KitchenAid, Cuisinart and Magimix – Leaders in Food Processors
There are a few appliances on the market that seem to be pretty closely related. Having features that are overlapping, they are bound to create confusion and perhaps frustration for the consumer. To be particular, we are talking about food processors, blenders, stick blenders and mixers. We know that, generally speaking, they combine and prepare ingredients, but what is the real deal with them? What would be best for you and your kitchen? Let us take a quick survey of these machines and see if we can clearly demarcate where the appliances duties begin and end.
The brainchild of Stephen Poplawski, blenders have been around since the 1920s. To be very concise, most often they feature a pitcher-shaped, removable container with fixed blades at the bottom and they are used for mixing fluids and semi-solids. In the early days they saw a lot of duty at soda counters and ice-cream shops. Indeed, blenders require a bit of fluid to get the ingredients moving around the blades and to work at their optimal levels.
Immersion blenders, more commonly referred to as stick blenders nowadays, are particularly useful when clean up can become an issue. They consist of a long wand with rotating (often detachable) blades. Because of this they can be immersed in the liquid or solid that is being blended. This eliminates much of the clean up process.
The stick blender market is dominated by two brands; Cuisinart and Bamix. Cuisinart is famous for its high value for money, while Swiss-made Bamix is well known for its unparalleled commitment to quality.
Broadly speaking, the basic functions of a food processor are slicing and chopping vegetables, grinding nuts, seeds, spices, meats and dried fruit, shredding or grinding vegetables or cheese, pureeing and mixing and kneading doughs.
One of the best features of the latest Magimix, Morphy Richards, KitchenAid and Cuisinart food processors are the clear work bowls. This allows the cook to tell exactly how long they need to leave the ingredients in the bowl to achieve the perfect consistency. A food processor really does make it easy for anyone to produce outstanding results in the kitchen, time and time again.
Mixers, be it a stand mixer or hand mixer, are ideal for those who Love to bake at home. KitchenAid stand mixers are especially revered, as their uncompromising quality ensures the mixers will last for years to come.
Those are the appliances that will stir, slice and blend your liquid and solid ingredients. If you are primarily entertaining the lads and women with fancy frozen cocktails then there is no getting around a blender. Enjoying protein beverages by your self? A stick blender will do you just fine and without a jug to clean. Preparing fresh foods in large quantities that are heavy on the produce or experimenting with lots of new recipes might necessitate a food processor, but one things for sure: time will be saved.
