Braun MR550MCA Culinary Series Variable Speed Hand Blender and Chopper

by Braun

Product Features

• Blend, chop, and whip a wide range of foods
• Includes handblender, chopper attachment, wire whisk, and mixing beaker
• 280-watt motor has five speed options
• Convenient wall mount provides storage for blender
• One-year warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 2.2 x 14.2 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004S9GW
• Item model number: MR550MCA
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,256 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This handblender is a wonderfully convenient kitchen tool and will be used often in busy households. As a blender, it inserts into any bowl or pan or can be used with the included mixing beaker to swiftly purée soups or baby foods or blend the perfect cocktail. As a chopper, it minces a handful of parsley in 15 seconds and makes breadcrumbs from bread rolls in 30. Attach the wire whip to make whipped cream or meringues. For so many everyday tasks, this blender is a great choice--all the parts fit together well and work smoothly--and it is easily stored off the counter, on the included wall mount. --Maria Dolan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Convenience, convenience....Did I mention convenience?, June 30, 2000

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Ricky Lee (Monterey Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braun MR550MCA Culinary Series Variable Speed Hand Blender and Chopper (Kitchen)

This has become one of my favorite kitchen appliances. It saves alot of time because now you can mix/blend whatever you want, wherever the food is, whether it's in a cup, pan or bowl. It doesn't matter! The variable speed knob gives you the freedom to blend how you please. Cleaning this couldn't be easier. You just snap off the bottom section and rinse it. It also comes with a chopper attachment to chop practically anything. The attachment wire wisk comes in very handy as well to mix things. When I used to make shakes just for myself, it was such a hassle using a regular blender and CLEAN IT! Now all I do is blend in the cup I will be drinking from, snap off the bottom part and rinse. Highly recommended!

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, versatile and affordable, December 19, 2000

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Paul Bobbitt "Pobbit" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braun MR550MCA Culinary Series Variable Speed Hand Blender and Chopper (Kitchen)

I purchased this hand blender a few weeks ago, and have been quite happy with it. The chopper attachment is perfect for small dicing jobs, like an onion or a few cloves of garlic, but it doesn't work as well as many food processors for thoroughness and evenness of chopping. The whisk is brilliant, and can turn regular milk into a lo-cal dessert topping. The variable speed is very handy, and necessary for a handblender with 280 watts of power, or everything would fly everywhere. (Most handblenders have a maximum of 200 watts of power by comparison.) I used the regular blender attachment to puree a butternut squash soup in the pot, and was generally pleased with the results, although the soup was not as smooth (it was slightly gritty) as with a regular blender. The stainless steel shaft is the first I've been comfortable using in a steaming pot, but make sure you watch out for splashes! All in all, certainly best of class, and the chopper and whisk attachments are well worth the extra cost of this item. Recommended for small and "in the pot" jobs.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A handy blender, August 30, 2000

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Rochelle Sladek (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braun MR550MCA Culinary Series Variable Speed Hand Blender and Chopper (Kitchen)

This hand blender is an amazing tool that is a must for any kitchen. I hardly use my stand blender at all any more. It also cuts down on my use of my food processor, which is much more difficult to clean. Whether your making milkshakes, apple sauce or tomato sauce, this machine does it all. It's got 5 speeds and is easy to clean. It also has a chopper and a whisk attachment. It comes with a beaker in which to measure and blend things and a wall mount for easy storage. I would highly recommend this for every kitchen.