We recommend the Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender. It's a longtime Serious Eats favorite and features a tapered blending jar that creates a powerful vortex. It has a no-frills, easy-to-use ...

I’ve used it for many years and find that no other blender gives results that are as thick and smooth as the Vitamix. With its tall, tapered plastic blending jar, it creates an effective vortex ...

Cheap, weak blenders are frustrating ... Four asymmetric blades at the bottom of the jar help produce an even blend by pulling the contents down into a vortex. The lid is also made of hard ...

Standing at a full 15.7 inches (with main 40-ounce jar), the S30 isn ... ingredients then urges blender chefs not to fear pushing the motor up to level 10 once a vortex of food begins.