While there are some happy users out there ..... I wanted to be one of them but it was short lived. The fact that there were very limited instructions and its basically up to the user to go figure out the machine is not good enough. It seems to me Kogan rushed this product to make the Christmas sales disregarding quality workmanship.

I say this because having combined the slack Kogan instructions with recipes from the Bellini my machine smoked and fired. It could not handle mixing. Was it a dud! Will they improve their design and properly t...Read more

First off I'm not a Kogan hater, I have one of their TVs which has been brilliant. I bought a thermoblend during their boxing day sale for $200 got the 5 year extended warranty. For the price I thought it was too good to be true considering a thermomix is up around the $2k mark. Was looking forward to getting it and making heaps of nice food. First use worked fine all good, on second use put ingredients in turned on, when finished nothing was mixed, tried again and noticed blade wasn't spinning. Took jug off and inspected blade, the gear that d...Read more

The machine started off working really well (for about 3 days), and then it all went down hill. The speed function was stuck on the highest setting, which caused the blade cover to fly off and get shredded, then the machine would shut itself off every few seconds with only light loads in it. Once this started happening repeatedly, I switched it off and contacted Kogan. Although a bit slow, their customer service has been pretty good and a full refund was issued without hassle. Perhaps my machine was a dud, but I have heard a number of other sim...Read more

We've been using our Kogan Thermoblend several times a day for about 4 weeks now and absolutely love it. It's encouraged us to eat a lot more vegetables, as it's so quick and easy to woosh up a delicious chopped salad with nuts or beans; also does the most velvety green-smoothies ever (favourite so far: spinach, kiwifruit, ice, frozen blueberries, unsweetened apple juice and a dash of soda). Sorbet in seconds! Just buzz fruit and ice. Add a splash of booze and stick it in a fancy glass, delicious. Oh wait, that's a cocktail :P Does great frozen...Read more

In love with the machine, it makes cooking so easy, and most of the time everything is done in the one bowl, making a lot less cleaning. You can do as it says, cook, blend, chop, grate, steam, crush ice. you can turn your normal sugar into icing sugar. Something easy like 'le rice' is even easier as it heats and stirs the whole time, so you set and forget. Cheesecake is also simple, melt the butter in the bowl, add the biscuits and it crushes and mixes it all together, base complete, then mixing the filling, it blends up 2 Cream cheese tubs and...Read more

I received my thermoblend for Xmas, at first I was scared to use it because it came with very limited instructions and no recipes. After reading the manual several times and looking at recipes for other thermo machines I got some confidence to give it a go. So far I am very pleased with what I have done. I generally use it at least once a day.

So far I have made apple and cinnamon scrolls, risotto, bolognese sauce, a chicken and tomato sauce (which I just threw together with no recipe), ice cream, sorbet, steamed veggies, mashed potato, a d...Read more

The machine looks quite slick and if it had lived up to the blurb we would have been very happy. Unfortunately this machine has lots of issues, not least of which is an underpowered motor that cannot deal with anything thicker than soup and will not work for long on speed 1.

On several occasions the motor has stopped working (overheated). Another issue is burning in two spots inside the jug, even on moderate temperatures. Ash frequently falls from the machine. The Facebook group "Kogan Thermoblend" has many customers who have had smoke pour...Read more

Firstly this machine is not a thermomix. If it was we wouldn't be here. If you want to compare a thermomix go and buy one :)
Secondly, Kogan offer a 14 day money back guarantee and a free 12 month warranty. You can upgrade the warranty to a maximum of 5 years for $48.

Kogan are known for lack of manuals and this machine is no different. It is a matter of sitting down and working through the parts and learning and understanding the machine. Whilst it is a basic manual it has all the important parts like what speeds to use with what ...Read more

I purchased the Termoblend from the Boxing Day sales email from Kogan. I first read all reviews on this website and they seemed positive enough to give it a go as the price was too good to refuse. The machine has great power for dicing, mincing, chopping fruit and vegetables. I made a great dip, courtesy of the Bellini Addicts facebook page.
Without any recipe guide, only a downloadable user guide, which I studied carefully I did feel a little lost.
Whilst using the machine in heat/cooking mode terrible burining smells came from back of mac...Read more

I purchased the Thermoblend from Kogan just after Christmas and since it arrived, I have been using it everyday, several times a day. I had been aware of the Thermomix and the Thermochef machines and had always wanted a machine like this, but could not justify the price. When Kogan advertised their version of a Thermo food processor, I was excited and decided to take the punt. Most of the in depth research I had done about these kinds of machines made me aware that when a person is new to thermo cooking, there will be trial and error, so I was ...Read more

Now I wasn't expecting a miracle machine for $200 but I do expect it to work functionally.
I've made a great range of foods but had the motor stop on the third use- the blades are pretty hopeless and always leave ice and fruit uncrushed when I make smoothies, it doesn't handle large quantities of food so you have to do two batches.
It is a time saver when it works correctly but I find the bowl heats if you are just using it to blend and when I cook no matter how much I lower the temperature or how short I get at least 3 large burn marks :S.
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No - it's not a Thermomix for $1800 - this is $200. I certainly don't expect it to break down, regardless of price, but I don't expect it to have all the functions of a Thermomix either. For me, I cannot justify $1800+ on a kitchen appliance that costs more than my oven, cooktop and washing machine combined.

I am content to weigh the ingredients myself and not be able to steam and cook at the same time (and apparently you have to be cooking at a hot temperature for that to work on other models anyway). I spent about $300 on a Kenwood foo...Read more

I bought the thermoblend boxing day when kogan had there sale with free shipping. It arrived the following friday. The down side is its lack of a recipe book but I quickly found out that you could the recipes from other thermo machines including thermomix. There is also a facebook page where someone has kindly written instructions on how to convert recipes and some general tips. Members are also sharing their recipes. The first thing I made was a curry, which turned out great. Ive made the best mash spuds and steamed veggies and cooked rice, to...Read more