| Vitamix and the Culinary Institute of America have partnered to bring you the CIA Professional by Vitamix. The CIA has trained more than 37,000 chefs and foodservice professionals, including many celebrity chefs. Ordinary blenders can't begin to approach the speed nor the results you'll enjoy while using the powerful CIA Professional by Vitamix machine. Like no other kitchen appliance available, the CIA Professional by Vitamix multi-tasking appliance will unlock the deep rich flavor treasures hidden in all your select ingredients. You can create dishes the way professional chefs do. It easily handles the work of many appliances so you can blend, puree, chop, juice, grind and more, all in this one versatile machine! Included is an exclusive new recipe book, "Recipes and Techniques from the CIA Master Chefs". The book features more than 20 recipes developed by the CIA's Certified Master Chefs. The CIA Professional by Vitamix also comes with "Create", an easel-design recipe book which saves counter space and is packed with over 300 easy-to-prepare recipes from some of the country's top professional chefs, including Joanne, Weir, Michael Symon and Hugh Carpenter. Instructional DVD and owner's manual included. "It's not a blender - It's a Vitamix!" |
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 Finally! A good blender! |
| Review Date: June 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Timothy A. Koch, |
My wife and I got a blender as a wedding gift, 3 months later, it was broken. So we bought another blender for $50 and a year later (after minimal use) it was broken. Then I worked at a company that gave you "reward points" for doing good work...it was an employee incentive program. After two years of accruing points, I got this Vita-Mix. Nothing compares to it. Smoothies are smooth. It makes excellent margaritas, grasshoppers, and daiquiris. I use the blender at least every other day. We got rid of our food processor and juicer and coffee grinder, because this blender does all those things perfectly. It's amazing at chopping up onions too. I cannot say enough good things about this blender. It is worth the money, because you know this blender will last forever. I've never had any problem with it.
It is expensive, and without the employee incentive program, I would never have owned one. But if this one ever breaks, getting a new one will be something I budget for. |
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| Review Date: August 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: E. D. Hensley, Grass Valley, CA United States |
| In spite of trepidation over price and some of the reviews (and some confusion over the models), we bought the Vita-Mix and haven't looked back. It's all positive--how it works, how it cleans up, the possibilities it opens. We've used it mainly for juicing, smoothies, green drinks. We subscribe to a community farm program and haven't always used everything from our weekly box of produce. Now we do. What we don't cook or preserve, we make into nutritious drinks. The one kind of negative was when the motor's overheating protection kicked in when I had the container jammed with frozen peaches and other ingredients. I had to wait it out until it would work again. There's no clear indication, either in the machine or in the documentation about how long that takes. We were making a huge batch of "vegan ice cream" for guests. Fortunately, I'd started early, so the Vita-Mix reset itself in time to get the batch finished (it again shut itself down, but right at the end of the process). Even though that was a bit frustrating, it was not a disaster, partly because the timing was still ok and partly because I'd read about how that protects both the motor and me from expensive repairs. As it turned out, the dessert was well worth it. The eight people we served all thought the dessert was spectacular. One said it was the best dessert he'd ever had in his life. Hard to keep worrying about one hiccup in the process with that kind of result. We use it essentially every day and already can't imagine life without it. (Oh, yeah, and the solution to the overheating issue with the dessert we made. Things I'll do next time: start earlier, make smaller batches, and make sure there's a liquid or soft ingredient at the bottom so the blades get a head start.) A friend gave us a book that helped get us started: Victoria Boutenko Green Smoothie Revolution Book |
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