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Euro-Pro Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor, Blue

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Length:: 6:04 Mins

This is my first video review, so here goes nothing! A couple of notes: I repeatedly said Ninja Master Pro, it's Ninja Master Prep. I love it!! Something I did wrong in my video review that I just learned. When making ice based drinks, do the ice on it's own first, then add your other ingredients. It makes the ice more like snow then baby ice chunks. As far as gadgets, this might intrique a non-cook into cooking.

So far, I've made hummus, chicken salad, cheese dip, ice cream, italian breadcrumbs and a few various drinks. I hate processed breadcrumbs in the little cardboard cartons. I tossed those and now we make our own breadcrumbs in about 1 minute. So really no extra effort and it tastes so much better, plus I know exactly whats in it(herbs, bread, garlic, cheese)with no added chemicals or preservatives.

For those people who rely on a food processor as their main go-to item when cooking, this might not be your thing. But for people like me, who tend to chop by hand while cooking for two and pull it out about twice a year, it's perfect. I also am not a huge blender user, though this will get me to try new things, since it's got 400 watts of power and seems like it can make just about anything. Lastly, dishwasher safe is a huge plus as well.

On those two sites amazon and the ninja official site specifically, I've seen it for sale with the ninja pod unit, a blender accessory and a 2 cup processor accessory. Some other places(wholesale clubs and a few tv shopping networks) have it with 2 more added accessories, for the same price(or less!). It's definitely worth poking around and finding the one that comes with 4 accessories total.

Be kind to the ninja pod. Always use it in bursts and don't hold it down. I've heard of other ninja owners stripping the gears by holding it down trying to use it like a traditional blender. It's not meant to be used that way.

ICE CREAM:
No lie, I just made ice cream in about 2 minutes. I am shocked and amazed. I used 1/2 and 1/2, white chocolate pudding mix(for flavor) and frozen strawberries with a few semi-sweet chocolate chips thrown in, which it totally shredded and integrated into it. If you have a sweet tooth, add a little powdered sugar. Seriously, it's like bought ice cream, but better. A-mazing.

I've been putting this little blender through it's paces the last couple of days, and I have to say, it passed with flying colors.
- Icecubes (even the pretty large ones)were not an issue, it blasted right through them and did indeed produce creamy/fluffy snow.
- Grinding nuts - awesome! I frequently use nuts in my baking and cooking, from really coarsely chopped to fine nut flours. It did it all! A regular food processor generally either can't go beyond the coarse chunks, or has the undesirable three-fold of nutbutter at the bottom, somewhat coarsely chopped nuts inbetween and hardly touched nuts on top! I would usually do little 1/4 cup batches in my coffee grinder, which a lot of shaking and sifting! Not anymore!
- Chopping veggies - performed beautifully. I added chunks of random veggies, they all came out nicely and pretty evenly chopped - even leeks!
- Finely chopped some lemon and orange peel in there too, no problem! Very nice and even processing!
- Processed smoothies beautifully.
- Soups - excellent and creamy processing.
- Pastry dough and crumble toppings - did very well in the even distribution of the cold butter.

The secret to this machine does however seem to be the short pulsing actions. Letting it run for any length of time, doesn't help much and is in fact counterproductive in this machine! Unless you're going for pulp, then that's what you want to do ;)

Right out of the box, it seems quite sturdy. Not indestructable, but pretty sturdy for a plastic food processor.
All the parts seem to be coming apart nicely, even the non slip rings come off, so clean up isn't a problem! After use, pretty much everything rinsed off quite easily.
The lids do come in handy too!

The only cons I could find:
It's easy to overload the containers (especially the small one) and then you don't get the even processing - or you can't fit the lid on correctly anymore.
Lining up the lids and the machine can take a second or two. They don't just go on any which way, you do need to line them up.

All in all it is so far the best performing food processor/blender/smoothie maker I've used (I've used quite a few!) and is an excellent value for the money. Time will tell how it performs on durability!

I purchased this item at Bed Bath and Beyond instead of the Cuisinart blender I had intended to buy. This blender is less expensive, but the next time I am in the market for a blender or a food processor I think I would pick a different item. This seems to be one step up from those terrible Magic Bullets.
PRO: It comes with two different containers, one for "blending" and one for "processing". You can blend two different things without needing to clean the pitcher in between.
CON: there isn't much difference between the food processor part and the blender part, other than in size.
PRO: The blades detach for safe cleaning.
CON: The blades themselves are difficult to clean, and I have found that the plastic part stains easily.
PRO: The motor part is light and and the whole thing stores easily. I keep the blades in a shallow drawer with my cookie cutters, the pitchers and lids with my tupperware, and the motor attachments lives inside my large stock pot.
CON: The motor is not very powerful. It blends things well enough if there is plenty of liquid, but even after several blends our smoothies end up with large ice chunks. You also are not supposed to run the motor for more than two minutes straight, but even after about thirty seconds the motor is very warm.

This smoothie maker was great for the first 3 uses. On the 4th try the power head slipped a bit off the bladeshaft. The result is that the bladeshaft and the blending head are completely stripped and therefore doesn't work anymore. We are really disappointed because it seemed like it worked so well.

