Hand Held Blender

Our website has valuable, free information on the best selling hand held blenders including KitchenAid, Cuisinart and Braun.

Welcome to Hand Held Blender. We have dedicated this site to helping you understand the features and benefits of owning your own hand held blender.

One of the most useful small appliances you can have in your kitchen is a hand held blender. Or you may know it by one of its other names like immersion blender, stick blender, wand blender or simply hand blender.

A hand held blender is a long, thin appliance that you hold in your hand and immerse in the food or drink you’re making. A hand held blender can perform a lot of the same jobs that you would use your bigger countertop blender for. The biggest difference is you can use almost any container or bowl which makes it easy to use very versatile.

Most hand held blenders work best when processing smaller amounts of foods, liquids, powders, etc. They are great for puree soups, sauces, fruits, smoothies, salad dressings, pancake batter, milk shakes, mixing your protein or meal replacement drinks and even your favorite mixed drink. Plus much more of course.

One thing to remember is that a they do not work well for chopping a large amount of food. That’s not what they’re designed for. Its designed to work with small amount of food.

Many home and professional cooks love to use a hand held blender not only because of the convenience but they work so quickly and efficiently with pots and pans. They also offer accurate control in that the cook can see exactly what they are doing--and when they’ve done enough blending.

Some of the features are:

• Stainless steel blade

• Powerful motor with easy one touch controls

• Some come with a variable speeds

• You can find corded or cordless hand held blender models

• Most home versions are ten to twelve inches high

• Some come with a detachable blade that is dishwasher safe

• Many colors to choose from to match any kitchen

• Larger sizes are available as well

• Prices for a quality hand held blender varies anywhere from $20 - $120 for home versions. The average price is around $45.

Some of the biggest benefits are:

• Super easy to use. Most come with a simple one-touch button or switch that can be controlled easily with your thumb or finger.

• Fast. It makes preparing or making your favorite drink, smoothie, salad dressing, etc done in seconds compared to minutes if you had to do it by hand or get out you big countertop mixer.

• Use it anywhere. Since a hand held blender can be placed in almost any pot, pan, bowl or cup you can literally use it almost any time you need it.

Recently, our hand held blender finally broke down after about ten years of service. I must be honest with you. We missed it big time. We tried to get by without it but it made our lives much more difficult then it needed to be. Once we bought our new one we’ve been able to cook our favorite foods, salsa and drinks once again.

A hand held blender is a must for any kitchen.