Cuisinart CSB-76BC SmartStick Immersion Blender - Powerful Hand Blender for Smoothies, Soups & More

Alexander Gregory: Good Light Duty Immersion Blender Know Thy Limits

Overview: Good, cheap, consumer grade, single speed pulsing, immersion blender. Know and respect its limits. It cannot crush ice or thrash apart nuts and grains. It's for "soft" vegetables as one ACE employee put it to me, and has a lurking design flaw (or feature). For about 30 dollars its might be worth a whirl and has many design features that upend the more expensive models from the likes of Breville, Miallegro, Krups, and De Longhi. It has nowhere near the blending capacity of a professional blender such as the  Waring Quick Stik 10" Immersion Blender  or the  Dynamic -Mini Pro - MX070 Commercial Hand Mixer - Immersion Blender .

As an immersion blender the Cuisinart CSB 76DSLT 200 Watt is a good consumer grade immersion blender*. But it does have a few - now somewhat notorious - design flaws. Here are my impressions after using two different colors of the same model over the past 6 months, neither has broken yet. First, The Good:

The blender shaft, foot, and blade are made of stainless steel and its form is easy to clean. The perforated foot affords good flow of food into the thrashing...

United States on Sep 16, 2012

Peter: Got this to replace my Thunderstick Pro, which I used primarily for milkshakes. The Smart Stick only has one blade, which seems better suited for pureeing and chopping, not aerating. It's quite powerful and I'm sure it would excel at those tasks. For milkshakes however, it needs a different blade.

Canada on Aug 09, 2011

Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: I just got this little gadget a short time ago as I wanted to puree soups without having to transfer the liquid in batches. It made a very nice thick potato soup indeed! If you like gluey mashed potatoes it can mash them in no time flat but I think I prefer it used for soup. I tried it for whipped cream in a regular bowl and ended up switching to my hand beater as I was more comfortable with that method thinking I would get more fluff. It may just take longer using the smart stick but I can say it did a decent job even if it was a little flat. Using the container it came with might have improved the results drastically and I will also add my bowl was not chilled. What do I really use this little bugger for? Smoothies! Yes, I mean the ones using frozen fruit including whole strawberries. If you have read other reviews you may be thinking, "Whoa there, are you nuts?" I can only say that while I hesitated to give it a try, a genle repetitive tapping motion is all that is needed and in under a minute I had an individual sized smoothie that put a big smile on my daughters face. The money I save from using frozen fruit puts a smile on my face and I know this gadget will get a lot of use...

United States on Apr 30, 2011