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Blendtec Home TB-621-BHM The Professional's Choice 1,560-Watt Total Blender, Black | 
| Brand: Blendtec
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $599.00
Buy New: $399.95 (On sale from $528.99)
as of 11/22/2009 01:31 EST details
You Save: $129.04 (24%)
New (3) from $399.95
Seller: 877MYJUICER
Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 1989
Color: Black
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 8 x 15.5
Model: TB-621-BHM
UPC: 851992000260
EAN: 0851992000260
ASIN: B000GIGZXM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Commercial-quality 1,560-watt countertop blender with 3 HP direct-drive motor | | • | Preprogrammed blending cycles; digital touchpad controls; auto shutoff | | • | 2-prong stainless-steel blade spins at up to 29,000 rpm; ice-crushing guarantee | | • | 32-ounce square blending jar; secure-fitting lid; user guide and recipes included | | • | Measures 12 by 10 by 20 inches; 3-year motor-base warranty; 1-year jar warranty; lifetime coupling-and-blade warranty |
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Product Description
Smart-touch technology with digital touchpad means when the blending button is pushed, a pre-programmed cycle automatically speeds up and slows down to draw ingredients into the blade and thoroughly blend all the ingredients before shutting off when the cycle is complete so recipes will turn out perfect every time. Blending jar is the famous patented square jar design just like the professional models used in nationwide coffee, juice, and restaurant chains. Big 64oz. capacity, 1-year warranty. Powerful commercial quality 1500Watt, 3HP direct-drive motor, spins blade at 29,000rpm. Comes with an Ice Crushing Guarantee and 3-year warranty on motor and base. Total Blender replaces grain mill, juicer, bread machine, ice cream maker, smoothie maker, blender, milkshake maker, coffee grinder and ice crusher- all in one machine, for a fraction of the cost.
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 Great blender, but buy hearing protection to go with it! February 6, 2007
Shopperholic (Copiague, NY United States)
144 out of 145 found this review helpful
This is an awesome blender. It blends stuff like you've never seen before and I am really pleased with it. But holy cow is it LOUD!! The cat hates me. I got a pair of earmuffs from the shooting supply place to wear while using it. Maybe overkill, but I think that using it twice a day without them would result in hearing damage eventually. I wish they sold an enclosure for this one like they do for the commercial ones....I'd definitely buy one.
I bought this because I had a juicer and liked it. But I felt that tossing all that pulp and fiber had to be making me miss out on a lot of health benefits. And just trying to spoon some of it back into the juice doesn't work, it's gross. This blender blends whole fruits and vegetables wonderfully, I can still get the fiber and in a drinkable form.
After I bought this, I read a webpage where they talked about blending an avocado WITH the pit, and I tried it. It works, I ended up with an amazingly smooth mousse-like creamy pudding. Not something I'd do every day, but it was very interesting. I have been making kale banana blueberry smoothies for breakfast and it blends everything into one homogenous shake. No bits of leaves, chunks of stuff, etc. I'm enjoying it. I just wish it wasn't so loud.
Vegetarian's Best Friend March 16, 2007
Eco Mama's Guide To Living Green
201 out of 208 found this review helpful
I purchased this blender after reading THE CHINA STUDY, EAT TO LIVE, and GREEN FOR LIFE (all Highly recommended and if you are buying this blender you'd be missing out if you didn't read these books, particularly GREEN FOR LIFE).
All three books really drive home the importance of eating Greens (Swiss Chard, Kale, etc.)on a daily basis. For me, this was a challenge. The only way I could tolerate kale was to slather it with olive oil or butter and salt and cook it, thereby destroying most of the benefits. Even then I ate it dutifully and without pleasure. Then I read GREEN FOR LIFE and got the idea to blend up raw greens with bananas and other fruit into nutrient dense green smoothies.
You need the high power blender for this sort of thing, other blenders can't handle it. Thank goodness the Blendtec was mentioned in reviews for GFL, or I would have never even known about it. I ordered it with fingers crossed. It was a lot of money to plunk down for a blender and I was a little scared I wouldn't be able to drink the green stuff.
Not only did the blender perform like a dream, it makes a killer green smoothie--no taste of kale! The cost of the blender is worth it for this reason alone. Now I can get my daily intake of greens without having to endure it. It's actually delicious and gives you a buzz of energy way better than coffee.
I'm telling you all this because I think that Blendtec has missed a major market demographic. The recipie book that comes with the blender can be discarded for this demographic. A lot of people need these blenders for a vegan or raw food and greens lifestyle and I think most of them end up with a Vita-mix because of the way they are marketed.
I have had a Vita Mix and can tell you this is Way better. One thing not mentioned in the specs is that the blendtec is only about 15 inches tall (unlike the Vitamix which is 20). That means it fits on your counter under your cabinets--very important for an appliance you might be using every day. Mine now occupies the space where the coffee pot used to be and I use it at least twice a day.
