Ninja QB1004 Blender/Food Processor with 450-Watt Base, 48oz Pitcher, 16oz Chopper Bowl, and 40oz Processor Bowl for Shakes, Smoothies, and Meal Prep,Black

Chops up Rotisserie chicken breast for chicken salad and mixes in Mayo and chops pickle of grapes into the chicken. Just a few quick pulses does the job. Easy to hand wash. Makes cracker crumbs for meatloaf easily. Comes with 3 sizes of base that use same motor apparatus.Quiet, sturdy, strong motor that has not seemed strained at all in the tasks I have done so far.

Was hesitant to purchase this item at first. Absolutely the best money ever spent. The power is strong, chops dices mixes everything first time. Easy clean up. Smoothies are perfect.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Great item sizing containers make it easy. Chopping onions in the right size means not scraping a large bowl Super quick and powerful.Super sharp blades be mindful of them.Very happy not to have to clean a huge pitcher or bowl. Love this Ninja the items chop so fast it's seconds great buyfor the money highly recommend

Love using this blender it does the job use it every single second no joke its easy to use and clean up is too but be very carefull blade are very sharp

I was given this Ninja more than 12 years ago as a hand me down. I use mine to make smoothies daily. I have used it to chop vegetables as well. That used set lasted me more than 12 years until a kitchen accident damaged it. I immediately bought the same brand and model as a replacement. For the price and how long it lasts, it really outshines its more expensive and fancy competitors.

I generally don't write reviews, but I have had an interesting enough time playing with my "Ninja" that I am writing this.I bought the Ninja as a blender replacement and food chopper (more specifically, to dice and grind hard cheeses). I was initially going to order a Cuisinart/KitchenAid mini-prep or similar, or a blender/food processor from Cuisinart. However, after reading Consumer Reports' ratings of food choppers/food processors and blenders, I decided to give this a try - it has a lot of good ratings on Amazon, and CR rated it as the best food chopper and 2nd best blender (right after the $250 Vita-Mix, which I never even considered). The Cuisinart blender/food processor was ranked substantially lower, although it would have been able to slice and shred as well.My needs - I am an amateur home cook, and I like to try different things. I do not cook in high volumes. I also try to limit what I have in my kitchen to tools that I enjoy and will use. Frankly, given that this is an infomercial device, I was wondering if it was a good option or not even after I ordered it.Upon opening, it seems to be pretty well contsructed. No redundant tools, although for the smallest bowl/chopper, the blade assembly is in 2 parts rather than in 1 part. It takes about 5 seconds to assemble, so it's not a big deal, but I don't know why this is the case.I have used it for several different tasks:1) Blending a fresh mango/pineapple/coconut milk/milk smoothie in large blender. Quickly blended all ingredients into a smooth mixture. Am drinking this as I type. No chunks, lumps, or other problems. Definitely above my old blender, which is over 10 years old (Oster). Also processing sauteed leeks into a leek pasta sauce with parsley - a few missed parsley strands (stalks), some missed bits around edges. Suspect a food processor with a feed tube wouldn't have had this, but would have been much more difficult and messy to get thick pastelike sauce through a feed tube.2) Grinding hard Romano cheese in small chopper bowl. Very quickly reduced 1" wide chunks into coarse powder. No lumps, worked very well.3) Avocado/goat cheese dip in medium bowl. Worked well without lumps or problems.In summary:Pros - easy to assemble, multiple bowls so you can work on multiple food projects at the same time without rinsing or cleaning bowls (this is really convenient), blades remove easily and you can fiddle with bowls without fear of nicking your fingers, works well for all food chores, cleans easily in dishwasher (blades)Cons - am still getting used to "top down" blender rather than the usual blender style with lid on top and blades on the bottom, blades need to be in bowl before adding food, initially bowls didn't clean well in dishwasher (not sure why; the avocado dip and and leek mixture took a few washings. This may have been a dishwasher issue, and haven't heard of similar problems)In short, I would buy this again preferentially over a blender and food processor, as this is easy and convenient ehough that I think that I will use it sporadically to regularly, probably moreso than a blender/food processor combo. If I do need to slice/shred, will probably buy a Presto Professional Salad Shooter (have used one and it works, although it's messy) over a larger food processor given my needs. If I had to use a blender/chopper often, I'd still go with the Ninja. The ability to use multiple bowls/projects is much more convenient than I had anticipated.I do hope they come out with a food slicer/shredder now. :-)Update 12/5/2011 - I am actually using this significantly more than I anticipated. The small chopper gets used for blending protein powder into chocolate milk/smoothies for my daughter, and I just used the large blender today to process some chunks of Gran Panado and ricotta cheeses with spinach for a "spinach ricotta" sauce for pasta. It's really easy to grab an empty blending container (I keep the blades in them and the tops on), toss some stuff in, and blend the heck out of it. It does not dice, however - you either end up with large chunks, or to process those some other chunks get pureed in the process. Still gets 4 stars, and I still hope that they come out with a slicer/shredder/dicing machine. As for cleaning, they wash as clean as anything else in my washer without any residual film or food particles (I still don't know what was so bad about that leek mixture!), although the flat bottoms collect water and need to be rinsed off.

Ha sido mi mejor inversión en la cocina, puedes utilizarlo para todo y si lo sabes cuidar, te dura muchos años como el mío.

Wow!! Blends so quickly, and quietly, makes very thick consistency (thicker than ice cream), super easy to clean!! So happy with this product, so worth the price!