Can it blend vegetables like carrots to a smooth consistency for soup?
359906
Yes - we have used the blender for carrots, turnips, and making tomato paste from our own vegetables. The process takes a while at several speeds. My wife also has a dedicated food processor that she prefers for "soup work".
359907
I've only used it to make frozen drinks so far. It's at my camp. I love it works really well.
359908
I bought this for my sister and only had the chance to use it once at her house. I blended frozen strawberries and it had a little trouble. I think as long as the carrots weren't frozen it could probably do it.
1876893
Yes- just put in small amounts at a time, preferably cooked. If you put in too much, it is harder to make it super smooth. This will make it as fine as jarred baby food.
435337
To be honest I have only used it to blend oatmeal, bananas, peanut butter and milk, so I can't really say how it would handle those veggies. If those veggies were in water or chicken stock I bet they would blend fine.
1769596
I haven't used it for blending beans, but have found that for large amounts of food, a good ol' beater or blender works better. You may have success because the blade is very sharp; however, you have to be careful for overspray! Good luck!
1868715
No. When you select the smoothie option the blades automatically start in one direction and then they will reverse to spin In the other direction. This way any food that falls under the blades will spin back out to be blended. It's really a fabulous feature.
1069892
I used it for blending soup and marinara sauce before I got an immersion blender. An immersion blender is much better for that - I can control the level of smoothness and it's less cleanup. I think the blender is best for drinks.
2231564
Yes. But it depends. I don't recommend blending hot soup in them. I did this once and it caused a lot of pressure and I could barely unscrew the cup from the blade. You can pour hot items into the cups but I don't recommend blending them with hot liquid inside.
1182124
The blending is a manual thing. You hold the button until you are satisfied with the coarseness of the food. The longer you blend, the smoother the puree will be.
74107
This is still a blender as opposed to a juicer. You would still have to add water to help with the blending process, but overall you would likely end up with carrot juice-albeit diluted a bit by the water. I consistently use the 3HP to make smoothies that are pretty much all liquid.
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Sorry, I don't know. I do know that I made a mistake when I wanted to grate carrots and had the blade at the bottom running also and just about had baby food in seconds. I don't think it's designed to be a blender but I bet it could do the job for you.
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I have had my Blendtec Designer Series for a little under a year now. It completely liquifies whole veggies (including kale, spinach, chard, etc.) and fruits (apples, bananas, oranges, frozen berries) to a smoothie-like consistency. Sometimes, when blending frozen fruits on preset settings, I see a few chunks. A few pulses of the manual blend setting usually takes care of that.
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Definitely! I used mine to chop carrots for soup all the time. You do need to cut the carrots into about 3 inch lengths, to fit on the cutting blade (or just use baby carrots). If the carrot was really, really thick, I sometimes split it lengthwise. More so the pieces would be uniformly sized more than that the chopper couldn't handle it.
741349
If you want to puree batches of soup, a handheld immersion blender would be MUCH easier! Use it right in the cooking pot on the stove top.
1708627
Absolutely. I've used it to blend hot gravy straight from the oven roaster. cooked veggies and all.
824608
it works great on soft cooked vegetables and fruit, a blender works better for cooked meats in broth
1732237
I did not try mixing with soup or warm liquids but it should. All protein degrades if it gets to hot. Soup should be fine or other warm liquids.
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I haven't tried to make soup yet, but I do use my Blendtech almost daily making smoothies, salad dressings, peanut butter etc... I have not had any problems with the lid. If this is a concern, just hold the lid down while processing. It only takes seconds for this blender to pulverize anything you put in it.