You can make nut butters, various flours, breads, soup....etc. It's so powerful I think the motor could fly a small plane.
You can walk away from this blender and it knows when to shut itself off, it is not as loud as the Vitamix even though it is more powerful, and the clean-up is a cinch. This is the single best appliance I've ever purchased. The only thing I wish it had is a retractable cord and better customer service.
If you are on the fence about this--buy it!
Power and Simplicity May 22, 2007
Anonymous (CT USA)
68 out of 71 found this review helpful
This is the most amazing tool for my kitchen. Flour from wheat grains in two minutes!! Try tossing a few tomatoes,a stalk of celery, half an onion, and whatever else you like with a little coconut milk, whip it up for a minute and you have a hot cream of tomato soup not to be believed.
I use it 4 or 5 times a day, have retired my stick blender and juicer as this does the job better and faster.
I like that I can push just one button, one time, and let it do its thing without supervision. I can hide spinach in banana bread and no one has a clue. It takes some experimenting to learn just how much more flavor some things have when liquified - a clove of garlic has a lot more impact when liquifed than when merely minced, for example - but with a little practice I am now winging it with very nice results.
My sense is that having the veggies broken down so completely allows
more nutrition from each piece of food than simply chewing would yield. So not only am I ingesting more fruits and vegetables than I did before because it's so fast and easy, but I'm getting more benefit from each bit. It's not costing me any less, but I'm finally getting my value from the foods where it counts.
I have diverticular problems, but now I don't have to worry about raspberry seeds in my smoothies because they disappear, flax seeds are now safe for me as are many other similar foods.
I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that I feel this to be the best money I ever spent on my health and my palate as a delicious, nutritious liquid is only 45 seconds away; a minute or two if I want it warmed.
The Best Blender I've ever tried... February 12, 2007
L. Mann (New York)
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
After burning up my 5th or 6th blender since starting to make smoothies, I thought it was time to go for something a little more serious. While reading reviews here, I found out that a major coffee chain uses these to make their delicious coffee smoothies, and I LOVE those, so what the heck? Now I can make my own at home for a fraction of the cost, along with fruit smoothies and other recipes that would otherwise destroy other blenders or food processors. I'm VERY happy with the performance.
A few tips: Hold on to the lid when you start it up though, or it might pop off from the awesome power it kicks when the motor begins. Read the directions regarding frozen stuff to fluid ratios to get the best performance out of this blender. If you use the proper ratios of fluid to ice/frozen fruit, you'll make flawless smoothies by using the #3 button alone. Simple and efficient.
I've only had mine for a couple of months, but judging from the performance I think it MAY be my last blender forever!
The Blendtec vs. Vita-Mix dilemma April 7, 2009
SmoothieGirl (Hawaii, USA)
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
I must give you a little bit of history before reviewing the Blendtec . . .
Our local Costco was having a Vita-Mix road show and i bought it knowing that I really liked everything I had ever read about a Blendtec. A couple of my friends raved about the Vita-Mix, so I felt I needed to pay a little attention. A large purchase like this deserved a little research so that I wouldn't have any regrets. I watched the demo, was impressed and took home the Vita-Mix that day. I was anxious to make a smoothie with it because I had been using the Magic Bullet for five months. I made my first smoothie with it, and it turned out great but the "honeymon" didn't last very long. I did not like the sheer size of the Vita-Mix! It sat VERY high on my counter, wouldn't fit under the cabinet and it looked like it belonged in a commercial-sized kitchen, not mine. I absolutely disliked everything about the lid, except the ability to drizzle liquids in from the opening. The lid was not easy to put on nor remove. And the tamper!!! A good machine should not require a tamper to push the food around. The blender canister has these decorative grooves on the sides and oh what difficulty to "get every last bit out" with a a rubber scraper. I felt like I was wasting food! Then, I made a vegetable pate and the 4-pronged blade made it extremely difficult to get the food hiding below the blade. By this time, I had had enough and was only too happy to take it back to Costco.
That same night, I ordered my Blendtec. It arrived promptly and have LOVED everything about it since Day One! It is so-o-o-o easy to "get every last bit out" because the sides of the blender doesn't have the unnecessary decorative grooves on the side. It makes a big difference if you're the type that doesn't like to waste. I feel that the Vita-Mix and Blendtec are equally noisy, but it does its job so quickly and efficiently that it really isn't on for very long. It is so efficient and powerful that it doesn't need a silly tamper to get everything blended well. It fits under my cabinet where I like to keep it and it is just perfect in every way. I make whole fruit and/or leafy green smoothies, sometimes twice a day, and it's always smooth and perfectly blended. As long as you add the proper amount of liquid, that "vortex" forms and everything gets pulled downwards. Everything i make just comes out absolutely perfect. I just can't say enough good things about this machine.
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