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2 Best Immersion Mixers for 2026


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Top choice

This immersion blender is very successful, thanks to its ability to create smooth purees, its ease of use, its competitive price, and some well-designed extras.

In our latest round of testing, the Braun MultiQuick 7 Immersion Hand Blender MQ7035 performed better than any other immersion blender. Its ability to peel, chop, and chop makes it a practical, reliable, and easy-to-use kitchen tool.

It features a powerful motor and a unique blade. The motor has enough torque to create a powerful vortex so that the food circulates in the mixing vessel and passes the rotary blade many times. A successful vortex creates a smooth puree, while a subpar one leaves stringy or lumpy bits behind in soups or smoothies.

The “ActiveBlade” technology in the Braun MultiQuick 7 MQ7035 allows the blade to move up and down, creating a powerful, rotating vortex, which helped quickly process soups to a velvety texture and extract smoothies without too much grain.

A master emulsifier. The bladed wand churned out thick mayonnaise in less than 30 seconds, among the fastest models we tested.

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It comes with attachments that work equally well. Braun MultiQuick 7 MQ7035 whipped cream within a minute with the whisk attachment, and the chopper cup cut onions in seconds, making mostly uniform cuts.

It is usable. We found the “one squeeze, all speed” trigger-style feature—where the speed increases the harder you squeeze—accurate and ergonomically comfortable. It allows you to adjust the speed with one hand, while some models require you to use the other hand to turn the dial, or hold two buttons at the same time.

The Braun MultiQuick 7 works with a trigger-style button and a moving stick with “ActiveBlade” technology. Connie Park/NYT Wirecutter

We also found the MultiQuick 7 MQ7035 to be an intuitive machine with some thoughtful features. It’s easy to grip, with a rubber grip with raised bumps to help make it less slippery to hold than others we tested, especially if you have wet hands. It has prominent buttons to release the wand, and the whisk was easy to attach and detach, too.

Braun also makes several other versions of the MultiQuick 7 blender that work in the same way but come with different features.

The lower-priced MultiQuick 7 MQ7025X comes with a smaller chopper cup (1.5 cups, compared to the 2-cup chopper we chose), while the higher-priced MultiQuick 7 MQ7077X comes with a larger, 6.6-cup chopper, as well as a masher, french, and french-fry that add more size. of frying.

We think the MultiQuick MQ7035 is the best in terms of accessories, with a good-sized chopper cup and not too many pricey accessories.

Its three-year limited warranty, reasonable price point, easy-to-release rod, speed, and superior performance gave it the edge over our previous pick, the Breville Control Grip.

Flaws but not dealbreakers

Accessories require some finesse. The whisked mayonnaise came out too runny to spread. We recommend using a mayonnaise stick, which turns out a good, strong, spreadable version.

Step slowly with the chopper cup—processing for a few seconds to begin with—or you may end up almost pulling the vegetables out instead of chopping them.

We also found the measurements on the accompanying mug difficult to read.

How the Braun MultiQuick 7 holds up

Editor Gabriella Gershenson has been using the MultiQuick MQ7035 in her home since the summer of 2024. So far you’ve been surprised how often you turn to the chopper attachment as opposed to the blender itself.

He reports, “I’ve come to rely on it to do small tasks that I’m too lazy to do by hand.” Instead of dialing the onions by hand and fighting the stinging, stinging eyes, I process them with the chopper attachment of an immersion blender. sticking to chopping large chunks of herbs While I realize I don’t get the same precision I might achieve with a knife, it’s so useful for ingredients that I don’t have to be too precious about it.

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