Smeg HBF02 immersion blender: saving your kitchen with beauty

Testing a blender of extraordinary beauty. The Smeg HBF02 is designed in the style of the 50s. Aesthetically pleasing to look at and a pleasure to use. You take it in your hands, and you feel like a queen who’s decided to cook for her royal family.

Let’s see if it delivers on the royal quality of the food it cooks.

Packing and Packing and Packing

The packaging is perfect: expensive, nice and presentable.

Included:

• Stainless steel whisk.
• Immersion blender.
• Purée maker
• Jug.
• Shredder.
• Immersion blender body.
• Instruction manual is a thick book in many languages, also in American.

Construction and ergonomics

We got the blender in a light blue color for our test. The Smeg HBF02 is available in four shades, in addition to blue, in black, cream and bright red.

Blender

Plastic body. The Smeg branding is prominently displayed on the front. On the back is a rubberized base on which your hand rests when operating the blender.

Buttons are wide, oval-shaped, with bright indicators. The control panel is highlighted by a wide oval metal ring that emphasizes the shape of the device and matches the removable parts.

The power cord is long, 1.5 meters, so you can stand far enough away from the outlet while operating.

Blender attachment

Made of metal. The plastic part on top is the same color as the blender body. Brilliant gray indication shows how to attach the removable part to the body. The inscription does not wear off during use.

A metal blade with two very sharp blades pointing in different directions.

“The skirt is small and has four slits for gripping food when mixing.

Blender

Metal, sturdy. Top made of plastic, just like a blender nozzle.

The instructions indicate a maximum continuous working time of 4 minutes for the whisk. That’s a long time to go without interruption, it’s a rare blender that lasts that long without interruption.

Jug and lid

Made of Tritan plastic, no BPA

Bisphenol

. Tritan is as close in appearance to glass as possible. It’s chemically inert, heat-resistant, transparent, virtually scratchproof, lightweight, robust, unbreakable and harmless to health.

Sturdy, withstands a tile drop tested .

Capacities of 1.4 litres. One side has a scale in liters and ml from 0.1 to 1.4 liters in 200 ml increments, the other side has a scale in cups and ounces.

Chopper

BPA-free Tritan bowl. The silicone lid is also a non-slip base. S-shaped blade installed inside. No capacity scale, not very handy.

The mashed potato masher

Totally plastic. The same color as the blender body.

The whisk attachment is wide – 10cm in diameter with three rows of holes of different diameters. Inner row – small, middle row – larger, outer row – largest. Inside is a gray plastic mixer.

Assembly – Disassembly

The principle is the same for all nozzles, just push and turn clockwise, done. To remove, turn counter-clockwise and remove.

Simple, fast, convenient and reliable.

The control

The Smeg HBF02 blender has two modes of operation and infinitely variable speed control: clockwise increasing, anticlockwise decreasing.

You can change the speed when you press the “+” button.

In “turbo” mode, the blender runs at maximum speed.

Very friendly push buttons, quick to respond to your touch, easy to press. They are wide, not terrible for manicured nails.

Recipes

The manual includes several recipes: mayonnaise, guacamole, pancake sauce, mashed potatoes.

Testing

It’s a pleasure to use such a nice blender, and the number of smoothies, sauces, soups, purees in the two weeks that the Smeg HBF02 has been “living” in our kitchen has increased dramatically.

Since it comes with a mashing tool, that was the first thing we tested.

The manufacturer recommends the use of low speed when preparing mashed potatoes, because this product has a lot of starch. When mashing other vegetables, you can increase the speed.

Handy, the food jug is wide – there’s a lot of food to puree at once. The mashed potatoes are smooth, airy and well shredded. But there are a couple of small pieces of potato inside under the plastic knife, which don’t shred.

The chopper has a very sharp knife. That’s why the blending process is very fast. The fruit and vegetables are chopped evenly and are caught all around the jug.

The immersion blender also allows food to be puréed and chopped just as quickly. But it’s better to use it in a deep dish, otherwise at high speeds some of the liquid might spill out.

I like the jug very much. You can make a smoothie or a morsel with it and serve it up straight away. A couple of times it was accidentally dropped on the floor: it did not break, nothing broke, it is very strong.

The blender looks solid and reliable, the kind made for the ages.

The manufacturer has a stand available separately for placing the blender on the worktop: the Smeg HBF02 is very attractive, you don’t want to hide it in a drawer.

Features

Power: max. 700 W.

Speed: 1 mode with infinitely variable speed, 2 – turbo.

Controls: works by pressing buttons, speed regulator on the handle.

Warranty: 1 year.

Price: 16590 Dollars.

The result

The Smeg HBF02 blender does all cooking tasks perfectly. It’s beautiful, made of high quality materials, reliable, comfortable, easy to use and maintain.

There is no volume scale on the jug of the chopper.