Best Blenders for food trapping

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Best for food trapping

Vitamix Ascent X5

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Vitamix Nano

3.5 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Ninja BlendBOSS

6 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Vitamix Ascent X2

4.4 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 Vitamix Ascent X5
5.0

The tapered jar reduces pockets of unblended food and helps move ingredients back into the blades.

Pros: overall satisfaction, blending performance

Cons: value for money, noise level

#2 Vitamix Nano
3.5

Smooth blends can leave very little residue in the cup, but liquid can collect under the blade-base seal and require extra attention.

Pros: automatic programs, preset programs

Cons: value for money, hot blending performance

#3 Vitamix Ascent X3
2.6

Food can remain under the blades or on pitcher walls after the wash cycle, particularly almond butter, blueberry skins and porridge.

Pros: overall satisfaction, value for money

Cons: reliability, durability

#4 Ninja CrushBOSS
2.2

Unprocessed scraps can remain between the disc and lid, ranging from minor vegetable leftovers to a large parmesan piece. Cilantro also stays behind in the dicing kit in one test...

Pros: versatility, overall satisfaction

Cons: food trapping, storage convenience

#5 Vitamix Ascent X2
2.2

Nut butter, pesto, and sticky pastes can cling around the fixed blades. Fibrous ingredients also collect near the lid where the tamper cannot reach.

Pros: overall satisfaction, ease of cleaning

Cons: noise level, usable capacity

#6 Vitamix Ascent X4
2.0

An ice test has ingredients compacting at the bottom until circulation stops. Changing the pulsing method improves the result.

Pros: overall satisfaction, value for money

Cons: reliability, accessory compatibility

#7 Ninja BlendBOSS
1.2

The biggest cleaning design complaint is residue or water getting trapped in handle, lid, thread, or blade crevices that are hard to reach.

Pros: overall satisfaction, design aesthetics

Cons: noise level, weight