Philips Viva Collection SoupMaker, 1.2 L, Makes 2-4 servings, 6 Pre-set Programs, SoupPro Technology, Soup in Less than 18 Minutes, Eeasy Clean, Recipe Book, Black and Stainless Steel (HR2204/70)

I love it. I can make a cheese soup and it doesn't burn the can as long as I put 1 cup of broth or water in first. It has a nice receipe book. I made the beet soup which I liked and haven't had it long enough to try the other recipes yet. But if you have a soupmaker you will make a lot more soup than you will without one. You know what's going in it. No GMO ingredients for me and Campbell's soup puts in nanotechnology into their soups. I have to chop vegetable finer than my first soupmaker but the motor spining the blade will last longer that way. I just made the cheese and broccoli soup I made on the old soupmaker and it didn't burn the can at all. This is better made than my old gourmia soupmaker. Soupmaker's don't make a lot of soup but that way you don't get tired of it and don't eat it. Plus you can chop up cooked chicken or hAm from the store and add it to the soup and you can cook up rice or noodle in the rice cooker and add it to the soup after you have made it in soupmaker and that extends the amount of soup you have. Once cooked you can add in sour cream or yogurt or creme fraische and add toppings for better flavor or gourmet taste. Now my first soupmaker didn't last a year and I would make soup every 3 days in it during winter. I don't know how long this one will last but if you like soup and like hot meals this is great for a one pot meal or soup as a side. I've only had this less than a week and i've already made the beet soup and the broccoli cheese soup and I have the stuff to make the butternut squash soup next. You can have sandwiches and soup or soup and a salad. And it only takes 18 minutes to make hot ready to eat soup. The smooth setting is not as fine as the gourmia because it had 4 blades instead of 2 but it's doesn't bother me. It's all going to the same place anyway. There are a lot of recipes only line from the UK because the Morphy Richards soupmaker is king over there and it has a saute setting where you can put in butter and onions or whatever you saute and then it put in the rest for the soup setting. I'm sure it tastes better but I'm too lazy to saute onions in butter on the stove and add it to my soupmaker. The beauty is you pour in a cup of liquid first, then your chopped ingredients or other stuff and fill liquid to max level turn it on and walk away and do something else. No matter how tired I am I can always make soup because you only have 4-5 more or less ingredients to stick in the can and heat it up. it's done in 18 minutes and you don't eat junk food. I add spice to the soup after it's cooked particularly if I'm giving soup away to neighbors. Let them spice to their heart's content. Honestly this is an appliance that should be cheaper to buy if more americans used it and I use mine all the time. For summer you can do gazpacho or smoothies or deserts but I like warm food. I make strictly hot soup in it. I used to make cream of asparagus soup and cream of cauliflower soup in my old soupmaker at least once a week. I haven't had this one for more than a week yet but I'm already planning my next soup.

Wonderful! I love broccoli Soup but only go to the trouble of making it, average once a month or so. Delicious, nutritious, cheap but not necessarily easy. Now it IS Easy!! I've already had soup many times & I just got this recently. Get home. Thaw some broccoli (2-3 minutes) Put broccoli, frozen diced onion, small spoonful garlic, pinch nutmeg, 1/2 veggie bullion cube, and water in the soupmaker. (Oh also 1/4 tsp pepper & 1/2 tsp salt.) Turn on your soupmaker, and go do SOMETHING ELSE for 20 minutes. BING!! Stir in a little cream and you have fresh, delicious homemade broccoli soup for dinner. mmmm! Regarding cleanup. Before ordering I read the review saying"hard to clean." Well this is one of those things that if you EXPECT easy-clean... well it's not. But, if you're prepared for a Little difficulty, it's Not! I'd say, it's Easier to clean than a waffle-maker. As long as you do it Right Away. Rinse, or soap-n-rinse, the blade & the blade housing Before you enjoy your delicious soup. And, immediately after emptying the cooking-container (either to eat or store), wash the inside & rim right away. Following this procedure, cleaning IS fairly easy & only takes a moment. (Slightly Easier than cleaning the hand-blenderizer I used to use for my soup!) To summarize: I can't speak for other type soups, but, if you like veggie-puree-style soups this is definitely a great investment and you should get it!! (PS the best source for actual really great soup recipes is the book, "Joy Of Cooking." Most other recipes have way too many un-needed ingredients, & complexity instead of showing you how to personalize.)

