Morphy Richards Classic Soup Maker, 1.6L, Multi-Settings, LED Displayed Panel, Motorised Blade, Stainless Steel, 1000W, 48822

I was recommended this soup maker by several people who said it would be a good option for my kitchen. I wasn't convinced, as surely I could make soup without the help of another gadget. However they were absolutely right and this has been one of the best purchases I've made. Setup really requires no thought at all. It comes with a large jug, a lid with the blade attached, and a power cable. There are two buttons on the lid, one to change the mode, and the other to start. I've made all kinds of soups in it using both the smooth and chunky settings. I also really like that there's a blend option so if I change my mind about a chunky soup, I can blend it without having to heat it again. This has also enabled me to get rid of my existing blender as I can use the soup maker in place of it. The jug has a large capacity and I get multiple very generous portions out of it with minimal effort at all. I think it's encouraged me to be more creative with the soups I make as I am having to think less about cooking and so the small investment of time feels worth it when trying something new. It is also easy to clean, though do be aware of the port for the cable on the bottom edge of the jug. I've had this soup maker for around a year and a half now and it works as well as it did when I bought it. It's especially good quality given the price, and I get excellent use out of it in winter.

Cracking bit of kit and makes great soup!! Easy to use and clean but be careful with the blending blade and don't submerse the blending unit in water. Makes soup ready to eat in 20 minutes.

A marvellous soup maker very easy to use and takes no time to cook

Bought as a present for my wife who fell-in-love with a friends soup maker. Works superbly and the results are excellent. A couple of comments: 1. There are very few soup recipes included with the soup maker why? Come on Morphy Richards, adding a recipe booklet would add little to the cost but a great deal to the product. Instead we have to resort to the internet. 2. In many, many cases the few recipes that are included instruct you to fry onions in a pan, or cook this, or roast that. If you have to get a pan out to start the soup making off, it does detract from the one-for-all gadget. If one does have to fry onions or red peppers etc, why not have the stainless steel kettle part so you can place this directly on your cooker and then fry or cook the required ingredients in the soupmaker. At least this would reduce the washing-up. In summary, a great gadget for the easy, simple soups that don't need ingredients to be pre-cooked and the ones that we have tried have been great, creamy, smooth and delicious. Easy to clean - but I would recommend tracking-down the easy-to-prepare soup recipes that don't need additional preparation in other pans. Two additional comments having used for some time. The lid, which has the mixer and motor in it, has to be removed for some recipes whilst you add ingredients. The lid is very awkward to lay down, The rounded handle means that you cannot stand it upside down, and as it has sharp blades, you really need to endure that it rests somewhere where the blades cannot scratch anything. It would enhance the design, if there were a clip on the side of the main jug where you could 'hang' the top whilst you add later ingredients. You also need to be careful when you lift the 'lid' motor section off after it had been through its heating cycle as condensation is formed inside and this easily runs off into the electrical socket - especially if you lift it off with the 'lid' section inclined towards this. Easily done.

I got this as it was recommended by a friend. I was surprised at how big it was at first. I made my first ever homemade soup, butternut squash, sweet potato and carrot and set it for puréed soup. After adding all the ingredients I turned it on and it started heating up like a kettle and it kept going, steam coming out from the lid like a boiling kettle, this is just normal so you need to make sure the area is ventilated and away from sockets or anything not heat resistant, then the blender part kicked in for a couple of seconds, it boiled some more then blended again for a minute or two and voilà soup was ready. It is so easy to use, just dice up your veg before adding with stock and switch it on, twenty minutes later you have a lovely streaming hot batch of soup. The cleaning part was just as easy as the cooking part, a quick wash out, not suitable for the dishwasher and it's done. The instruction book has ten recipes at the back to help get you started if you need some inspiration. I would definitely recommend this item but remember it sounds like a boiling kettle, with steam coming out, until the blender part kicks in, then it gets a bit noisy but not overly loud. Definitely recommend

