Oster 4093 Classic Beehive Blender, Chrome
Thursday, 18. March 2010
- Powerful 500 watt motor blends, chops, grinds, grates, and crushes ice
- 2 speeds plus low-speed pulse function for just the right amount of control
- 40-ounce, ribbed-and-tapered glass container
- Classic beehive-shaped base clad in chrome; rubber feet equals stability
- Measures 16 by 7-1/4 inches; 1-year warranty
Product Description
Give your kitchen a modern appliance with retro styling. Enjoy healthy fruit smoothies in the a.m. and less innocent beverages in the p.m. The continuous speed and pulse along with a stainless steel cutting blade will have your ingredients chopped, blended, and purEed in next to no time.Amazon.com
Powered by a 500-watt motor, this classic blender blends margaritas and smoothies, mixes soups and sauces, chops fruits and vegetables, grinds coffee beans and nuts, grates cheese and coconut, and crushes ice. The blender has a high speed and a low-speed pulse control, which can be held down for continuous action. Its 40-ounce, ribbed-and-tapered glass container fits onto Oster’s distinctive beehive-shaped base, which is clad in lustrous chrome and outfitted with slip-proof rubber feet. Its stainless-steel blade-assembly removes for cleaning, and the container is calibrated in both ounces and liters. Fully assembled, the blender stands 16 inches high on a 7-1/4-inch-diameter base. With the exception of the dishwasher-safe glass container, all parts–including the plastic lid with its plastic 2-ounce measuring insert–require hand washing. The blender carries a one-year warranty against defects, and its instruction booklet includes dozens of recipes. –Fred Brack
Oster 4093 Classic Beehive Blender, Chrome
Melissa Says:
I’ve burned through 3 other brands of blenders — each time the plastic “spinner” in the motor base (which mates to a plastic spinner in the pitcher’s base that turns the blade) broke. Finally we decided to try out the Oster “Classic” because it uses a metal shaft that fits directly into the pitcher’s base to turn the blades rather than the plastic disks that all the newer blender designs seem to use. That does the trick. I make a lot of fruit smoothies using frozen fruit — which can be pretty hard on blenders — but so far the Oster Classic has been up to the task. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5
Shinda Says:
We bought this blender after a horrid experience with some Cuisianart mulit-speed blender that turned out to be a piece of … Originally I was attracted to all the bells and whistles, but after all that leaked on the first pouring, I realized we had a problem, Houston.
After cruising the ratings here, we bought the basic, two-speed (read: go and pulse) GORGEOUS chrome beehive blender. Somehow we got the one that had the mini-jar for dressings, the food processor, and milkshake blade with chrome cannister, all for less than the Cuisinart Multi-Function Mistake.
This thing kicks. I’ve made dressings in it, and it was done with ease and they were blended well. Most importantly, I’ve made several batches of adult drinks involving ice, and as long as you add the ice a few cubes at a time, it turns out perfectly smooth (no ice chips hitting your teeth as you tip the glass).
I LOVE OUR OSTERIZER BEEHIVE BLENDER!!!! Simple is really all you need in a blender. If it’s something that needs a bit of mixing, hit the pulse button as needed. If it’s serious mixing, turn it on. In my opinion, speed 3, 6, and 9 are not required. This does it all, and looks MIGHTY fine while doing it. If only we had the counter space to leave it out…….it’s SO pretty!!!!
Happy blending, anything!
Shinda
Rating: 5 / 5
kozmonaut Says:
We purchased this blender about 2 years ago, mainly based on price, simplicity of design and reviews from Amazon. After living with a high-maintenance Kitchen-Aid blender (all those little parts to clean!), The Oster seemed liked the answer to our blender dreams. Unfortunately after weekly use simply for smoothies, it quickly became apparent that this Oster was not like its formidable ancestors…
The power is totally inadequate. Food constantly overwhelms the blade and any kind of blending totally stops. Close to its 2-year birthday, it gave up the will to live – following a weird grinding noise, smoke came from the base and then…. nothing. And now, here we are, searching for a new blender.
Rating: 2 / 5
Mary Says:
This is my third blender in the past 3 years. First one of this brandmodel. I’ve owned this one for 2 years now. I make a smoothie every morning for breakfast. I don’t put ice in my smoothie, but I do use frozen fruit and this blender blends up my milk and protein powder and flax seed and fruit in just under 20 seconds. Sometimes less if I use small fruits like blueberries.
I really like this blender for the price and the quality of the components. It only has 3 settings. 1)off 2)regular on 3)high on. I only use the off and the regular on setting.
What I don’t like is washing it. Since I use this item daily, I like to just rinse it out and put the lid with the little top thingie in the top rack of the dishwasher and the pitcher with the glass, rubber seal, blade, and plastic bottom upside down on the lower rack of the dishwasher. Well if I don’t remove the pitcher as soon as the washer is finished, the parts start to rust. So now the metal part with the blade is rusting, since “rust never rests” right?
Now I can’t really complain. A blender with a metal gear and strong motor for under $60 (I paid around $56 at Target) is great. One of my previous blenders was a Cuisinart. I paid $99 for that one and the drive was plastic. It broke when I used frozen pineapple in a smoothie one morning. Big bummer.
For all the people whose blenders broke right away, I don’t know what to say. Maybe you overloaded the pitcher? I mean some things won’t blend. And if you have too many solids and not enough liquid, the blender can’t get everything to tumble properly in the pitcher – so not everything will make it down to the blade.
If you’re not sure if there’s enough liquid but you notice things aren’t moving around properly in the pitcher, open the lid just a bit and add a small amount of liquid (milk, water, booze, broth, depends on what you’re making) and if things start mixing properly, then that’s all the problem ever was. Not enough liquid.
I’d buy another one of these, and probably will have to since the bottom part is rusting because I’ve not taken good care of it. But for a daily use item, $56 for two years is quite a bargain in my opinion.
Rating: 4 / 5
A. Manning Says:
I use this blender 3-4 times a week, mostly for smoothies (always with ice and some kind of frozen fruit, often large strawberries) and I LOVE IT. It blends very smoothly – I never have to turn it on and then off and on again for it to blend everything in the jar, it does that in one blending cycle.
Two cycles is all you need and more – especially when they work this well. I went to my mom’s over Christmas and used her “Oster 6663 Designer 12-Speed Blender with Glass Jar” and it was world’s apart – could hardly crush ice (even on the 12th speed, which had no difference from speeds 6-11) and left smoothies and milkshakes with a lot of floating, un-blended objects. Not so with this blender – it is as smooth as my local juice joint.
It is a blender, so there is some noise, but it was much less louder than I anticipated given the reviews here. Its never bothered me and I beleive it not as loud as the one at my moms (poor mom, need to get her one of these for next Christmas!).
And it is beautiful to have on my countertop. Easy to clean as well.
Rating: 5 / 5