Updated 12 May 2017
Biochef
High Performance Blender
Snapshot: The Biochef High Performance benchtop super-blender has 3 speeds and comes with a plastic (BPA-free) jug. How does it rate?
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Test results
Overall score
Ease of use
Crushing ice
Chopping carrots
Green smoothie
Pureeing soft food
Good points
- Excellent results in our soup-pureeing test.
- Very good results in our ice-crushing test.
- Good results in our carrot-chopping test.
- Excellent results in our green smoothie test.
- Very good results in our kale test.
- Very good results in our nut butter test.
- Very good results in our sorbet test.
- Controls are easy to use with indicator lights.
- Lightweight plastic jug.
- Jug can be placed on the unit in any position.
- Blended soup can be heated (only to a warm temperature).
But
- Poor results in our dough test.
- Jug can be unstable when it’s on the unit.
- Unit can jolt and vibrate when mixing a heavy load or mixing for an extended time.
- Jug is large (so can be difficult to wash in a domestic sink).
- Jug is plastic (so may stain).
- Liquid can be pushed up into lid so may drip when removing lid.
- Blade housing sits too high in jug so food can become trapped.
- Not dishwasher safe.
How we test
Overall score includes:
Pureeing, crushing, chopping, green smoothie, blending kale (60%) – regular blenders.
Pureeing, crushing, chopping, green smoothie, blending kale, nut butter, sorbet (60%) – super blenders.
Ease of use (40%)
For our tests we pureed soft frozen fruit (some older models pureed soup), crushed ice and chopped carrots. We made a green smoothie (a combination of English spinach, pear, kiwifruit, cucumber, mint, celery and water) and blended kale. For super blenders we also made nut butter, sorbet from frozen fruit, dough and almond meal, and grated parmesan. In the latest batch of super blenders we made hot soup from raw ingredients. The dough, parmesan, dry milling and soup scores don’t contribute to the overall score. We measured noise blending kale on the highest setting.
Key data
Model
Avg price
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Type
More test results (/10)
Blending kale
Nut butter
Sorbet
Dough
Parmesan cheese
Raw soup
Dry milling
Specifications
H x W x D (cm)
Noise (dB)
Watts (W)
Blender weight (kg)
Jug weight (kg)
Jug capacity (L)
Features
Blender construction
Jug construction
Number of speeds
Cord storage
Pulse option
Removable blade and housing
More Info
Notes
Availability
Member reviews
"excellent smoothie maker"
23 May 2015, Julia S.
Product use: 6 months or more
Pros:
it absolutely blends everything down so there are no lumps. I've had many blenders over the years but the performance of the Biochef is amazing, I put kale, whole nuts, whole lemons, silverbeet, avocado etc in it and within a minute its all smooth
Cons:
it does jump around a bit occasionally (usually on the whole lemon)
Recommend it?
Yes, I recommend this product.