After a total of three uses carefully following the isntructions TO THE LETTER, the white nylon gear on the power unit was stripped. To fix it would have required us to pay to return it (about $8 estimate) and another $14.95 for them to send the repaired unit back to us.
Cheap and poorly made. Don't waste your money on this product or manufacturer.

I purchased this for my wife and kids for Christmas after watching the tv demo. We made a couple of batches in the larger machine and plastic pieces chipped off and ended up in the kids smoothie. The smaller machine never worked correctly. Unfortunately I tried to return it and it was outside of the return window (only 1 month). What a disappointment. I read these reviews and I know how valuable they are. I took the time to leave my review so you don't end up making the same mistake as me.

Beware, the plastic will only last a few months at best if you use this device often. You can replace the motor for about $30 on the website but seriously.......why not just give the customer four extra plastic parts. If you don't mind paying the $15-$30 every time it breaks buy one. On another note customer service is outsourced to india so be prepared for major confusion on the phone. Beware of the magic bullet, the rubber seal will strip out and break in a few months of use. I am moving on to an industrial blender and scrapping these two money pits. You get what you pay for.

It worked for me for a couple of weeks. Motor was powerful enough to crush ice and make smoothies just as good as the infomercial. Used it one day and suddenly the blades stopped spinning. Motor was still moving but no rotation of blades. I tried it on the other smaller cup and it was fine so I was stumped.

After some looking I noticed that the threads of the larger blade assembly just stripped, slightly but enough so the motor does not engage the gears any longer. The threads are made of cheap plastic or nylon material.

This happened to me after very light, incidental use. I was not trying to test or destroy this thing. I think I may not have had the gears seated in place, or possibly I lifted the motor before it stopped, so it stripped them, never to turn them again. It may have been more forgiving if the designers thought of using steel, or of creating some braking mechanism so one can't do this so easily. Even some warning. Back it went, luckily within the return time period.

All in all, I wanted to like this thing and it has a powerful motor for perfect smoothies, but if it can break this fast by normal usage in just two weeks, I say buyer beware. This is a typical cheap Euro Pro product.

The Ninja Master Prep is by far the best blender in the market. Great technology, great design with the motor on the top so you can easily transfer from one task to the next. I love it!! I had purchased the Vita Mix back in July 2009, I used it about six times and the motor burnt out! I was able to return it without a problem but I really was looking for a machine like the Ninja. I can make smoothies, and silky sorbets using frozen fruit. I love it so much I bought two(2) of them! I purchased mine at Target for $49.99. I think that was a great price after having spent $400.00 on the Vita Mix which in my opinion is old technology compared to the Ninja. The Ninja really does perform great!! I would recommend this product to anyone who uses it for mixed drinks, sorbets and smoothies. The double blade technology is a great inventions!! I was shocked at the price for this type of technology!!

I have NEVER bought anything from QVC Television Shopping Chanel. I was flipping stations and accidentally pushed the wrong number - The Euro-Pro QB900 Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor was being shown. Well, that stopped me right in my tracks. They were showing the DOUBLE BLADE technology.

BEWARE THEY ARE VERY SHARP and THEY WILL CUT YOU!

I sat through the whole INFOMERCIAL and then ran to the computer. I started GOOGLING IT. I found several web sites with different prices (ALL MUCH HIGHER.)

I ran back and got my paper I scribbled my information on how to order it from QVC. I ended up buying the Euro-Pro QB900 Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor with the extra 2 Containers and Insert (NOT EXTRA BLADES) & lids for about a TOTAL of $63 (including S&H). Two payments came out of my PayPal account and I didn't even miss it!

I simply cannot express how great this unit really is. It is all it is hyped up to be AND THEN SOME.

I wouldn't waste the $21 for the Recipe book (not including shipping.) You can find recipe's by GOOGLING the Web. Don't confine your searches to JUST THE NINJA MASTER PREP - check out the Vita Mix and the Magic Bullet site for recipes. Also if you GOOGLE other "Blender - Food Processor Recipes" that will give you more recipes than you know what to do with.

If you find the forums where people exchange information on the NINJA that helps too.

You will probably find reviews stating how cheap it is at TARGET - WALMART - COSCO'S - BB&B (Bed Bath & Beyond) - but I WANTED THE EXTRA Containers.

If you go to the official Euro-Pro Ninja Master Prep web site and price the two containers (Large AND Small) the 2 INSERTS and the 2 LIDS... you make out like a BANDIT and the extra containers can be used to store extras or left overs in the fridge. I tallied up about $70 EXTRAS I got FREE!

So folks - the day I purchased my Euro-Pro QB900 Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor - I took a picture of my Magic Bullet and all the USELESS MUGS and Mug Rings and Large BLENDER Pitcher I had never used. I Posted it on eBay and I got $35 for it! So my entire Euro-Pro QB900 Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor PLUS EXTRA Useful Containers ONLY COST ME $30.

My Magic Bullet had already given me 2 years of faithful service making my diet shakes... And it was still going Strong and True. I never Pulsed for more than 3 seconds at a time. I will also stick to that 3 second rule with the Euro-Pro QB900 Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor.

The directions on the Euro-Pro QB900 Ninja Master Prep Blender and Food Processor mention 20 second pulses - but NOOOOO WAAAAY will I ever let it run that long. Sorry folks, but that is NOT a PULSE to me.

This Excellent Blender and Food Processor will make any COOK PROUD!.