Hamilton Beach 5425 14-Speed BlendMaster Ultra Blender

by Hamilton Beach

Product Features

• Crushes ice and blends shakes, smoothies, and frozen drinks
• 400-watt motor with pulse function for just the right amount of control
• 40-ounce glass jar sits without tipping on wide base for serving
• Removable cap covering filler hole in jar's lid serves as a 2-ounce measurer
• Measures 13-4/5 by 6-1/2 by 8 inches; 2-year warranty

Product Details

Product Manual [368kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.5 x 13.5 inches ; 6.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004X13N
• Item model number: 54250
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,757 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Color: White

Amazon.com Review

With a 400-watt motor offering 14 speeds plus pulse control, this versatile blender does everything but mow the lawn. Can it crush ice? Certainly, and it'll also blend smooth frozen drinks like smoothies and margaritas. Will it chop nuts? No problem, and coffee beans, chocolate, and vegetables (in water) come out at whatever consistency desired, as well. Does it purée baby food? Naturally, and when lumps disfigure gravy, punch the purée button and they'll disappear. Shredding cheese, making bread crumbs, blending hummus and chocolate mousse--all these and many, many more tasks are right up the blender's alley. The big 40-ounce, dishwasher-safe glass jar sits flat on a wide plastic base so it won't tip over when you're serving from it. A removable cap covering the filler hole in the jar's lid serves as a 2-ounce measure. The blender stands 13-1/2 inches high. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Frozen strawberry daiquiris, soy milk smoothies, and gourmet pesto are only minutes away when you have a powerful blender as a helpmate. Once you have a blender, its many possibilities suddenly become apparent. Why not make hummus, or cream of broccoli soup, even salmon mousse using this handy appliance?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does a great job!, October 12, 2000

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Chad R Sichello - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hamilton Beach 54252 14-Speed BlendMaster Ultra Blender, Black (Kitchen)

I have the plastic jar $25 version and I was going to buy another for my Boston apartment, but I thought I'd splurge the extra [money] (big spender, I know) and get this one instead. I'm glad I did, this blender is fantastic. I have plastic jar version in my apartment in Montreal, and it just plain sucks, the jar cracked three weeks into having it and it can hardly cut through my morning smoothy. But this blender is far more effective and does a great job of everything I put it through, i.e. pureéing parsnips and carrots (a great recipe off of canadianliving.com, I highly recommend trying it for thanksgiving). Definetly skip the plastic 10-speed and get this one. It's a far better product.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy and Long Lasting, Despite What Others Have Said!, January 24, 2003

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Ana Hotaling "saotomeranchan" (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hamilton Beach 54250 14-Speed BlendMaster Ultra Blender, White (Kitchen)

I received this blender as a gift almost 8 years ago, and it's still going strong. I have never had to sharpen the blades, it has never emitted sparks, the glass jar has never cracked or chipped, and I count it as one of the most dependable appliances I have! The lid is a little stained from years of constant use -- I make smoothies, blend soups, puree vegetables, and make milkshakes mostly -- but the base is still white (occasional scrubs with Soft Scrub work wonders!). The only problems are that the low speed settings are not much different from each other (the high speed ones are noticeably different) and that if you fill the blender jar too much and then turn on a high speed, the liquid might bubble up through the little add-in cap in the lid (messy and painful when it's a hot soup you're pureeing!). But I am very pleased with this product and would highly recommend it, despite what some of these other reviewers have said.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good all-purpose blender, July 25, 2001

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poltroon "poltroon" (Mendocino County, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hamilton Beach 54250 14-Speed BlendMaster Ultra Blender, White (Kitchen)

My grandmother's ancient Oster blender still worked, but I had trouble pureeing and then removing small amounts of food for my baby with it. Half the food would get stuck under the blades. So, I took that one to work for smoothies (mmmm) and decided to try this one.

It's been great. Rather to my surprise, it is much easier to empty completely and clean, and the shape of the bowl means that it does a better job of getting all the contents into the blades without help from a spatula. I use it for pureeing fruits and vegetables, for grinding rice, and for making tofu-based smoothies. Because it is so much easier to use than the other, I find that I do more blending.

The first few times I used it, I got a little "new motor smell", but that went away. It seems to do well even grinding for several minutes - which is more than I can say for my little mini-prep processor.

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