Thread: Smoothie makers

On Aug 12, 9:28*am, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Who has one? *What kind? *Like it? * Any downside?
> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee. *
> Or are my expectations off? * TIA.
> --
> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
> St. Pectina of Jella
> "Always in a jam, never in a stew;
> sometimes in a pickle."
> Where are my pearls, Honey?

I have posted here before that I use a Vita Mix. Bestest thing for
perfect smoothies of any kind.....

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ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Aug 12, 9:28*am, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > Who has one? *What kind? *Like it? * Any downside?

> I have posted here before that I use a Vita Mix. Bestest thing for
> perfect smoothies of any kind.....

And about 15 times more expensive than interests me, too. :-) Thanks,
though, for the thought.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew;
sometimes in a pickle."
Where are my pearls, Honey?

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> On Aug 12, 9:28 am, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>> Who has one? What kind? Like it? Any downside?
>> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
>> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
>> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
>> Or are my expectations off? TIA.
>> --
>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
>> St. Pectina of Jella
>> "Always in a jam, never in a stew;
>> sometimes in a pickle."
>> Where are my pearls, Honey?
>
> I have posted here before that I use a Vita Mix. Bestest thing for
> perfect smoothies of any kind.....

I discovered with mine that it doesn't do frozen margaritas well. Maybe
just my model. But it was frozen at the top and loose on the bottom where
the spigot is. I did forward and reverse.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Who has one? What kind? Like it? Any downside?
> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
> Or are my expectations off? TIA.


I usually use a frozen banana or two and very cold ingredients. The
banana is enough to freeze it.

If I was making them frequently using ice, I think I'd buy a bag of
crushed ice to use.

A Kitchenaid blender can handle ice cubes, but it doesn't chop them
up very well. Actually it doesn't do anything very well because of
the "soft start" motor.

It's going to be tough to produce anything with the consistency of a
Squishee™, no matter what you use. Maybe a bar blender would work.

Bob

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Who has one? What kind? Like it? Any downside?
> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
> Or are my expectations off? TIA.

I just use a blender

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> Who has one? What kind? Like it? Any downside?
> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
> Or are my expectations off? TIA.

I've been using my Oster for nearly 50 years... ice hasn't harmed
anything... still the same blade, gasket, and container. Any blender
can be used for smoothies, even the $9,99 ones from the stupidmarket
housewares aisle. Those so-called smoothie blenders are simply an
ordinary cheapo blender all gussied up, some even have a built in
spout, something extra to clean. So long as you use a sufficient ice
to liquid ratio any blender will suffice... but a blender is not an
ice crusher.

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Who has one? What kind? Like it? Any downside?
> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
> Or are my expectations off? TIA.
> --

I've been using my KA immersion blender. It makes smoothies with a much
nicer consistency that my old blender, but much more work.

Jon

On Aug 12, 7:01*pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>
> And about 15 times more expensive than interests me, too. *:-) *Thanks,
> though, for the thought.


Keep your eye out at yard and garage sales or have friends who like to
go to them keep an eye out for you.

YOu can also find them in the paper or eBay or Craigs list sometimes
too.

Nothing will do a better job an be used for many other things as
well. I use mine every day.

On Aug 13, 8:46*am, ImStillMags <sitara8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 7:01*pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > And about 15 times more expensive than interests me, too. *:-) *Thanks,
> > though, for the thought.
>
> Keep your eye out at yard and garage sales or have friends who like to
> go to them keep an eye out for you.
>
> YOu can also find them in the paper or eBay or Craigs list sometimes
> too.
>
> Nothing will do a better job an be used for many other things as
> well. * I use mine every day.

Maybe Lou could keep an eye out for you. !!

Melba's Jammin' <[email protected]> wrote:

>Who has one? What kind? Like it? Any downside?
>I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
>cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
>smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
>Or are my expectations off? TIA.

For something like a slushee, I think my Waring "beehive" blender does
fine. Where I wish for something different is when I try to make
stiffer mixes. When it gets thick enough to stop flowing, I get air
pockets by the blades or the top stays at the top and the bottom gets
beat to death. I guess that's where some kind of forced flow machine
will do better. Then again these beehives were available for ~$40
online a few years ago.

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<[email protected]>,
ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Nothing will do a better job an be used for many other things as
> > well. * I use mine every day.
>
> Maybe Lou could keep an eye out for you. !!

Heh! He'd find it and then charge me $250 instead of $375. <grin>

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew;
sometimes in a pickle."
Where are my pearls, Honey?

On Aug 12, 12:28*pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Who has one? *What kind? *Like it? * Any downside?
> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee. *
> Or are my expectations off? * TIA.
> --
> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
> St. Pectina of Jella
> "Always in a jam, never in a stew;
> sometimes in a pickle."
> Where are my pearls, Honey?

I don't put in ice cubes. I toss the ingreeds into the blender, then
pour the product over a few ice cubes.
(I still think I need an immersion blender tho for this for easier
cleanup.)

On Aug 12, 8:57*pm, "Cheryl" <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "ImStillMags" <sitara8...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Aug 12, 9:28 am, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >> Who has one? *What kind? *Like it? * Any downside?
> >> I find I'm making them often and am not sure how much good all those ice
> >> cubes are doing my blender blade, and am wondering if a regulation
> >> smoothie machine will consistently produce something like a Slushee.
> >> Or are my expectations off? * TIA.
> >> --
> >> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> >> Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
> >> St. Pectina of Jella
> >> "Always in a jam, never in a stew;
> >> sometimes in a pickle."
> >> Where are my pearls, Honey?
>
> > I have posted here before that I use a Vita Mix. * Bestest thing for
> > perfect smoothies of any kind.....
>
> I discovered with mine that it doesn't do frozen margaritas well. *Maybe
> just my model. *But it was frozen at the top and loose on the bottom where
> the spigot is. *I did forward and reverse.

Mine doesn't have a spigot. It completely liquifies the entire
container full of ice and ingredients for a daquiri
in about 10 seconds flat and there is no difference in the
liquifaction anywhere in the whole thing.

Mine is 2 hp.....what is yours? Mine also came with the 'tamper'
to use to move ingredients around if you need to.