Last Monday on The Backstage Pass Radio Program, I had a "protein madness" promotional giveaway, and one of the sponsors was webstaurantstore.com. I had found out about them through The Food Network Magazine, and contacted them because they have a great line of blenders - which is obviously a necessity for wls post-op life. They very generously donated two blenders as prizes for the giveaways (Waring BB180 Blender), and also sent me this bad-boy to review:
Waring BB900P 48 oz.
Two Speed Chrome
Bar Blender
Full disclosure(s):
1. This particular model is a little on the pricier side, but it's a bar-grade blender, meaning you get what you pay for. Bar blenders crush blocks of ice, blend within seconds, and make you the life of the party. They rock. Being the frugal Diva that I am (read: cheap-ass), I rarely pay more than $20 for anything. But this? Hells yeah. Read on.
2. I also have a fetish for all kitchen-gadgets. Take me to the Ikea or Target kitchen sections, and you'll see me look like a crack-addict on a binge within seconds. I love ALL. THINGS. KITCHEN. Machines, gadgets, knives, you name it, I want it. And blenders became top on my list of "kitchen-love" once I had to start puree-ing my life.
So Fedex came by and dropped this off, and my step-son went NUTS. He immediately started begging me to take him to the store to buy strawberries so that we could make smoothies ASAP. He was playing with this like it was a brand-new Xbox (Note to XBOX people: stepson also asked me to make an announcement that he'd like to review an XBOX. I promised him I'd put that out there. lol), and would NOT leave me alone until we got strawberries. So we did, and this morning was Smoothie-time.
First, we dropped in several big cubes of ice which were crushed WITHIN SECONDS. The 14 yr old was HIGHLY impressed. Then we put in yogurt, strawberries, and a little milk, and within another few seconds, the smoothie was good to go. Stepson then proceeded to rave about HOW. AWESOME. THIS. BLENDER. IS. He then talked about the other blenders we have an how they all pale by comparison and that this was his NEW FAVORITE BLENDER OF ALL TIME. I'm not even joking. You'd think the blender just handed the kid a $100 bill. I didn't even have to do this review, he totally did it for me.
But honestly? This blender DOES rock. Now I know why people invest a bit more into a product that works well, is reliable, and to be honest, looks pretty damn slick.
So there you have it. Need a blender? Go see the good people over at webstaurantstore.com and get your very own Waring Blender. If it passed the usually-apathetic 14 yr old test, I'm pretty sure that you'll love it too!