All raw chefs above use Vita Mix as their blender except for Leslie Bega who is using a Blendtec blender, and has to use a spatula to push the food down to the blades. This can ruin the spatula, the food, and the blender itself.
Vita Mix is really a standard in raw cuisine. It has a tamper included, which is inserted through the lid, and is designed not to touch the blades.
This is the Vita Mix site
http://secure.vitamix.com/acb/stores/4/index.aspx and a country can be chosen in the upper right corner.
Both of those blenders above are pretty expensive. But there is even more expensive blenders I don’t know much about, which have 3.5 horse power. This website (look way down the page) lists some of those blenders.
http://sitekreator.com/blindguru/symbiotic_blenders.htmlHowever, Vita-Mix is quite sufficient for those who are planning to do raw cuisine. Choose the one with three knobs. They also have a model with only 2 knobs, but this is not versatile enough for raw food preparation.
One can also use successfully a small blender called Magic Bullet that Terry Stiers is using in her Cottage Pie preparation video (see above). Here is another example of using the Magic Bullet.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xf8BNiiOggU&mode=related&search=One can use the blender one has and run it on high for a while. The result would not be the same as Vita Mix, but could be sufficient. There is a danger that you might burn such a blender eventually, running it for too long, or might heat up your food too much, which is undesirable since it would kill enzymes, and turn organic nutrients into inorganic. The powerful blenders do the job quickly, before heating it up. Heating up to room or body temperature is fine. Here is one such video that is not using any fancy blender. Also note how a raw vegan soup is improvised
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pCF59cMQhIM
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