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KitchenAid KSB5SSWH 5-Speed Professional Blender, White | 
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| Brand: KitchenAid
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $129.99
You Save: $20.00 (13%)
Rating:  5 reviews
Color: White
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.5
Dimensions (in): 16.6 x 11.1 x 9.5
MPN: KSB5SSWH
Model: KSB5SSWH
UPC: 050946868356
EAN: 0050946868356
ASIN: B0000667H2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Powerful 575-watt blender with 5-speed touchpad controls | | • | Crushes ice and can be pulsed at any speed for total blending control | | • | 40-ounce, dishwasher-safe, stainless-steel jar with tight lid and pouring lip | | • | Heavy-duty metal base with skid-proof rubber feet; convenient cord-wrap underneath | | • | Measures 7 by 15 by 8 inches; 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
KitchenAid offers the most powerful premium blenders available - features a strong motor and unique blade design Oversized stainless steel blades allow it to crush ice at any speed One-piece blade assembly features oversized stainless steel blades on four different planes for optimal blending Durable base provides maximum stability during mixing Step Start starts the blender at a lower speed to minimize splattering, then accelerates for optimal performance The electronic sensor automatically adjusts power to maintain a consistent speed 40-oz. brushed stainless steel blender jar stands up to the heaviest use, resists breakage, and is dishwasher safe Electronic Mixing Sensor Number of Speeds: 5 Pulse Feature at Any Speed Patented S/S Blade Assembly Jar: Stainless Steel Textured Jar Lid 2 oz. Ingredient Cap CleanTouch Control Pad Step Start Feature Includes: Instruction and Recipe Guide Cord Storage Color: White Weight 11.4 lbs Dimensions (D x H x W): 8" x 15" x 7"
Amazon.com Review
Capable of crushing ice and being pulsed at any of its five speeds, this sturdy, powerful, 575-watt blender provides ease-of-operation and versatility to a serious cook. It creates frozen drinks like smoothies and margaritas; chops nuts, coffee beans, vegetables, and chocolate; mixes batters and party dips; purées baby food and soups; removes lumps from gravy; and shreds cheese. Four cutting blades whirl at different levels for thorough work. KitchenAid's "step-start" feature automatically begins a process slowly to prevent splatters and quickly increases speed to the level selected on the touchpad control panel. The blender has a 40-ounce, stainless-steel, dishwasher-safe jar with a drip-resistant pouring lip, a tight-fitting top, and a handsome, professional-looking brushed finish. Removing the cap creates an opening for adding ingredients, and the cap is a 2-ounce measuring container. The blender's heavy metal base doesn't skid around on its rubber feet during operation and offers a cord-wrap underneath. Base and control panel wipe clean easily. The blender measures 7 inches wide, 15 inches high, and 8 inches deep and weighs 9 pounds. Its instruction booklet includes 75 recipes. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews:
 Decent blender, but will not last due to poor design May 10, 2008
S. Targanyan (Irvine, CA)
I had purchased the black version of this blender a couple of years ago. For the amount that I had paid I was under the impression that it was a "commercial" type quality blender. The selling point for me at the time were that the blades were very thick stainless steel, I liked the design of the cord being able to be wrapped and hidden underneath, the container is stainless steel and it keeps excess drinks cold. I used the blender under normal use and it recently broke. I probably used it ~40 times, which isn't enough for it to fall apart. The part that broke was where the blender motor meets the container cup which make the blades spin. The reason that it broke is because the part on the motor side is made out of plastic rather than metal. I made an attempt to take the unit apart in an attempt to repair the unit; however, this blender is not designed to be repaired (and they use the word professional to describe it). I think I'm just going to go with a more commercial type of blender to prevent this from happenning again (I will most likely go with Waring since they offer true commercial grade appliances).
Pretty but incapable of liquefying April 7, 2007
Flatiron Crossing Valued Guest (Boulder, CO)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have plenty of high end items around the house and have generally been pleased with Kitchen Aid. I only use a blender to make mixed drinks; a few cubes of ice and several strawberries are more than this thing can handle. Whether I pulse or not, or let it run for 3 minutes, it can't get the berries small enough to go through a bar straw and whenever I have a party, I secretly blend in a $[...] glass Oyster in about 25 seconds and pour it into the Kitchen Aid so my friends will be impressed when I serve up the libations...
 Watch out for coupler problems November 28, 2006
pgb0517 (Austin, TX)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Well, I just got bit by the deteriorating-coupler bug that many other KA blender owners have experienced (see other posts on Amazon and in the KitchenAid online forum -- search for blender coupler). At some point, the rubber coupler between base and jar just falls apart. Bad design, bad material, or something. Our blender is seldom used, less than two years old. I got the part and followed the ice-pick-and-wrench instructions another customer posted in the KA site to replace it. Should NOT have had to do that. It's not too much to expect a critical part to last longer than this one did. If I had checked online posts before buying this blender, I would have had second thoughts. KitchenAid is not a dime-store brand. You pay lots more for it, and you have a right to expect it to last longer. In over TWENTY YEARS of use, the Oster blender we got as a wedding gift never stopped working. Only replaced it because the plastic jar melted in the dishwasher. I thought I was upgrading.
A KitchenAid rep says (in the official KitchenAid online forum) that we should consider this routine maintenance. That is way off base. Not when taking the blender to a shop costs a substantial portion of the purchase price, just to replace a bit of poorly designed rubber! This is a big, black mark in my book as far as KitchenAid is concerned.
American consumers have gotten used to taking shoddy workmanship for granted. The only way this'll change is to speak up and not apologize for manufacturers that don't use good design and materials.
Not very good with small quantites September 11, 2006
Vijayasimha Kadamby (Fremont, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am very happy with the efficiency with which the blender can process large jobs. However it is terrible with handling small quantities. For some strange reason there is a moat like gap between the blade assembly and the jar walls and a lot of stuff gets stuck in this area. I wish Kitchenaid comes up with a lower capacity jar that accompanies this blender to alleviate this problem.
 Hard to beat a KitchenAid appliance March 16, 2006
K. Deutsch (Iowa City)
I purchased 2 Black and Decker blenders from Target and neither lasted more than 2 weeks. They would start to smell hot than shut down for good. The KitchenAid works really well with ice cream drinks. The ice cream doesn't seem to stick to the side like the glass ones, maybe it has more to do with the blades. The base is very heavy. You do need to hold down on the mixer when doing anything thick or heavy, it tends to pop up.
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