![]() ![]() Commercial nut butter mills use a grinder with a different mechanical structure to the chopping blades of a blender or food processor, more like a burr coffee grinder. Your nut butter is not going to come out perfectly liquid smooth. Nut butter is viscous and oily so a rinse won't cut it. If you use a blender, make sure the blades disassemble from the bowl/jug in a way that allows you to get in there and scrub it clean. I've heard Vitamix and Magimix recommended, but have not owned either brand to use them long-term. If you intend to make a lot of nut butter it's worth investing in one of the more expensive pro-tier machines. There is a real possibility it will burn out the motor of a cheaper, flimsier, lower-powered machine - maybe very quickly, or maybe just after its warranty expires. Nut butter is intensive for the machine to make: lots of material, quite thick, hard on the motor. Personally I assumed a blender would not work because the solid material would get stuck and fail to properly make contact with the blades, but other commenters are saying they work. Have never tried using a blender so I can't say which device is better for the job. It takes a while, maybe 7-10 minutes of processing. You can check on my website ( ) for additional upgrades as we make them to the Chocolate Refiners." ![]() They come with a one year manufacturers defect warranty (international shipping of parts not included.)Īs of this writing, the latest upgrades to the Chocolate Refiner includes fully sealed ball bearings (better when you're dealing with cocoa butter), better materials to make the stone holders and gears more robust and long wearing, Kevlar belts (these are the best belts I've ever used), an excessive heat shut off switch (we've not had problems with Premiers but I almost had a chocolate factory burn down in Belize from a different melanger company) and a new reddish orange color. The Chocolate Refiners are always being evaluated to see where else we can make improvements. Instead, we've taken a lot of feedback from chocolate makers (including from this Forum), looked at what was breaking and wearing when making chocolate (including what people were buying as replacement parts and how often) and have now upgraded the machines to Chocolate Refiners that are better for chocolate making. "The Premier Grinders are still available but no longer have a warranty for chocolate making. Sounds like it'd be a good step up if you can afford it. ![]() If I bought a new blender I would get more mileage out of it than if I bought a new food processor, but I'd be willing to buy whichever one would give the best results if I knew it would work. Given the above, would a blender or food processor be better? Or would neither of them produce acceptable results given my requirements? I currently only own a cheap blender that I use daily but know won't be up to the task of making nut butters.
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