This is a great soup maker. We have made many delicious soups in it. A great time saver. Piping hot soup.

The Phillips Soup Maker is exactly what I thought it would be. It puts a bowl of homemade soup in front of one in a jiffy. I am glad to have it available in my kitchen and as time passes, I am sure that I will be very grateful that I bought i. But, after having it only a brief time and not having exploited its full potential, perhaps, I was not bowled over by it. I hesitate to criticize it too harshly, though. I only gave it three stars for "flavor" because I really was not at all impressed with the recipes that I have whipped up out of the enclosed cookbook. The Vegan Cream of Asparagus soup was, to my mind and taste-buds, just plain awful. The Minestrone was bland and not really appealing. I hope that when I learn to adapt other recipes from other sources to this device I will be more pleased with the result. On a more positive note, I found it quite easy to clean and, with a couple of reservations, easy to use. I had intended to buy one as a gift for a friend in her eighties but I fear that she will not grasp the danger of shoving the soup maker into her dishwasher, a real No-No, so I dropped that idea. The direction book did not give me what for me, I would call intuitive instructions and I needed to refer back to it several times during my early uses. But, again, that was a learning curve. Again, on a positive note, as an appliance for the kitchen of a single person, I can see the soup maker being an asset, the only limitation being the amount of soup that it will produce. The soup maker does not prepare a meal for a crowd, a fair-sized family, or for even three healthy appetites. But, for one or two, it's fine. So, on that basis, I recommend it.

This soup maker is a real game-changer for me. I'm single and honestly don't have a lot of time to make soup, on the weekend ( which is the only time, I would have to make soup ) I also love, that I know the ingredients that are going into my soup as well. I control the sodium level as well. There really isn't anything that I would put in as a negative. Last night I made a wonderful veggie soup, more than enough for the week. This product is going to be great in the winter months coming, I cannot wait.

It’s been a struggle, after 1st few months the plug that connects to power is so unstable- it will stop in the middle and you have try and change the position and try again for 17 mins of soup making and wish that it doesn’t stop again… I don’t recommend unless the customer service helps me or replaces this unit with a better one

This soup maker is designed to make soup the easy way: chop ingredients, put in container, add liquid, plug it in, and walk away. The soup maker does all the work of cooking and blending, and before you know it, dinner’s ready. It works fine, and I love the fact that it has a milk soup setting that won’t scorch. My only concern is that cleaning it can be challenging as it is not dishwasher safe.

If you are also trying to get away from as much chemical foods (like canned soups, etc.), this is something to consider. I've only used it to make their "tomato" soup a few times, so far, but it worked very well. Super easy to use (basically, chop up some ingredients, toss them in, add some vegetable stock, and hit a button). From reading other sites, the included recipes are hit-and-miss, and the tomato soup is a fine example of that. It is more like vegetable soup with a hint of tomato taste (it comes out brown since it is 50% vegetable stock). You can, of course, use other recipes BUT scale them properly. I saw someone make one, basing it not he side of the device, and that was too much and the unit would shut down. You really only get to fill it about halfway up to a marker inside. But, it will make several bowls of soup easily. If you can use a bread maker, rice maker, etc., you'll find this just as easy.

Muito boa

It blow up once I tried to make the soup. They wound replace it , so I have to go for the refund. And if I wanted to buy it again now , the price is double , just a week after.

Ce robot crée des soupes super mousseuses, préparées très simplement. Ultra rapide et facile à programmer. Lavable uniquement par jet d'eau chaude, si nettoyé juste après, grâce à son revêtement intérieur. Que du bonheur, ma famille et mes amis vont se ruer dessus. Le petit + est un guide de cuisine avec des recettes simples, sans trop d'ingrédients, mais excellentes! Recettes qualité restaurant! Toujours aussi fabuleux au bout d'un an!

¡Excelente! Uno de los mejores aparatos que he comprado. Funciona perfecto. Sopas y salsas en pocos minutos y con un sabor excepcional. Muy, muy recomendable. Fácil de usar.

El mejor electrodoméstico que he comprado. Fácil de usar. Prepara alimentos rápidos, sanos y deliciosos.