Can anyone recommend a SOUP MAKER

Update on my purchase of the Daewoo soup maker. It’s bigger and heavier than I thought. The soup was good, but I found cleaning the gadget a faff, because you have to be careful with the blades on the blender part and you need to watch you don’t get water into the electrical bits when rinsing the jug part. So it’s going back to Amazon on Monday and I will return to my big saucepan and potato masher (though I might treat myself to a cordless stick blender….)

I love my soup maker. I just got a new one from Aldi. My other is a Morphy Richard, but wanted a bigger one. Great for most soups byt some I still make in my pot.Go on Amazon or Google. You do not need to spend a fortune. Mine was £26

I have a Morphy Richards which is used a couple of times a week during cold weather. I've had it for a number of years and love it. So easy to use and clean. One of my best kitchen buys.

jeanie99

I'm not looking to purchase a slow cooker, I already have one of those.
It's an electric container which makes the soup in a short time.
I guess its something like I had years ago but it was called a pressure cooker then.
I'd be interest to know if anyone owns one and what are the advantages and disadvantages compared to making soup in a pan like I do other than a shorter time.
Would the soup be just as good?

I have a slow cooker which is completely different from a pressure cooker. I bought mine from Lakeland Ltd .
One tip I have learned is to place some tin foil on the top of it before you place the lid . It creates a better seal and allows the food to cook better..
I also have a soup maker from Lakeland . It makes decent soup in 30 minutes. The bonus is that it auto cleans the machine as well .

I have a Morphy Richards one and use it very frequently. One of my most used gadgets.

I have Morphy Richards a couple of yrs now. It does not have saute function or 'keep warm'. I prefer to saute onions separately and that seems basis of many soups. I like that I can turn on and leave the kitchen ... and return 19 mins later with ready to pour soup. It is a doddle to clean. If I had more freezer space I would prep veggies in bulk. It is a doddle to clean.

Well, it certainly seems that opinion is divided 😂. However, I will say that I am pleased that I got mine. It has worked well so far and I’ve had it a good few years now. We probably have more home made soup than we otherwise would.

I also fine it straightforward to clean - a quick whizz first with some water added to the soup maker and a press of the self clean button. This gets rid of most of the residue, but then a follow up with a quick wipe round the goblet and a rinse and job done. Obviously the goblet can’t be submerged fully into water because of the socket, but it’s really not a faff to clean at all.

My daughter has a Morphy Richards called Sautés & Soup…it literally does everything just chuck in a pile of raw veg and some stock and switch it on.. it also chops as well

I had a Morphy Richards soup maker and it had to be returned under warranty and replaced. The soups I make need blending well and I found the soup maker didn't do it as well as my stick blender so I've reverted to making soup in my pressure cooker.

Really love our Ninja. Yes bit pricey but somehow you know it’ll run the course compared to cheaper ones
Good for hot soup & sauces
We use ours a lot as do friends who borrowed ours for a trial !🤣

Following as I’m interested in buying one . I make lots of soup during the winter and freeze it. As I’m batch cooking , I boil everything in a pan and use a stick blender.
Are they easy to clean ? I hate gadgets which are fiddly to clean .

JakeysGranny

I’ve got a Morphy Richards Sauté & Soup, I love it 🙂
You can sauté onions/leeks etc if necessary, then add other ingredients. There are different settings for smooth or chunky soups - it takes about 20 minutes or so to make the soup.

I have this one too and I love it.
Yesterday I made fresh tomato soup in 20 minutes, if I have sad looking vegetables in the fridge I can make and freeze a chunky vegetable soup instead of binning them.
Before I had one I couldn’t see the point but now it’s used every week.

I have the ninja hot and cold one which also sautes and chops your veg etc. I absolutely love it. Really easy to clean as well.

I usually use the pan and a potato masher, but this thread has tempted me to buy the Daewoo one from Amazon- £39.99, it’s arriving tomorrow! Exciting times!

Well I bought a soup maker thinking that would make life easier BUT now I just use a saucepan, and build up the flavours. I never use it now. In fact it will be going out in the dustbin collection. I like to add a bit of this or that(paprika, oregano etc) but you cant add and sip with a soup maker. I have a blitzer to make it as smooth as I want. Another wonder kitchen aid that is useless.

mernice

I can have beatiful soup in the same time from my saucepan and whizzer. So easy and easy washing up.

So evidently can many GNs , but the poster asked for soup maker recommendations, possibly so she doesn’t have to keep an eye on a pan and use a whisk.

I can have beatiful soup in the same time from my saucepan and whizzer. So easy and easy washing up.

We had one. It broke quite quickly.
I find it much easier to chuck veg, tinned tomatoes,tomato pueee, stock and spices into a pan on the hob.
Boil for 30 mins then liquidise with my cheapie hand-held thingy.

If it would peel and chop the veg I could see the advantage. Otherwise it's no different to using a pan and blender.
Tip if you don't like your soup too smooth take a jug full out before blending and add back after.

I have had several of various makes, I’m not sure if I’m unlucky, but they only seem to last a few months. I’ve gone back to a saucepan and stick blender, or pressure cooker and stick blender, washing up is just as easy, and you can make lots for the freezer in one cook. (Top tip, any soup tastes fab with a good glug of fresh double cream. Or crème fresh, if you’re bothered about that sort of thing. Having said that, Almond milk is jolly creamy and wonderful too!)

Bought a Morphy Richards Soup Maker after joining Slimming World 8 yrs ago and wouldn’t be without it. Just a big standard one. Chuck in the veg, add water, 2 stick pots and switch cooking mode to Smooth. 21 minutes later it’s ready. We use it at least 3 times a week.

Lovetotravel

I bought this one about 8 years ago, dh said I would never use it. I used it everyday in the winter to make soup when I was at work and use it nearly everyday now I’m retired. Bought son and his wife one who were not convinced they would use it. They love it and use it all the time. I just love chopping up any vegetables I have and leaving it on to do whichever soup I choose to make.

That’s like mine, Lovetotravel.

Geordiegirl1

But it doesn’t take long to make on the hob, in a pan.

No, it doesn’t. However, the beauty of the soup maker is that it does all the blending and stirring for you so you can get on with other things rather than stand over a hob stirring your soup so it doesn’t stick or boil over. Obviously, if you’ve got a large volume of soup to make and the time to stir it, then making it in a pan is absolutely fine.

I bought this one about 8 years ago, dh said I would never use it. I used it everyday in the winter to make soup when I was at work and use it nearly everyday now I’m retired. Bought son and his wife one who were not convinced they would use it. They love it and use it all the time. I just love chopping up any vegetables I have and leaving it on to do whichever soup I choose to make.

saltnshake

I just use a saucepan and a stick blender. Works for me.

Me too, though most of our soups are not blended - I just chop the veg very small.