how well does this do with baby carrots &amp; apple wedges &amp; kale? can it handle large ice chunks? if not, what kind of ice can it handle? thx!
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"Tribest " is good for small amounts of food. The cup is small, can fit just 2 cups of whatever you do. Never tried carrots and apples, but I think it will handle them, just in small portions. like Blend some , open the cup, add more and so on. Same is true about ice cubes. Will never put more than 1-2 at a time. Actually I think that a strong not very cheap blender, like a Black -and-Decker, Cuisinart, etc., does the same job. If you have one of them you don't need Tribest at all.
471128
I've never used it for ice, but have frozen broth. It works well with liquids
1907887
You know what? I've only used the ice block a couple of times. We're always in a hurry to have some shaved ice so we use ice cubes (ice maker) from our freezer. We just open the top and throw the ice cubes in there. It works well for us. We love this machine. The quality of the shaved ice is nice. I have learned to put a little empty cub under the opening after we are finished to catch any remainders of melting ice. We don't have to clean it up that way. Hope that helps!
1862187
Yes, very powerful. Crushes ice with ease, have made soups with heavy ingredients. Something really dense would be helped by making smaller chunks. I am very happy with this blender.
511922
The machine I have only makes snow ice that is very fine. It doesn't make chunky crushed ice. If it does do it I don't know how to make it do it.
890625
You can use this to ice about anything! It has a medium to thick consistency. I think that it tastes pretty well. Obviously, it is not as good as making it from scratch, but in my opinion, it is well worth the time saved! I plan on using this for future birthday cakes that I make.
817599
I have not tried carrots as of yet. It made apples into applesauce, and Ice cubes into snow so I don't see why not.
447730
Mine crushes ice very well, but the first time I tried to make a smoothie with just powder and ice it didn't do so well. It took a long time to get it smooth and then there were still some tiny chips of ice in the drink. It works great if you have a bit of liquid or fruit in with the ice (like half a cup of something).
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Hi I have made smoothies with fruit and the blender pulverized them with no problem. I have not done vegetables, but the motor is strong and I don't think there would be any problem with leaf vegetables or softer vegetables. I would cut up carrots smaller because I would be afraid of bending the blade, but I just can't say enough positive things about this blender. I have had a very positive experience and I love that it comes with all of the attachments. Hope you enjoy it too!
2270297
It doesn't completely liquefy spinach, but it chops it small enough to be nearly undetectable in smoothies, leaving pieces that are about a millimeter square. I haven't tried kale in it, but I'm sure it could handle it in a similar way.
1558584
I have put Kale and Spinach in my smoothies (along with 4-5 ice cubes, 1 cup of liquid, 1 cup yogurt, a kiwi and some frozen fruit) and it chops the kale or spinach into very small fragments, it does not pulverize/liquify - but I would still consider that it does a very good job.
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Hello! Yes indeed! I just had ice under about 10 inches and similar a few times over and is smoothly breaks through and easily carries dozens of pounds of snow ice mix to wherever you want to slide and dump it! Ames True Temper is an AWESOME company I had an unrelated sand shovel develop a crack I emailed them a photo and in 3 days they sent me a brand new shovel! Don't choose a JUNK company Ames True Temper has been around for MANY decades! God Bless in Jesus name!!
1037245
No, it only juices the fruits and veggies. You need a blender for that, some fruits like berries you can just throw in blender with the ice and whatever else.
394351
I've used this product a couple of times and I've used ice each time with no problems. The ice that I've used are the crescent shaped ones tho. Haven't tried with regular block ice but I think it may be strong enough for that.
1027048
I bought this for my Wife and I also bought her one that was electric. We use this one more. It works very well. But on the other hand I only use it when we are in the mood for a snowcone or when my wife wants ice to eat. I don't use it everyday. But it works great, and no problems with regular Ice cubes. The Electric one I bought will not crush Ice cubes because it gets hung up. But this one works perfectly fine.
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I don't think that would work. The best way to do baby food portions is in a regular ice tray or popsicle mold. About the dozenth time I use this to make ice, there were cracks in the blue cylinder. I guess it couldn't stand up to the power of frozen water. Wouldn't recommend this again.
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Hey, Shirley. I haven't used it for carrots, but judging by how it take whole apples I'd say that carrots would do just fine.