salsalady
eXtreme Business
I've been wanting to do this side-by-side comparison for a while. A recent test batch of a sauce I'm working on for the next Making Hot Sauce class was the perfect opportunity.
BlendTec -vs- Ninja
I've had a BlendTec blender for a while. I purchased it used on eBay for about $300. It was refurbished, the carafe had a dinged up hard plastic lid that leaked when product splashed up against it. It was used for about 3 years, then the gasket on the gear spindle on the bottom got really stiff and wouldn't turn easily. I don't know if it was the rubber of the gasket, or what...whatever...I bought a new replacement carafe with a soft rubber lid and removable center cap.
Recently, I wanted to have a blender in the house for smoothies and such, so, the Ninja got the nod. Here's pics of the carafes, insides of the Ninja food processor, the Ninja blender and the BlendTec-
The BlendTec top with removable center for adding things, and the Ninja Lockdown top, small corner flip lid designed for pouring out smoothies, not adding ingredients....
One of the reasons I purchased the Ninja was for smoothies. I'd made a smoothie using the old circa 1989 Cuisinart blender with kale, flax seeds, yogurt etc and it was pretty good, but the flax seeds were broken up but not really smooth. I had high hopes for the Ninja.
First test with the flax seeds-
put the seeds in the blender, turned it on for 20 seconds or so.....
Not Good-
all the seeds gummed up under the spindle, didn't chop up at all. I added the kale and other stuff, and it did not blend or "smoothie" them to the consistency I was expecting.
OK- FF to now!
Sauce Test Batch!!!
I'd done a couple runs with the different items, so here's how this went down.
Up on the mixing block was a test batch using roasted beets, garlic, some liquids, bit of ginger, spices....I want a smooooth consistency, no chunks....
I ran in in the Ninja food processor bin for a good couple minutes, heres the consistency-
Not smooth, so it went into the Ninja food processor for a couple minutes-
Still not as smooth as I wanted. You can see white bits of garlic and ginger...into the BlendTec it goes!
That's more like it!
I've tried to make powder with the old Cuisinart and other blenders and they did OK. The BlendTec will make the dried peppers as smooth as commercial garlic powder. Not a mix of flakes and powder, all powder. When making sauces, the BlendTec will completely blend the seeds, ginger, everything to a smooth consistency. To the point where it would do no good to run through a food mill.
My Vote-BlendTec WINS the performance tests!
Here's some jalapeno powder with a quick blitz in the BlendTec. It's not perfectly smooth as for this powder, it's going into the salsa, so being really smooth was not an issue. I have made really smooth powders, just don't have a picture of them right now.
Hope This Helps~~
SL
BlendTec -vs- Ninja
I've had a BlendTec blender for a while. I purchased it used on eBay for about $300. It was refurbished, the carafe had a dinged up hard plastic lid that leaked when product splashed up against it. It was used for about 3 years, then the gasket on the gear spindle on the bottom got really stiff and wouldn't turn easily. I don't know if it was the rubber of the gasket, or what...whatever...I bought a new replacement carafe with a soft rubber lid and removable center cap.
Recently, I wanted to have a blender in the house for smoothies and such, so, the Ninja got the nod. Here's pics of the carafes, insides of the Ninja food processor, the Ninja blender and the BlendTec-
The BlendTec top with removable center for adding things, and the Ninja Lockdown top, small corner flip lid designed for pouring out smoothies, not adding ingredients....
One of the reasons I purchased the Ninja was for smoothies. I'd made a smoothie using the old circa 1989 Cuisinart blender with kale, flax seeds, yogurt etc and it was pretty good, but the flax seeds were broken up but not really smooth. I had high hopes for the Ninja.
First test with the flax seeds-
put the seeds in the blender, turned it on for 20 seconds or so.....
Not Good-
all the seeds gummed up under the spindle, didn't chop up at all. I added the kale and other stuff, and it did not blend or "smoothie" them to the consistency I was expecting.
OK- FF to now!
Sauce Test Batch!!!
I'd done a couple runs with the different items, so here's how this went down.
Up on the mixing block was a test batch using roasted beets, garlic, some liquids, bit of ginger, spices....I want a smooooth consistency, no chunks....
I ran in in the Ninja food processor bin for a good couple minutes, heres the consistency-
Not smooth, so it went into the Ninja food processor for a couple minutes-
Still not as smooth as I wanted. You can see white bits of garlic and ginger...into the BlendTec it goes!
That's more like it!
I've tried to make powder with the old Cuisinart and other blenders and they did OK. The BlendTec will make the dried peppers as smooth as commercial garlic powder. Not a mix of flakes and powder, all powder. When making sauces, the BlendTec will completely blend the seeds, ginger, everything to a smooth consistency. To the point where it would do no good to run through a food mill.
My Vote-BlendTec WINS the performance tests!
Here's some jalapeno powder with a quick blitz in the BlendTec. It's not perfectly smooth as for this powder, it's going into the salsa, so being really smooth was not an issue. I have made really smooth powders, just don't have a picture of them right now.
Hope This Helps~~
SL