Soup Maker

MrsStepford

The advantage of a soupmaker, is that you can wander off and do other things. You don't need to be constantly stirring and using a stick blender. It's very fast, so probably doesn't cost that much to run. Mine is a Tefal. It's way better at blended soups than chunky soups 

bouicca21

What Floss said.  Depends on your definition of ‘efficient’. A soup maker saves time and dirty dishes. When I cooked soup on the hob I had to keep watching and stirring plus washing up.   I don’t have a stick blender - I puréed mine the old fashioned way by pushing through a sieve - so it was a choice as to buying a stick blender or a soup maker and I chose the soup maker.  It doesn’t need watching, it purées the soup beautifully and its easier to wash out than a saucepan and sieve.

(I have a mini food processor that does the work of a stick blender for stuff like hummus, and also grates carrots without grating my skin.)

mac.d

Gave the £35 Salter soup maker from Lidl another try today. Used the BBC Good Food carrot & coriander recipe, this time it was hassle-free, 30 mins later a delicious bowl of soup and some to put in the freezer for later. Looks like I'll be keeping it, and for the price, I reckon it's probably just about worth it for the ease of less pots and no stirring/checking on it required.