Blendtec Designer Series WildSide Owners Manual - Page 6

5.3 ALL ABOUT BLEND CYCLES (SEE FIGURE 4) 1. WHY BLEND CYCLES? In the world of professional blending, there are many factors which go into making a delicious blended product time after time. In order to blend many different recipes consistently well, Blendtec developed blend cycles to match the blending needs of the product being made. Because different ingredients have different blending characteristics, each item needs to be considered. Some ingredients which are thicker or more fibrous will take longer to blend and need to be blended at higher speeds. It is from that world of commercial results that the Total Blender Designer Series derives its heritage. 2. WHAT CYCLES ARE ON MY BLENDER? The Total Blender Designer Series has 6 carefully designed and selected, pre-programmed blend cycles to produce optimum results for a wide range of blending tasks. These include Batters, Ice Crush, Smoothie, Ice Cream, Whole Juice, and Soups. The recipe book included with your machine will refer to a specific button to use, depending on what is being made. Feel free to experiment and try different cycles with your own recipes. The preceding charts correspond to the 6 cycle icons above on the touch pad (see Figure 4 on pages 12-13). The charts will show the speeds and duration of time which make up each pre-programmed blend cycle. This may be helpful to you in understanding what the blender is doing when a specific cycle button is pushed. 3. HOW WILL BLEND CYCLES HELP MY RECIPES? The Total Blender Designer Series Blender has been designed with many different food items in mind and blend cycles make it produce consistent results across a wider range of food items than any other home blender. This is why you will hear the blender speeding up and slowing down at different times throughout the various blend cycles. However, things like the temperature of ice and the amount of liquid in the various foods used in a recipe will create different blending characteristics. The Blendtec recipe book is designed for an overall average in terms of ice temperature and the amount of liquid typically contained in various fruits and vegetables. Your experience may be different depending on local conditions and you may need to adjust certain recipes to have more or less ice, and higher or lower portions of fruits and vegetables or other ingredients. For example, if a drink is too thick to blend adequately, try reducing the ice a little and replacing the ice with a little water or other liquid. You will be amazed at the difference in blendability. Whatever your experience with ingredients, the Total Blender Designer Series will blend ingredients faster and more easily than other blenders because of its unique combination of high-speed motor, patented square jar, single prong wingtip blade, direct drive coupling, and computer-controlled blend cycles. 10 FIGURE 3: TOUCH AREA 12 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 1. Over Temp: This icon will appear if the blender has overheated. If you see this icon, unplug blender, allow sufficient time to cool, then resume blending. 2. Touch Error: This light indicates that more than one sensor has been triggered by your touch. 3. Phone: This light indicates that you should call your Blendtec Service representative. 4. Power Button: Press this button to turn your machine on or off. 5. Batters: Use this blend cycle to mix, whip and blend batters, sauces, dips, and dressings. 6. Ice Crush: Use this button to blend your mixed drinks, milkshakes, or to crush ice. 7. Smoothie: Use this button to blend your smoothies. 8. Ice Cream: Use this button to make ice cream. 9. Whole Juice: Use this button to make whole juice and green drinks. 10. Soup: Use this button to make hot soup and hot chocolate. 11. Stop Button: Press this button at any time to stop the blender. 12. Slider: This area allows you to manually control the speed of the blender. 13. Pulse: Use this button to chop, mince, whip, or do other momentary tasks which do not require a long blend cycle. 11