You’ll want a blender with a tapered jar. This shape helps create a vortex ... What we liked: The Blendtec performs similarly to the Vitamix, with a few distinctions. The biggest is its design.

Stainless-steel forged blade with wings for amazingly smooth blends (10x stronger than other blender blades). Note- Blade is not sharp, blade is dull. No more cuts and pokes. Blendtec Twister Jar ...