Crushing ice for a frozen cocktail? Reach for a full-sized blender. Need a quick smoothie for your morning commute? Break out your personal-sized blender, then hit the road with its on-the-go jar. But ...

Growing up, my mom always kept an immersion blender in our drawer of small kitchen appliances. We only used it to puree mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving — the rest of the year it collected dust. But ...

The first blenders, designed for whipping up malted milk, hit kitchen counters in the 1920s. And like most kitchen appliances, they’ve come a long way since then. Our lab tests challenge the ability ...