On Mon, 09 May 2011 22:18:24 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:


>
>Wife bought a Kitchenaid blender a few years ago when the glass jar
>broke on our ancient blender. I hate the "soft start" on the KA
>blender, but other than that it does a good job. The one thing it
>excels at is crushing ice. I can put a big chunk of ice (about 3/4 cup)
>in and turn it on and it pulverizes it almost instantly.
>
>I still have the motor and blades from the old blender. They fit a
>small-mouth canning jar. Works great for grinding spices and stuff that
>would get lost in a full-size blender jar and too messy to use a coffee
>grinder. But it never was any good at mixing drinks because the bottom
>of the jar was too small.
>
>-Bob

I have a Kitchenaid blender that is just a few years old and it sucks
at crushing ice. You must have the knack for getting it to work
Janet US