Product Description

Modern-looking and with a powerful 1000-watt pulse-power motor, the Back to Basics Smoothie Professiona has both form and function. Serve the full 64-oz. out of this high-quality glass goblet using the dispenser valve for effortless saving. Features include ice-crushing blades, a stir-stick, interchangeable blender cap and convenient internal cord storage. Stainless steel color. Imported.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141323 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Back to Basics
• Model: SHP1000
• Released on: 2005-03-09
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 19.00" h x 8.00" w x 9.00" l,

Features

• 700-watt/1000-watt pulse-power motor
• 64 oz. dishwasher-safe glass container for large capacity jobs
• Heavy cast-metal base
• Stir stick and dispenser valve for perfect smoothie dispensing
• Convenient, internal cord storage 8.5" x 8.5" x 19.5"

Customer Reviews

Professional Smoothie Maker
Perhaps the Back to Basics company doesn't intend for their "residential" smoothie makers to be used regularly as my family has gone through two BtB Smoothie Elites in the last year. I was looking for a heavy duty smoothie maker that could survive rigorous treatment by my 10 year old and this one seems like it will stand the test of time. I particularly enjoy being able to put the glass decanter in the dishwasher. Functionally, this item is superb and is surprisingly quiet, despite the power. It also has larger capacity than other models and the construction is solid. The internal cord storage is a nice little extra as well.

Finally, a blender that can keep up with my family's needs
We are smoothie fanatics, and usually have one smoothie a day, more in the summertime. We have burned out engines on numerous other blenders and decided to try one with more power. This "professional" model has held up to the task and we love it! It pulverizes ice and all sorts of frozen fruits with incredible ease, creating wonderfully blended smoothies with no residual "chunks" of fruit. The guys in the family refer to it as "a man's power tool".

What you would expect from a commercial smoothie maker
I was looking for a new blender to make smoothies with after burning the motor out on two previous ones. I was also tired of having to stick spoons into the blenders and mash down the ice/fruit to get it to blend thoroughly. The Back to Basics Smoothie Maker solves this problem by providing everything you would expect to find in a commercial machine.

Most blenders are around 450 - 600 (for the high end machines) watts of power. They break because they can't handle the strain of grinding up all that ice. The BTB machine is an amazing 1,000 watts of power, more than twice the power of regular machines, and its blades are designed mainly for crushing ice. I've only used the machine about 50 times but it is still going string and I don't expect it to break anytime soon. It has two settings, which is all you need, and is so powerful that it will suck ice down to the blades, preventing the need to have to manually push the ingredients toward the blades, even when jam packed with ice.

The machine is made of heavy metal and is very sturdy. No cheap plastic. The glass decanter contains markings on the outside to show you how much ice, liquid, and fruit to put in the blender, so you'll never have to guess, although I usually don't follow their recommendations. I was skeptical of the dispensing valve when I saw it on the picture but it actually works great. No need to take the decanter out and pour it into your cup. What's more, the valve is set very low so all of the contents pour out and it leaves almost nothing behind. The machine also comes with a stirring stick that sits in the lid and helps to mix up the ingredients.

Cleanup is incredibly easy, as you can just toss it in the dishwasher. The valve and bottom of the decanter are separate pieces, so you can remove the valve permanently if you want, or unscrew the blades for easy hand cleaning, instead of trying to stick a scrub brush down there and go round the blades.

The only con I have found is that it is insanely loud. It sounds like a jet engine, which is to be expected considering it is double the power of most blenders. I don't see any reason why you can't use this as a traditional blender as well, although the blades are mainly designed for chopping ice.