Immersion blenders – Bamix vs Cuisinart
I have a cheap and nasty stick blender. I was initially considering upgrading to a full on benchtop blender but good ones are very expensive. It seems that a costly appliance in the States--say, a Vitamix--costs an obscene amount in Australia. $700 for the Vitamix, I mean. That's an expensive blender. Anyway, I decided to look into good immersion blenders. Something in the 300-350W range. Powerful enough to make short work of vegetable soup, curry pastes, sauces, rehydrated chilli peppers and so
My search for a new immersion blender is necessitated by the untimely death of my KitchenAid model. In general, I was satisfied with its performance. As we have a decent food processor and countertop blender, we relied on the immersion blender primarily to puree soups and make smoothies. However, when the unit expired while i was trying to mash some beans, I discovered a weakness in its design that seems to be shared by a great many immersion blenders with removable wands. In retrospect, using
