Kenwood Chef...liquidizer attachment?

Rob123

I'm tempted to buy a Kenwood chef, but space is a bit limited in our kitchen so I'm hoping it can fulfill the job of a few kitchen tools in one.

Can anyone comment how good the liquidizer attachment is for the Kenwood Chef? The Kenwood website site indicates there are actually three types of liquidzer attachments...

acrylic
glass
Stainless steel.

Only the 'speil' for the stainless steel attachment mentions "crushes ice".

Are there any Kenwood Chef owners on here who have used any of the above liquidizer attachments & can comment how good the attachments are? (ie do they match a dedicated liquidizer, do they crush ice, are they limited in there funtionality...eg no pulse or speed control etc)


Many thanks.

Rob

seraphina

I have a KM001 and the glass liquidizer that came with it.

It separates into two parts - the glass goblet and the blade unit at the bottom which makes it trivial to clean. The speed is controlled using the main speed control dial which does the mixing as well, so it's far more controllable than normal blenders which do a pulse/speed 1/speed 2.

I have crushed ice in my glass goblet but have always added a small amount of water, as told to do so in the manual first with no problems.

In my opinion better than a standalone liquidizer because it's so easy to clean and has much greater speed control. The fact that the blender separates into two bits means it fits in my small shelving units as well!

gooismeid

I can confirm everything that seraphina says - go for the glass one and it'll outlast practically everything else in your kitchen, and won't go all pinkish if you put tomatoes in it like the plastic or acrylic ones.

krishna

the biggest difference between a "dedicated" liquidiser/blender and a Kenwood Chef/Major is the motor. The Chef/Major has a much more powerful motor and will work very well. Our first Chef came with a plastic liquidiser. It got a little scratched, but outlasted the Chef itself! We've now got a Major which came with a glass liquidiser. Does a good job and feels more chunky and durable than the plastic one, but I'd just go with whatever one your model come with; I think they usually do provide the liquidiser when you purchase a chef/major.

frankiep_2

I'm a new user of the Kenwood Chef KM001 and am delighted at the quality, I so wish I'd bought it rather than all the other gadgets in my kitchen, I've had no problems using the glass blender and it is much more contolable than my previous expensive blender, and much easier to clean :j :j