| KitchenAid Artisan KSB52BAC Blender Cream | 
 enlarge | Brand: KitchenAid
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: £91.00
New (7) from £91.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1300
Media: Kitchen & Home
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.4
Dimensions (in): 16.7 x 11 x 9.5
MPN: KSB52 BAC
Model: KSB5 EAC
EAN: 5413184604103
ASIN: B00008BQZ2
Release Date: January 24, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
This KitchenAid Ultra Power blender is powerful enough to crush ice and has five constant and five pulse speeds. Its glass goblet features graduated measurements and four cutter stainless-steel blades. Comes with auto shut off for added safety.
Amazon.co.uk Review
This is the blender of the future. It performs all the traditional blending tasks (crushing ice for margaritas, thinning ice cream) plus it can be used like a food processor (mincing garlic, pureeing peppers). The wide jar is rounder and squatter than old-style blenders, which makes it easier to reach in and scrape the sides (when the blender is off!). To reduce splatters of strawberry daiquiri, the Step Start feature starts blending slowly, then picks up to the chosen speed. This blender also comes with a booklet containing 75 recipes--including Frosty Chocolate Raspberry Latte. --Dana Van Nest
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 honestly, it really is great November 14, 2008
I have had my kitchenaid blender since May 2006. All that time it has done a fantastic job, still looks great, still great motor. I bought it because I wanted a really good blender where a replacement glass jug was easily available (I didn't want a plastic jug). After 2 and a half years of daily use (honestly, it is used all the time)the rubber bits on the bottom did finally break. a quick look on ebay and a few quid to a company called picksoft resulted in a replacement plus a little gadget to make the replacement easier. I am not good at this sort of thing, but I fixed it in 5 minutes and now it works just as before. Absolutely excellent machine. If you don't like throwing things away, and you like quality, this is the blender for you.
 Footballer's wife of a product... September 20, 2008
A metal pin in the jug section engages a rubber pinion in the drive mechanism. Guess what happens over time when rubber meets metal?
Yep.
I really stretched mine by asking it make breadcrumbs. It's now useless as all the rubber teeth have sheared off with the effort.
The kitchen aid was a present. It's now a present in a bin. I'm going back to my 30 year old Kenwood Chef which is a workhorse not a toy.
Can't tell you how unimpressed I am with this product. It's very pretty but totally incapable of doing anything useful. It's the footballer's wife of blenders.
 Looks good but not a great blender. May 16, 2008
I haven't used mine very much but now after only six months the teeth on the drive mechanism have all broken off, rendering it useless. I also found it didn't grate things like parmesan cheese nearly fine enough, herbs were reduced to mush and the goblet tended to leak. Looks aren't everything and I'm afraid I wouldn't recommend this blender.
Disappointing, does not produce lump free puree September 29, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I own a Kitchenaid mixer, food processor & blender. Based on my excellent experience with the mixer I expected the blender to work to the same high standard, but alas no. The blades do not have sharp edges and I find, no matter how long you process soup, there always seem to be some lumps left, which you only discover as you pour the contents out, the contents having appeared completely smooth through the quality glass jug. As a Home Economist I am used to appraising equipment, and while this product is well made & looks good I am not sure it is fit for the purpose - making smooth puree.
It does crush ice and whip up batter well, but beware making mayonnaise. When you remove the the central lid from the main lid to drip in the oil, so much egg and oil spatter out that not only the machine and your arm but the surrounding kitchen require a complete scrub down on completion. A good design feature is that when you switch on, the motor starts slowly for a few seconds before engaging at full speed, this means the contents don't hit the lid with a great whoosh of impact. However, blending hot soup does seem to create a lid lift off effect as steam is whirred up. Let the soup cool prior to blending, only half fill the jug and always, as with all blenders, cover the lid with a cloth before turning on.
Other reviewers mention leakage from the jug, this only happens if the jug is not taken apart from the base each time after use, and it, and the rubber gasket are not properly cleaned, then ensure you screw firmly back in place engaging the thread correctly. This is not an arduous task, but one which is necessary with all blenders for health and hygiene - food clinging in nooks and crannies will grow microbes.
If you really want a blender that is the business, and manage not to faint at the price, buy a Total Nutrition Centre by the Vita-mix corporation (from America but available in the UK now). This gadget has a 2 horse power motor and can reduce a whole orange, skin and all, to juice in the blink of an eye. I guess this blender has dimmed my view of all others on the market.
Had I bought my Kitcheniad blender, and not been given it at a greatly reduced price because of my job, I would be very cross to have spent the money only to find it did not work as I expected. Do not however, let this bad review of the blender put you off the mixer, it is the best in its class. When I have had my Kitchenaid food processor for a reasonable length of time I will report on it, it is too new at the moment and people always write glowing reports about new items, better to wait and really see how they perform over time first.
please read the long-term users reviews, not just the "i bought this yesterday and i love it" type April 9, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Like other users here I paid a lot for this item on the understanding of getting a high quality product. It's not bad, but mine also leaks and I need to replace parts and this is after not a lot of use over a couple of years.
Also, the top cap is not a very effective seal and liquid will spurt out of it meaning you can't fill the jug very full. I had some nice burns from boiling soup for a while as a memento of this.
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