Thermomix TM7
Good Points
- Large digital display with touch control, easy to use.
- Easy to use in manual mode or follow a recipe using Cookidoo.
- Excellent accuracy using integrated scales.
- Excellent result for pulsing a hard ingredient using Turbo mode.
- Parts fit easily and there are not too many parts.
- Black exterior is easy to wipe over with few cracks and crevices.
- Excellent result for making caramel toffee, sous vide salmon and boiling eggs.
- Excellent result for cooking white rice using steaming basket.
- Unable to go over speed 6 when using any temperature setting.
- Vents on chute allows for steam to escape and prevent build up of pressure when cooking hot food and liquid.
- Automatic switch off after 15 minutes.
- The screen remains responsive even when greasy or used with wet hands.
- There are useful features such as weekly meal planning, shopping list feature, bookmark recipes and suggested recipes.
- When using manual mode, display will prompt the user as well as provide tips on capacity, modes, speeds and accessories.
- Spatula provided makes it easy to scrape around sides of mixing bowl. The spatula also has a hook which can be used to remove the simmering basket from the mixing bowl when hot.
Bad Points
- Turbo mode (which is the pulse function) is best used for hard ingredients, soft vegetables can become mushy.
- The rubber seal on lid is not removable which makes it easy to assemble but lid may need replacing if rubber seal is damaged or deteriorated.
- Can be difficult to scrape thick mixtures from under the blade.
- Unable to view the food through the chute on lid.
- The blade is OK to clean, can be difficult to remove food from under the blade, may need to use the brush.
- Some browning may occur inside the jug over time, however can be removed with soaking of vinegar and water.
- Borderline result for blending kale.
- Borderline result for whisking egg whites for meringues.
- Max speed setting using whisk attachment is speed 4, however this can be overridden manually and may cause damage to whisk and mixing bowl.
- Very noisy on max speed.
- Possible to get a better result for short crust pastry and goulash by adjusting the Cookidoo recipe.
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