Ninja Master Prep Pro has arrived!

The Ninja™ finally arrived!

This is the Ninja™ Master Prep™ Professional (their italics, not mine), the ultimate food and drink maker, model #QB1004 30.  (There is a model #QB1004CO 30, but I have yet to find the difference.)  Unfortunately, the Ninja™ is made in China, which accounts for it being the second-least-expensive food processor I could find.  (Note, there are less expensive food choppers, including the Ninja™ food chopper.  However, this was the least-expensive machine I could find that would make peanut butter.)  This set comes with the following parts:

This is what is called the “master pod” or “power head”.  It is the motor part of the machine, what would be the bottom of a normal blender.  It has only one button.  The large silver piece, off of which my flash is reflecting, is a pulsing switch.  Press it, and the motor runs.  Release it, and the motor stops.  The Ninja™ website states that the motor should never be run more than 20 seconds at a time, although the owner’s guide puts it at 15 seconds.  Longer stints could burn out the motor.  By the way, this is the only part that CANNOT BE PUT IN A DISHWASHER; all other parts are top-shelf dishwasher safe.

This is the pitcher splash guard.  It is designed to be used with the 2 pitchers that accompany this set.  One places it on top of the pitcher and then places the motor on the splash guard.  The guard has an “easy-flip” pour spout that can be opened to pour drinks.

This is the bowl.  It holds up to 2 cups, has 4 blades, and comes with its own splash guard.  The blade shaft can be separated into 2 pieces, although there is no explanation in the owner’s guide as to why.  I suppose it is in case you have more stuff to chop.  The owner’s guide also says to never put in more than 2 cups of dry or 1 cup of liquid ingredients.  This piece is what was used in the YouTube video to make peanut butter.  In the video, peanut butter is achieved within 54 seconds, although they do run the machine a second time to get a creamier texture.

This is the smaller of the 2 pitchers.  It holds 40 ounces.  The blade shaft is removable, but it does not separate into 2 piece, like the bowl blade does.

This is the larger of the 2 pitchers.  It holds 48 ounces and has a single-piece 6-blade shaft.  Each of the pitchers comes with a Tupperware®-style cover.  It can, thus, be used for storage when the blade is removed.  All three bowls have a rubberized bottom to prevent slippage when the motor is running, although one should always keep a firm grip in the machine while in operation (so warns the owner’s guide).

The paperwork that comes with the machine consists of a yellow blade warning, a request to call with problems instead of returning the machine, a quick start guide with 1 recipe for each bowl/pitcher, and the owner’s guide.  (I have created a searchable .pdf file of the owner’s guide, which is COPYRIGHT © EURO-PRO OPERATING LLC 2010, and have saved it here.)  The recipes are a coffee-chocolate smoothie without ice, fresh tomato salsa, and “onion chop”, which is basically a tutorial on chopping an onion.  The owner’s guide is 16 pages long, with 2 of these pages being the registration card to cut off and mail to Canada.  (I wonder if I need an international stamp for that.  Well, I have to make a trip to the post office anyway.)

So, now all that there is left to do is wash the machine.  Upon putting the parts into my dishwasher, I discovered this . . .

That is how little space I have between the top of the larger pitcher and the inside of my dishwasher, so caveat emptor that it may not fit in the top shelf of your dishwasher.  Now, on to the peanut butter test!

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