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Vita-Mix 1363 CIA Professional Countertop Blender with 2+ HP Motor, Platinum | 
| Brand: Vitamix
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $599.00
Buy New: $498.95
as of 3/10/2010 18:41 CST details
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 3723
Color: Silver
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.8
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 8.8 x 20
MPN: 1363
Model: 1363
UPC: 703113013638
EAN: 0703113013638
ASIN: B000RRKQKA
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| Features:
| • | Countertop blender with laser-cut stainless-steel blades | | • | 2+ peak hp motor generates blade speeds of 240 MPH | | • | Durable all-metal construction; variable speed control | | • | 64-ounce jar; recipe books, instructional DVD, and manual included | | • | Measures 8-3/4 by 7-1/4 by 20 inches; 7-year warranty |
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Product Description
Ideal for the home gourmet, the Vita-Mix Professional juicer, with its 11.5 amp motor, chops fresh vegetables for salsa, processes nut butters and spreads, grinds whole grains into flour, minces onions and boiled eggs, grates cheese, purees soups or baby food, juices whole fruits and vegetables, blends shakes and smoothies and even mixes ice cream, sorbets and other frozen treats. The Vita-Mix Professional juicer is equipped with a 2+ peak hp motor that generates the laser-cut, one-piece stainless blade at speeds up to 240 mph! The variable speed control includes High and Low operation and 1-10 speeds. The Vita-Mix Professional juicer has an all-metal construction, a brushed aluminum faceplate with a Ruby mirror-gloss finish and soft touch switches and dial. An oversized 64-oz. BPA free copolyester jar is durable and comes with a soft-touch handle as well as a locking mechanism. Plus, every purchase of a Vita-Mix CIA Professional Series machine benfits The Culinary Institute of America Scholarship Fund, allowing you to help aspiring culinarians fulfill their passion.Package Includes:Professional Series variable speed model64-oz. container with blade assembly and soft touch handleAccelerator toolGourmet chef recipe book in stand up easel format"Recipes from the Master Chefs" of the CIA recipe book"Let's Get Started" instructional DVD7-year WarrantyIT'S NOT A BLENDER IT'S A VITA-
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 16
Great for Green Smoothies March 6, 2010
T. Liddell (Westlake, TX)
We have owned this blender for a couple of months and absolutely love it. We bought it to make smoothies, and it gets the job done quickly regardless of the type or size of fruit/vegetable that you are blending. It doesn't make a big mess either...most of the time the lid is still clean after blending. Definitely worth the money.
Outstanding Blender March 4, 2010
J. I. Grizzle (Titusville, Florida)
This blender does everything they say it will do and more. Its expensive but if your have heavy duty blending to do this is the blender for you.
Works great, as advertised. February 20, 2010
jalmquist
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Works great, as advertised.
We make smoothies almost daily with this thing. This has actually helped us change to a more health-concious lifestyle.
banana, whey protein, yogurt, blueberries, vanilla soy milk, couple ice cubes
We also make hummus all the time. We eat hummus just about every day. We used to get our hummus from HolyLand, which is an excellent brand (best I've tasted, outside of authentic Indian restaurants). But the hummus we make with this blender tastes amazing. We've served it to friends and family, and they all have nothing but good things to say.
In a Class of its Own February 16, 2010
Elaina E. Jackson (Lake Tahoe)
The Vita-Mix is in a class of its own, and can't really be compared to a "traditional" blender which will pale by comparison.
We juice, and I purchased a Breville Juice Fountain Plus (not the top of the line Breville, which would be the "Elite"). The Breville's are true "juicers" which remove the pulp. What I didn't like about the BJFP is that it took about 3 times the amount of produce to make a serving. Plus, the cleanup process was time-consuming and a hassle. What I LOVE about the Vita-Mix is that I can do the cleanup in just a few minutes (just put 5 cups of warm water and a couple of drops of liquid dishwashing soap and turn it on). Wa La! I don't have to deal with the cleanup of the pulp and I'm good to go in half the time. Plus I get the fiber and benefit of the "whole" veggie or fruit. Of course the downside is that rather than "juice" you are getting more of a "smoothie" consistency. I must admit, I prefer the taste/consistency of juice, but it is outweighed by the savings in produce, the ease of the process, and the easy cleanup.
If you want to check out the consistency, go to Jamba Juice. I believe they use the Vita-Mix (commercial version). The consistency is the same as what I produce at home. I happen to not mind it, as most of our "juices" are a combo of veggies and fruit and ice....
Lastly, I purchased mine at COSTCO. While not a regular product at COSTCO, they periodically have demos and sell the Vita-Mix for about $400, cheaper even than Amazon.... I wonder if this review will get published since I added that note??? We will see....
Great machine! Probably my favorite kitchen appliance. I use it EVERY day.
 Ain't what it used to be January 25, 2010
Eileen Koyl (New York CIty, NY)
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
I bought my first Vita-mix in the early 1990s. It was expensive (even more than the current price, adjusting for inflation) but I spent the money since my mother swore by hers.
It had a metal container with smooth sides and a spout near the bottom. The base was huge.
It would chop/blend anything, no matter how full you filled it (the ad showed it chopping blocks of wood. After a very happy party we tried that with a box of 2" pencils - the kind with no erasers. We ended up with sawdust.)
This was my vegetable juice period - I would fill the Vita-Mix with carrots, celery, raw beets and turnips up to the top of the unit; in 15 minutes it had ground them up with such velocity that I had hot soup. I could fill it with 3 lbs of cold cream cheese, six eggs, and a cup of sour cream and it would liquefy them for cheesecake.
I go into this detail because:
When I arrived in NYC a couple of years ago, I found to my dismay that my Vita-mix had been lost in transit. Since it was a major part of my kitchen, I immediately ordered a new one. I was quite shocked when it arrived with a plastic container with ridged insides, and a smaller base. However, I immediately used it to make a cheesecake. It tried for a minute - at which time I smelled something burning. Then it shut itself off. I called the company and was informed that this was a safety feature. It seems I had overloaded the blender. I told them that this had never been a problem on my old machine, but since it was probably made before the young lady helping me was born, she could offer no comment on this. I then tried my vegetable juice and had the same result. I sent it in to be serviced; they said nothing was wrong with it.
It has failed me on many subsequent occasions. Jobs that were routine with my old machine would elicit the now-familiar burning smell and 'safety shutoff'. Today I threw it out.
I guess if you've never experienced the old one, the new one might be OK, but I certainly don't think it's worth the exorbitant price. It is, sadly, another example of an established company cutting corners to boost the profit margin
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