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However, this makes it much closer to cooking on the hob and therefore adapting recipes becomes straightforward. Blending can be done once any of the programmes have finished. In addition, you can blend or pulse cold liquids such as smoothies. Every once in a while a product pops up that makes you think… Why has no one thought of this before? The Cuisinart SSB1U Soup Maker is just that. Combine a high power blender from one of the world leaders in kitchenware with a fast boil kettle, and you kind of see where this product is going.
Your question will be answered by a store representative or other customers. We have no data (and thus no recommendations) for this price type. Overall, a no-nonsense, affordable device that doesn’t fail to deliver top results.
When Cuisinart offered me one to review, I asked my mum, Mamta, to put it through its paces, as she regularly makes soups at home. This burly blender is a pain to clean, as its blades aren’t removable. Navigating my fingers around the sharp metal to pick out pieces of lentil was a challenge. If you make a lot of soup, investing in a good soup machine will save you time and effort. Read our review of this Cuisinart model to see how it performed in our tests.
Or alternatively you have the SoyaJoy kitchen gadget that makes soup, soy milk and a few other things and is more in the style of a soup maker. But if you are outside of the UK, then you won’t find the same choice in soup makers. You get what you pay for, the Morphy Richards Soup Maker is really cheap compared to the cuisinart griddler elite. The Cuisinart Soup Maker had a much better blender and a capacity to bulk cook soup. Its easy to clean and we love also using it for if we just want a quick batch of soup to go with dinner.
The base of the glass jug had some overcooked food stuck to it, but this was easily cleaned off with a brush. The recipe booklet offers a good spread of recipes – jam, chutney, risotto, smoothie, nut milk, curries and soups. You can strip the process back to basics if you like but we feel the usefulness of this product has the potential to grow and grow as you become more familiar with it. As this machine involves more than simply pressing a button, we began with two of the provided recipes.
And with the weather looking every so slightly rainy these next few weeks, there’s no doubt we’ll be turning to home cooked soups a little more often. If you have any questions, suggestions for future reviews or spot anything that has changed in price or availability please get in touch at There’s a lot more to this product than adding the ingredients, selecting a programme and walking away, which could be considered a plus or a minus depending on your approach to cooking. “Soup is one of the simplest foods,” Harris explains, “which sadly means it is often the dumping ground for sub-standard ingredients.” Gwen Pratesi is a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in Journalism and award-winning travel writer.
Sign up for price drop alerts and begin tracking this product by completing the form below. A fairly basic-looking, utilitarian design, which is rather paired back in terms of bells and whistles. Yet it’s bigger than many at 1.6 litres, making it a good, cheap option for a family of four. It’s also light, quiet, and comes with a brush and scouring pad for scrubbing off those tenacious soup residues. Overall, a strong soup maker which allows for more customisation, but let down by being large and weighty.