US in 2004. Nowadays, some US cooks order it from Canada despite different electrical wiring."
Funny how the Ronson Cook and Stir Blender keeps getting improved and reintroduced.
"Europeans are clamoring for a blender that also cooks--and weighs, grinds, steams, chops, stirs, whips and kneads. It also has a color computer screen to walk cooks through digitized recipes.
The Thermomix, a $1200.00 German kitchen appliance, now has a two month wait list.
Producer Vorwerk & Co. know in in Germany for its durable vacuum cleaners, says a surge in orders for it's latest model, launched in September, is forcing staff to work round the clock every day. Runaway success in Europe has Vorhaut, I mean Vorwerk cooking up plans for a U.S. relaunch late next year.
The Thermomix automates food preparation, going beyond existing soup-making blenders from Cuisinart and others that also heat their contents.
The latest model's screen displays step-by-step cooking instructions using coin-shaped memory chips which hold digital recipe collections. Cooking time and temperature are preset for each increment so users just add specified ingredients. The machine weighs them and indicates the proper mixing speed.
The company sells the Thermomix through private gatherings like Tupperware parties.
Other home appliance makers have in recent years launched sophisticated machines that can blend and cook, including SEB SA's Krups brand, DeLonghi SPA's Kenwood unit and Whirlpool Corp.'s KitchenAid brand.
Vorwerk launched its first heating food processor in the early 70s in France, and expanded to other markets including the US. It decided to stop selling Thermomix in the US in 2004. Nowadays, some US cooks order it from Canada despite different electrical wiring."
Funny how the Ronson Cook and Stir Blender keeps getting improved and reintroduced.