Breville the Boss BBL915 Questions & Answers

The Boss does frozen desserts/smoothies and can blend and cook soup. Very powerful!

It can

No. Very sturdy though.

Given the blender comes with a 7 year warranty it should be covered for free replacement. Give Breville call on their support line - it can be found in the operating instructions book.

Thank you!

12 months I think.

It depends how hard they are, soft medjool dates blend up fine, though I chop them a little first. For hard dates I always soak them in warm water first (with any water left in the kettle) for 5-10 mins while I prepare other ingredients and chop them a couple of tmes. That works well.

I wouldn't recommend it, I don't think it is designed to do that.

You probably need more liquid. I always use at least 1/2 cup of water or milk for smoothies. Also use the tamper provided to push food onto the blades, or the spatula. I've blended lots of frozen fruit smoothies without any problem.

Thanks Tam - I've been using coconut water or cococonut milk and also using the tamper and still comes out with lumps/chunks. I've been following the recipes in the book that comes with the blender so wouldn't have thought I'd need to add any extra liquid.

I do find that if I am making frozen desserts it certainly takes longer than just pressing the Frozen Dessert button once. I usually have to do it a few times. Only time I have had problems with smoothies is when I use frozen ingredients and not enough liquid.

I haven't yet tried the soup function. Maybe you had it too full? If you made the soup before pouring it in the blender it needs to be cooler than boiling. I had the same first time I used auto clean - too much dishwasher liquid! It literally needs only a drop of detergent and water filled to .5 (between .4 and .6) then it's fine.

I made tomato soup (from the recipe book that was supplied with the blender) and I did not have any liquid spill through the lid. Make sure you don't overfill, or use very hot liquid (the instructions advise how hot it can be). Also make sure the inner lid is clicked into place properly. If it happens again take it back to the store and get a replacement. I've had no issues with mine. Good luck!

Hi, I think you've asked the question in the wrong product space. This is for the big bad Boss blender. The little Boss is a different product. If you can afford the big one, do it. It's ridiculously good. I'm assuming the small one will kick too. Pesto really isn't that hard to make, I don't see why not.

Hi all, Thanks for the answers!

I don't think it is metal - it seems to be a type of plastic but it looks pretty good to me - not plastic-y at all.Just looking at the base it appears to be metal, but I tried a magnet on it as well as tapping it - pretty sure it is plastic . We have used our unit a lot since the review and we are still impressed with it.
There are no marks or signs of wear on the coating of the base, so it seems to be fairly resistant to casual knocks and so on and it is somewhat scratch resistant and slippery when scratching with my fingernail.
The unit itself is quite heavy, much heavier than other blenders we have had, so there must be a lot of metal in it, perhaps it has a plastic type of coating? The jug part is a BPA free impact plastic the same as the model you have I believe just a bit larger.
Hope this helps

I'm not too sure now, the jug sat on a very heavy duty rubbery part. It looked good but I had problems with the rubber coming off in small curly bits and then it was leaking anyway. I ended up just buying a Kenwood blender for 399 instead which I really like. I just make the soup in a saucepan and then blend it!!