It looks like an electric blender but we soon discovered that the biochef is far more than that the blades are propelled at over 30 000 revs a minute so it will make hot soup in minutes using pure friction heat while also being able to create frozen ice cream in seconds incredible but true the blades are made of high quality japanese stainless steel and will never need sharpening because unlike those found in ordinary blenders theyre designed to be blunt this means they break down cel