We've tried making soup a few times over the years, and it never seems to turn out quite as well as we'd hoped. Maybe I'm behind the times but I'd never previously realised that one could buy a soup-maker, so I was intrigued to find out what one was like. We chose the Morphy Richards one based on the reviews already posted for it, and first impressions were good. The soupmaker is perhaps a foot high, and consists of a sturdy metal jug with a thick plastic handle (also very sturdy). The ingredients are placed inside the soupmaker, and then the (heavy) top is fitted. This top contains the blender, which sticks down on a stalk from the underside of the top; it also has a sticky-down sensor on a stick that tells you if the soupmaker is overfilled, and a control panel on top. On the control panel are settings for smooth, chunky, smoothie and just blend. There's also an electronic counter that tells you how long a programme has to go. There are ten or twelve simple soup and smoothie recipes included in the booklet that comes with the soupmaker; our first effort was something else, though, which was for mushroom soup. For vegetable soups, it's a case of chopping up the ingredients, putting them into the soupmaker, and then adding water or stock, depending on the recipe. There are two level markers on the side - marked as the minimum level to which the soupmaker can be filled (1.3 litres) and the maximum (1.6 litres). Obviously this isn't a big range, so if you're making soup for one, you're going to end up with enough for several bowlfuls. Once all the ingredients in, it's a case of either pressing the 'smooth' or the 'chunky' option, and the soupmaker sets off. The smooth setting takes 21 minutes, and the chunky 28 minutes. The programmes both blend the ingredients (the smooth one more so than the chunky one, obviously) and also heat them so that on completion of the programme, the soup is literally ready to serve. And that's all there is to it - you then sit and wait for the soup to be ready. There is quite a lot of noise, and you see steam coming out of the jug; the noise is a bit alarming at first, but you soon get used to it. The display counts down the number of minutes left, and there's some barred lights that effectively tell you what stage of the programme the soupmaker is currently on. We've now made soup five or six times - mushroom, potato and leek, tomato, and a nice lamb and mint soup - and we've been incredibly impressed with the quality of the soup, and the taste and consistency (once we'd learned to put in slightly less water than specified, otherwise the soup is a bit thin). It's worth noting that if you are including meat in a soup, this needs to be pre-cooked. Also, you shouldn't take the lid off during a cycle; this resets it, so you then have to start again - which could result in very well-cooked soup! Cleaning the soupmaker is also easy. When I told a friend that we were getting one, she said that they were quite hard to clean because solid food burns to the bottom, and you can't immerse the soupmaker in water to wash it up, because of the electrics in the handle and the lid. We've had no problem with burning at all; after use, all we've had to do is give a quick rinse and rub round with soapy water, and all has been absolutely fine. All in all, we're incredibly impressed with this. It's well-made, feels very sturdy and as if it will last for years, and produces excellent soup which must surely be healthier than that you buy in a shop. If you get one, you won't regret it. Recommended.

Great! Really good for using up all weekend leftovers and leaving you a super soup!

I bought this after a relative recommended it without checking any reviews. It arrived and I read the instructions, all common sense and easy. Made my first soup no problem, next day made another soup, I thought the product was going to take off, it went into overdrive with the boiling, eventually did a brief blend then took off again with another boiling session, then silence and it showed resting mode on the screen and 8 minutes from completion the screen went blank. I turned it off uncoupled etc and tried again, nothing totally dead, it did briefly light up but then died a death. I contacted Amazon and they were really helpful, gave me number for Morphy Richards Customer Service who listened, then sent me an email, and I had to go through exactly what the low star reviewers (I checked after the fact) had happen. I didn't want a replacement of this and any other kettle type soupmaker, totally lost confidence with this style, so asked Amazon for a refund which they did and I purchased a more expensive, completely different style, but a more fit for the job, soupmaker. I did, after I had returned the product, get another email from Morphy Richards asking for a video of the machine of what the issue is so they can help me. I am struggling to understand how a video of a dead machine would help them or me.

Great product, simple to use.

Great and Awsome Product. Quality is really good

It didn't work and seller didn't reply to my messages. I needed to contact amazon to get the refund.

Why sell a unit in Australia with a different power plug to ours!!!

Unfortunately it arrived complete with an English power cord even though I ordered it on Amazon AUSTRALIA. Luckily my slow cooker power cord fitted it. It makes great soup so I’m happy with that.