The Vita Mix is a great blender. But no, it is not a universal machine that
takes the place of a food processor, mixer, stick blender, stock pot, and
clock radio. For smoothies, shakes, turning almost anything into liquid /
paste, etc, it does a wonderful job. It is not reasonable to compare this
powerful and pricey machine to a $30 blender as some do. There are other
powerful blenders on the market, and it is more reasonably compared to
those.