I know that you turn the machine on, turn the variable to 10, and then hit the high button, WHEN MAKING ICE CREAM, right?
I also do other stuff. Recently I made a coffee cake and mixed the ingredients (on variable one) and low and poured it into a cake pan, baked it and it came out fabulous. My question is when I make a juice smoothie in the morning, do I have to follow the same method. I turn it on, put variable to 10, then flip it to high.
This morning I said "if variable 10 equals HIGH, why not just keep it at variable 1 and just turn the machine on, and flip the left button to high."?? So that's what I did and it came out PERFECT.
So for the first time I didn't turn the variable option to 10. I just left it at one.
This is okay when I do smoothies right? Just turn the machine on, and go to the option on the left, flip it to high, blend it and pour it. Came out fine.
I just want to know if this is the way some of you do it?
For the longest life of the motor, I would not do that. Too much current in the windings, too quickly. By turning it up. first, it 'ramps' up the speed, instead of just jamming it on high speed. (Retired electronics engineer, who has seen a lot of dead electronics in his day). I always turn my machine on, turn the variable speed to 10, and then flip it the left switch to high. :)
For Smoothies, the best approach we have found is to gradually turn the Variable speed dial from lowest to highest to get the vortex started. As soon as the vortex begins hit the switch to high. This process helps prevent cavitation as well as having large chucks get thrown up into the lid.
Yeah, I'm thinking they actually gave the instructions of raising the speed slowly for a reason. You are probably better off sticking to the instructions. I just want to thank John, and all the others who posted their answers. Very helpful. I now know never to run the variable at 10 by itself (never did this, but it's good to know that I should never do this ).
So I shall continue to 1. turn on, 2. slowly go to variable 10, switch to high. And that is that. And I can guarantee you that is what Melody will be doing from now on. lol