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These days the home chef is always looking for efficiency in the kitchen so that family meals can be prepared faster and with a minimum of fuss. To cope with this level of consumer demand, a wider variety of domestic kitchen appliances are available than ever before, but one humble appliance has long stood out from all others: the stainless steel immersion blender. This type of blender (in many immersion blender reviews you will also see names such as stick blender, wand blender or hand held blender) takes up no bench space, can blend the contents of any size food container or cooking pot to a fine or coarse texture, and can wash itself up in two seconds with a quick dip in the sink.

Krups Steel Blender

Hand held blenders gained instant popularity with housewives when the first patented version was marketed by the Swiss company Bamix in the 1950s. Since that time many other manufacturers have released similar products, all of which seem to have met with equal success. The beauty of these stick blenders is in their versatility. They can blend enough soup for a dinner party or a tiny amount for baby.

Affordable blender such as a Breville BSB510XL control grip blender can whip cream or egg whites for a meringue faster than any other appliance, or mix a cake batter to perfection thanks to the variable speed models. Some brands include attachments for specific whisking or chopping tasks. For many satisfied users, however, it is certain that the simple cleanup of a wand-type blender by whizzing it while immersed in the washing up water cannot compare with the chore of taking a traditional blender apart and washing up the individual pieces.

Handheld Blenders

At the top end of today’s market for stick blenders are the prestigious Krups products, known for their power, long life and reliability. The Krups steel blender GPA30842 model boasts a steel shaft, clean white hand piece and the precision German engineering that gourmet chefs and home cooks alike have come to trust. Of course, quality steel is the material of choice when it comes to food processing appliances, as a housing material that becomes food stained makes even an expensive appliance quickly look cheap and inferior.

There is no question that a stick blender is an indispensable kitchen tool. What is a matter of personal choice is the style and model each home gourmet decides will complement their own kitchen system. However for timeless quality, functionality and form, an immersion blender made of stainless steel would be very hard to beat.