Waring WSB50 Big Stix Immersion Blender 12 in Shaft

Overview

A sealed stainless steel shaft that pulls off the motor body is the working part here, carrying the drive of a horsepower-class motor down into a stock pot. The blade at the tip pulls sauces, dressings and soups through in a vortex, and an optional bowl clamp holds the unit for hands-free runs.

Reach into a deep pot with a sealed shaft is what a kitchen gets, so emulsifying a dressing or smoothing a soup happens in the vessel it was cooked in. Hands-free operation needs the separate bowl clamp, and the control description is inconsistent, so a buyer who needs a true speed dial should confirm that before ordering.

Who it's for

A prep station where sauces and soups are made in volumes a countertop jar cannot hold. Cooks who want to clamp it to a bowl and walk away need to buy the clamp separately. Home cooks with ordinary saucepans are better served by a shorter household stick blender.

Pros and cons

Performance notes

How smooth a sauce comes out depends on the blade turning fast enough to shear the mixture, and the horsepower rating is there so the motor does not bog in thick marinades. Because the shaft is sealed, liquid stays out of the drive during a long submerged run. With the bowl clamp fitted, the head holds a fixed position so the vortex forms and the cook can tend something else.

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