What can the Vitamix 5200 do? We thoroughly tested high-end blenders and found the Vitamix 5200 excelled at making smoothies, blending hot soups, making mayonnaise, blending frozen drinks, milling grain, making nut butters, and blending hummus.

Made in the USA – Cleveland Ohio The Natural Food Institute was renamed to Vitamix in the 30's and has stayed in Ohio ever since. Every Vitamix is built and tested at their plant in Ohio! Vitamix blenders ship from their warehouse in Cleveland Ohio.

In fact, the Vitamix 5200 is the best blender I've ever used in my 20-plus years cooking in restaurants, in test kitchens, for catering, and at home. And since it's my job to review blenders for Wirecutter, I can attest that this classic Vitamix blender has outperformed every other model I've tested since 2014.

We recommend the Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender. It's a longtime Serious Eats favorite and features a tapered blending jar that creates a powerful vortex. It has a no-frills, easy-to-use interface, making it a good choice for cooks who just want a great blender but don't care about presets or digital controls.

The Vitamix 5200 is a better blender than the Ninja DUO. It's better built and offers a more versatile performance. It can hot blend, makes a smoother blend with big batches of fibrous ingredients, and is easier to use for recipes like nut butter.

Your Vitamix machine can blend as well as perform whole-food juicing easily, but if you're really in a time crunch, blending is an easier and cleaner option. For blending, add your smoothie ingredients - roughly chopped is fine - to your Vitamix machine.

Vitamix products are engineered and assembled in the USA. From laser-cut stainless steel blades to cool-running motors, we carefully select the highest quality components, so you can be confident knowing Vitamix will be there for years to come.

The 6 Best Vitamix Blenders: Find the Best Option for Every Price Point

• Classic choice: Vitamix 5200 Legacy Series Blender.
• Best starter: Vitamix E310 Explorian Series Blender.
• Techy upgrade: A2300 Ascent Series Smart Blender.
• Best all-out splurge: Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Smart Blender.
• Most budget-friendly: Vitamix One.

Vitamix is a machine built around convenience. Its incredible processing speeds make complicated recipes, even hot soup recipes, in a matter of minutes. If you can afford to cut your cook times down to small fractions of the original, do something nice for your kitchen (and yourself) and splurge.

Can I place hot ingredients in my Vitamix container? Your Vitamix Ascent™ Series blender is capable of heating soups to a steamy temperature of 170°F, so we do not recommend adding anything to your container that exceeds that temperature.

Yes, you can use your Vitamix to do some food processor tasks. You can do some chopping and mixing, but cannot do any slicing.

American Vita-Mix Corporation, doing business as Vitamix, is an American company that manufactures and sells commercial and residential blenders. Vitamix was founded in 1921 by William Grover Barnard and is privately owned by the Barnard family. It has been based in Olmsted Township, Ohio, since 1948.

They're consistently some of the best-built blenders we've tested, and most are available with a U.S. warranty that lasts between five and ten years, compared to the more typical one-year warranty for blenders.