Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Blender, 64 oz

A high-power blender for a household that makes smoothies most mornings and occasionally wants to blend a soup hot enough to steam. The blades move fast enough to break down nuts, seeds and frozen fruit rather than leaving grit, and five preset programs run and stop on their own so you are not standing over it. The container is short enough to live under a wall cabinet.

What you get

64 oz low-profile container , which is a full family batch but still fits under a standard overhead cupboard

Five preset programs for smoothies, hot soups, dips and spreads, frozen desserts and self-cleaning, so the machine stops on its own instead of being watched

Variable speed dial with a pulse switch , so you can chop coarsely for salsa or run it to a puree from the same jug

Blends fast enough to heat soup by friction , which means a hot soup goes from raw vegetables to steaming without a pot

Wireless container recognition — the base detects which container is fitted and adjusts the program settings for it

Self-cleaning in about a minute with a drop of dish soap and warm water, which is the difference between using it daily and not

Programmable timer that shows elapsed or remaining time, so a recipe that says 45 seconds gets 45 seconds

Specs

• Model: Vitamix A3500 (Ascent Series)

• Container: 64 oz low-profile, BPA-free

• Controls: touchscreen with variable speed dial, pulse and programmable timer

• Programs: 5 (smoothies, hot soups, dips and spreads, frozen desserts, self-cleaning)

• Container recognition: wireless, adjusts settings to the fitted container

• Dimensions: approximately 17 in H with the 64 oz container fitted

• Power: standard 120-volt outlet

In the box

• Vitamix A3500 motor base

• 64 oz low-profile container with lid and lid plug

• Tamper

• Recipe and getting-started guide