Versatile and convenient, this blender is great for all-day use
Good for all day use, the KitchenAid Pure Power Blender combines versatility with convenience at mealtimes. With all the kit in the box and no set up required, you can be enjoying a fresh smoothie within minutes. It bites off more than it can chew with frozen berries so keep it fresh and you’ll be on to a winner.
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It’s a solid piece of kit -
No setting up required -
Powerful blade -
Easy to clean
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Loud -
Struggles to blend frozen fruit & veg
Key Features
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Three dedicated modes
Smoothie, Ice Crush and Clean -
Manual control
Ten speed settings
Introduction
The KitchenAid Pure Power Blender is a food processor designed to blend any foods you prefer. From blending hot, steamed vegetables to make a soup or cold, frozen berries to make a smoothie, on paper, it can do it all.
It’ll make light work of batch cooking thanks to its large jar capacity, 10 speed controls and dedicated settings but it can also be used to quickly make dips and salsas.
It’s one of the best blenders better suited to families, purely because of its versatility; kids smoothies, family favourites and grown-up cocktails. It also doesn’t take up much space so, if you don’t have much space, the blender will either sit snug up against the wall or be easily stowed away. It’s available in four colours so if you do have it on display all the time, you can choose a hue to suit.
Design and features
- 3 pre-sets with Pulse
- 10 speeds
- Vented lid for hot & cold ingredients
In the box when the KitchenAid Power Blender arrives is a solid BPA-free plastic base, 2L BPA-free plastic blender jar and a vented blender jar lid. It has all the gear, but no idea(s) what to cook. As someone who lacks food inspiration, I would have found it useful to have a few recipes to try.
Measuring H417 x W260 x D320mm, it’s a compact blender that looks good on the kitchen worktop. I tested it in Matte Black (to suit my other small appliances), and it’s also available in Porcelain White, Empire Red and Charcoal Grey. It can either be pushed to the back of the worktop, or easily stowed.
The KitchenAid logo sits proudly at the top of the base – this is masked when the jar is in position. Beneath this are four silver-coloured buttons: ON/OFF, Smoothie, Ice Crush and Clean. Then, below this, is a silver-colour precision speed control knob with settings between 1 and 10.
The jar feels robust with two sets of measurements, one on each side. One one side measurements are in “ml”, and on the other measurements are in “oz” and “cups”. It’ll only fit on the base in one configuration but when it’s in place, it feels nice and secure.
In the centre of the jar is a beastly, 360 asymmetrical blade that cannot be removed.These blades will blend at different angles to break down the toughest ingredients.
The vented lid will only fit onto the jar in a certain way because there is a clip fastening to secure it on to, and this is only on one of the lid corners. In the middle of the lid is a removable part so steam can be released when blending hot ingredients.
There was no set-up required with any of the design, and I found it all really easy to use. What I like about it is that it feels solid with the buttons and knob responding quickly. And what I don’t like is just the lack of recipe inspiration, nothing else.
Performance
- Crushed ice, loudly
- Blitzed berries, loudly
- Blended soup, with a bounce
The performance of the KitchenAid Power Blender is a mixed bag of smoothness, pre-set suitability and noise levels.
I first tried the “Ice Crush” pre-set mode. I emptied a full tray of ice cubes into the jar, fired up the appliance and hit the mode.
To start, it exceeded a noise level of 100dB, then dropped to 81dB when the ice was nearly crushed. The mode was active for 20 seconds, then it cut out. The ice cubes went from being cubes to a snow flurry.
Next up, smoothie. We love a breakfast smoothie in my household. To save time washing the fruit, and money, we use frozen fruit.
The obvious setting to use was “Smoothie” but the smoothie setting doesn’t respond well to frozen berries – berries get lodged, and the machine makes a racket. I used the “Ice Crush” setting to free the blade from the larger frozen berry lumps and added more milk before switching back to the smoothie setting. It took 20 seconds and, again, the mode cut out when finished.
The smoothie wasn’t “smooth”; I could still feel the seeds of the frozen berry mix. This mix included raspberries, strawberries and blackberries. Other ingredients in the smoothie were banana, milk, yogurt and honey, so the seeds couldn’t have been from anything else other than the mixed berries.
For lunch I wanted to make soup. I boiled some potato, leek and onion with a chicken stock cube. When the veg was soft I poured it into the jar.
To make soup I opted for speed setting “1” on the precision control dial. It took seconds to blitz the ingredients of a leek and potato soup and, when finished, it cut out – and I couldn’t restart it.
The soup wasn’t as smooth as I was expecting. The best way I can describe it is “grainy”, although there were no grains involved.
The machine was loud, and climaxed at 84dB. The speed setting is a force to be reckoned with, even on the lowest speed setting, and with the rubberized base, the machine literally started to bounce around on our granite worktop.
After all this crushing, blitzing and blending I tried the “cleaning” mode. I added some water and bubbles, and in fewer than 15 seconds the jar was clean. The spout needed a little wipe down because the water level didn’t get up to that level – and nor should it.
Overall, I found the performance to be powerful and loud. It feels like a bit of a “mean” machine which bites more than it can chew.
Should you buy it?
You like fresh soups and smoothies
Making light work of pre-cooked veg and soft fruits, this blender will smooth to taste
Loud and a little bouncy, the blender makes a meal out of convenient locked in flavours
Final Thoughts
The KitchenAid Power Blender is small yet incredibly mighty. It’s quick to make soups, and I imagine it would be quick to make dips too, but I don’t see the need to go above the number 2 speed setting at most.
I feel that it would be a good addition to your appliance assortment if you were regularly making fresh smoothies (not frozen) and soups. I love how easy it is to keep clean, and I equally love how good it looks. Priced at £149 it could contribute a lot to family mealtimes and snack times so it would be worth a buy.
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- Used as our main blender for the review period
- We make the same smoothie in all of our blenders so that we can compare the results between different models.
FAQs
Yes, you can poor hot liquids in, such as for soup making, and the blender has a vented lid.
You can buy this blender in black, white, red or grey.
Test Data
| KitchenAid Pure Power Blender | |
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| Sound (normal) | 81 dB |
Full Specs
| KitchenAid Pure Power Blender Review | |
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| UK RRP | £149 |
| Manufacturer | KitchenAid |
| Size (Dimensions) | 260 x 302 x 417 MM |
| Weight | 4 KG |
| Release Date | 2025 |
| First Reviewed Date | 19/12/2025 |
| Model Number | KitchenAid Pure Power Blender |
| Accessories | 2-litre jar |
| Blender type | Jar blender |
| Controls | Ten speeds, Smoothie, Ice Cursh and Clean |
| Motor power | 1200 W |
