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Brand: Viking
EAN: 8002842020736
Item Dimensions: 340
Label: Viking Range Corporation
Manufacturer: Viking Range Corporation
Model: VHB300SG
MPN: VHB300SG
Publisher: Viking Range Corporation
Studio: Viking Range Corporation
Features:- Speeds: 2-Speed Power/Pulse Control
- Width: 1.5-in.
- Height: 15-in.
- Volts/Watts: 300-watt
- Origin: China
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Meet your new sous chef. The Viking professional hand blender makes quick work of everything from soups to smoothies to coffee beans with a professional-grade 300-watt motor. And thanks to ergonomic design and heavy-duty stainless steel standard attachments, it looks good doing it too.With this powerful hand blender from Viking, you get a professional grade 300 watt motor that provides powerful stability and smooth processing.Heavy duty Viking design incorporates ergonomic no slip grip handle. Rubberized no slip grip allows the consumer to grasp the unit without it slipping during processing. Two speed pulse control offers flexible performance and automatic safety shut off. The units shuts off when touch is lost from the power buttons (high and low speed). Standard accessories include stainless steel blending attachment, stainless steel whisk attachment, and 35 ounce mixing cup with lid. Five foot power cord for mobility in the kitchen.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I am so disappointed with this blender. Despite the promise of a quality product from a quality name, this blender does not deliver. After 5 months of use (for a breakfast smoothie and soup in the winter), the rubber on the button cover is peeling off. Worse, the motor sounds like it's starting to give and the blender shaft is loose. In comparison to other immersion blenders (Cuisinart, Waring), this product is not worth the hefty price and does not blend as thoroughly. Smoothies take longer to blend and soups do not puree as finely as with other brands. Not recommended.
Rating:  -
I have had this immersion blender for almost a year now and i agree with the reviewer that says how powerful it is. I also use it mostly for soups and in seconds its smooth. I would also like to address the other reviewer who is afraid to use it on his pots. I sue this with my Le Creuset cast iron, and there is a never even a mark on the enamel. I highly recommend this product.
Rating:  -
I bought this because of the positive review here and a confidence in the Viking name. However, I did not even want to start using this because the bottom section that would be coming into contact with a pan, or whatever container being used, is so sharp, there's no way it wouldn't scratch them. I'm surprised that such a significant part of an immersion blender would be so overlooked by a company like Viking.
Rating: -
I've used several other hand blenders from Braun and Kitchen-Aid, and while some of those models were very capable, this is in a completely different class. This isn't just an "upgrade," it's an entirely different device. The Kitchen-Aid and certain Braun models are fine for most tasks, but they are like kids' toys compared to the Viking. This hand blender has so much more power than those models, which makes it much quicker and more efficient at its tasks. I mostly use it for pureeing soups, a task that takes forever with those lesser brands, and never comes out perfectly smooth. My practice was always to strain the soups through a fine-mesh sieve after blending, because it was always necessary--there would be little fibrous chunks left over, and the puree would never be as silky as I wanted. But with the Viking that's completely unnecessary. For a big pot of butternut squash bisque, for instance, it takes about 15 seconds with the Viking to get the entire thing silky smooth, whereas with one of Braun's "professional" models, I'd have to blend for a minute, then wait for the unit to cool down, then blend more, then finally force the puree through a sieve. I should note that the Viking's manual also recommends only one minute of continuous use--the difference is that I can't imagine anything taking more than a minute with this thing.
This Viking model creates such a vortex in the pot that it ensures no chunks are left by cycling through all of the liquid very rapidly. For the same reason, the puree gets silky smooth in almost no time.
You know how there's a big difference between the power of a Kitchen-Aid stand mixer and a Kitchen-Aid hand mixer? Well, it's the same way between a really nice consumer blender and a Kitchen-Aid or Braun hand blender. With the Viking, there is no such difference. This is as powerful as any consumer-level blender I've used.
In addition, the construction feels extremely solid. It's heavy, and it's stainless steel, which also means the business end can go in the dishwasher, if that's your thing. But it's still ergonomically designed so that it feels great in your hand. My one complaint is that you have to hold the button as long as you want to keep it going. I wish there were a way to set it to stay on a particular speed setting.
Rating: -
I've had only great experiences with the Viking Pro Han Blender. I use it several times a week. The dual speeds work fine, the motor is powerful enough to chop even very hard foods, and after many months, I've not had any problems. I've tried at least 5 other brands, and this one is a solid piece of equipment. Another reviewer had problems with his/her unit and customer service, but I've had only great performance from it (buy the optional chopping attachment to get the best use of it).
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