The Kitchen-Aid Immersion Blender is a great tool. Whether turning hot apples into applesauce, lumpy pan drippings into gravy, packaged pudding into ... well ... pudding! this is the indispensable kitchen item. Don't bother buying a cheap version ... you'll end up replacing it sooner than necessary, you wont' get the power needed to really whip cream, or the extras that makes kitchen life easier.