Vitamix or Blendtec are the notorious big dogs of the blending world and can pick up the slack where pressure cookers leave off. Dough, nut butter, salsa, hummus, hot soup, ice cream, whole juice ...

It has a one-year warranty and comes with a personal blender attachment, a food chopper attachment, a dough blade, and two 24-ounce cups with lids for taking smoothies on the go. Vitamix ...