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Binding: Kitchen
Brand: Viking Range
EAN: 0800284200659
Item Dimensions: 10.50
Label: Viking Range
Manufacturer: Viking Range
Model: VBLG01SG
MPN: VBLG01SG
Publisher: Viking Range
Studio: Viking Range
Features:- Rugged, high-torque, commercial-grade motor
- Easy to disassemble and clean
- 40-Ounce tempered glass carafe
- Attaches to base with positive lock system, which eliminates stripping of gears or carafe tipping
- Stable, die-cast metal base with no-mar rubber feet and wipe-clean finish
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Product Description:
This high speed blender processes anything in a minute. It has a rugged, high-torque motor engineered for commercial use, and an electronic mixing sensor that maintains a smooth and continuous speed. Additionally it features cyclonic blending action due to optimized carafe and blade shape. You can add stuff while it's blending if you like and the jar and blade assembly come apart for easy cleaning. Finally this blender fits easily under standard height cabinets.
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VIKING must have written the other reviews.This is a $50-$75 blender.Tall,tippy and made of brittle plastic.It is very light weight though,just like a $50 blender(tiny motor)the expensive part.In all honesty I did not use it,I put it right back in the box and returned it to cooksplus.$28 restocking fee yikes, $17 return shipping. It only cost me $45 to look at this $50 blender that sells for $150.Buy almost anything else anywhere else.
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Overall I love the product, but I do wish it was slightly easier to clean, in that taking off the bottom part does require a bit of strength, which at the moment (being sick and all) I don't have. That said, it's a wonderful product and well worth the money.
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I've needed a good blender for years. I have had so many sub par blenders it isn't even funny. First I had one that only turned on half the time. Then I had one that had built in recipes, but the motor blew out on that one. Then I had one with 60 settings or something but it couldn't blend water. Finally I broke down and asked for a new blender for Father's Day and asked for this specific model as it came highly recommended by a man who knows Good Eats.
The first thing I wanted to do was a make a smoothie. I haven't had a good home made smoothie in years. Well, I made a rookie mistake and filled it with ice and fruit and flipped the knob over and basically nothing. I was quite let down. I expected this blender to make short work of the situation but it only disappointed.
I poured everything out and then started feeding it cube of ice and fruit at a time and it just destroyed everything. I had an awesome watermelon smoothie in no time flat. Since then I've blended every fresh fruit and vegetable that is available in August in Kansas and it has done an awesome job at it. Blueberries are reduced to nothingness as easy as pears. Corn stands no chance in the face of these blades.
I only have one minor disappointment: the carafe is a little bit small (on the volume side, it is plenty tall, but still fits under the counter). But really, 40oz is quite a bit of volume. Maybe I'm just filling it quickly because I get so excited sending chunks of fresh and frozen fruit to death by blade.
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I was raised around good food and high quality tools to prepare that food. I know that if you want high quality, you must pay for it. That said, I still feel the price of this device just a bit excessive and that is why I gave it four stars.
I love my blender. I have had more blenders than I care to remember. The only difference price made was that it was an indicator of how long the blender will last. The more expensive models tend to last longer, but still don't last. The cheap ones might be replaced as much as two times a year. They are that bad.
When it arrived, I tested it by making my version of a frappucino that includes ice cream and lots of ice. In about thirty seconds I had a mix that was the exact consistency of a real frappucino. The ice had been cut into tiny pellets and it's consistency was perfectly even. I was amazed. It not only did a good job, but it also didn't complain. It didn't slow down, it didn't bog down, it didn't just stop altogether under the load of ice. I was completely amazed.
I use this blender regularly, as I prepare my own dog food. The dog food calls for pureed broccoli. Broccoli is a vegetable that resists being blended, but this can handle that, too. We also make our own peanut butter in it. Again, its' performance is stunning and the results are usually perfect.
This is a wonderful machine and one could reasonably argue that it is actually worth the hefty price. I have not seen one yet that comes close to it. Not only does it perform beautifully, it's design is equally beautiful. Gone are all of the superflous buttons, dials and knobs that we've come to expect. I learned instantly that those things aren't necessary and just more that can break. The Viking has two speeds; low and high, and it has a "pulse" option. It is the definition of elegant simplicity.
If you insist on high quality, dependable and durable kitchen appliances, this will not disappoint you.
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I don't own a food processor and the couple I've had over the years did nothing to make cooking simpler. So, when I needed to replace my blender, I simply wanted something that was better than what I had before. (Cuisinart). I researched the subject and found this blender to be the most highly reccomended. I wasn't happy about having to pay so much, but the price, while significant, is not out of line. I was surprised to find that though there are all kinds of blenders to be had, they are almost all of about the same quality. Even the better ones have trouble crushing ice and if used regularly, can not last more than two years.
This is why I am willing to pay what looks like too much. This blender is a high quality appliance that does what it claims it will, lasts several years, and saves money in the end. I didn't buy it to make drinks. Yes, I discovered that nothing handles ice like this, but it does so much more that most blenders would choke on. I bought it primarily for dog food. I grind broccoli down to nothing. It's what killed my last blender. This just goes right through it. The trick, I learned, is to feed it small amounts at a time.
Like so much else, when you pay that much more, you end up with some strange thing with few "features". The face of this appliance has a dial and that dial has four positions; one of which is "off". There is a high speed, a low speed, and "pulse". That is all. That is all it needs. I have never seen anything like this. It chops quickly and grinds uniformly. I wouldn't try it, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it could grind rocks.
If you don't mind forking over a bit more, well, you get what you pay for. This is in a class all it's own. Seriously: there are blenders, and then there is this. It has a strong motor that does not complain at tasks that slow most blenders. It handles ice cubles like they are butter. I expect that I won't be buying a new blender again for many years, if ever. I had serious reservations regarding paying so much for a device I have never had a good experience with. I am so glad I took the risk. I suspect I will still have no regrets about this purchase a decade from now. Most blenders can't go ten months!
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