Blender Buying - Square vs. Round Container
After looking at this blender question, I had a follow-up question.
I've seen both square and round containers/lids for blenders. Is either better?
I tend to see square blenders at smoothie shops - leading me to assume square ones are better. By better I mean, you don't have to do as much scraping and maybe they have more settings and automated features. I see mostly round blenders in your typical kitchen appliance aisle at your typical big box store.
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I can think of two reasons to prefer square containers :
- They store in less space for the same volume, when you're dealing with dozens of them (as the smoothie shops likely are)
- The key to a good blending is that the inside is not round -- you need baffles and such to keep the blender from forming a single, smooth vortex. The square containers would help to make baffles more effective by providing larger areas with slower moving liquid away from the center of the vortex.
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Look for one that has a tapered base so the food has better and more complete contact with the blades. Whether round or square as long as the container is tapered at the bottom it should do fine.
I wouldn't put a lot of weight or concern into having multiple settings. In my experience a machine that has a lot of settings has very little difference between each. I'd stick with something that has a high/med/low or even high/low. Most of the time you want the mixture to be smooth so you're likely to be using the higher setting most anyway.
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