Side by Side Comparison of: Cuisinart vs Baby Bullet

Mine is two years old and going strong. I used it with my first baby now two years later with my second. It allows you to make bigger batches the most baby food makers. The fact that it steams it and then you purée it in the same machine is also very helpful, cuts down on cleanup. Makes it really easy to make your own baby food.

This was one of the best things I got to help make baby food. Keep the manual handy as it is a must read since it gives the water requirements for several kinds of foods.The only complaint is that the blade piece doesn't automatically snap down in place when the lid is closed so I just have to make sure it is secure every time I close the lid. I though the unit was broken until I figured this out.

Has to be the best thing my mother n law ever got me! This ting is AMAZING and makes my life so much easier making my sons baby food. Steam and blend its that easy. Even comes with several recipes. LOVE THIS!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

This is a wonderful tool for steaming both the babies food and our veggies for dinner. We have gotten a lot of use out of this. The booklet it comes with is a great reference for knowing how long to cook different items and the amount of water to use. Simple to use, basically dummy proof. Have not had any issues with it. Purees the babies food very well.

I bought this baby food maker about a month ago, after reading quite a few reviews. It's great. It functions exactly as described, and it's easy to clean.After reading the other reviews, I worry about mold. I wash all of the removable parts after each use, and I turn the machine upside down to get rid of excess water. I also leave the top door open when the machine isn't in use.So far, so good.

I would 100% recommend this baby food maker! It was the easiest way to make baby food. No steam basket. It cooks then purées in the same container. It is SO EASY to use, best for your baby, less money than baby food and you don't have to pray someone didn't take out nutritious vitamins from your store bought baby food. Also, it seems a lot of the baby food is mostly bananas and a tiny bit of veggies or a lot of one food, but little of all the other nutritious foods - mainly veggies. I started my baby at 6 months with just green organic veggies. She's almost 8 months and we're finally moving towards beets and cauliflower. She ate one by one with just funny faces at first, but then got used to them all. She was interested in eating at that point, she figured she had no choice, I suppose. Who knows. every baby is different, obviously, but making baby food with this made it so simple.I also used it to grind up organic oatmeal that I then boiled like you would normally (wisk it fast so it doesn't clump!). No baby oatmeal box needed or rice cereal. The real stuff has the iron baby needs, not just fortified with iron. I didn't give rice because she ate the oatmeal from the get go alright. I figured rice has less health benefits/nutrition than oatmeal or barley so why even give it. I think they start babies on it because it's bland in taste so it may not get rejected for picky eaters.Anyway, I almost bought the Beaba, but I then found this one and this yields a weeks worth of food (depending on age of child), was easier and has the bottle warmer.I haven't used it for bottle warming since I already had the Dr Brown's one from the get go. It would have been perfect to have this on my baby registry so I could have had to only get on product.Also bought 2 sets of the "Baby Fresh" trays for freezing the baby food. I ziploc them once frozen and thaw enough for each feeding in separate covered munchkin plastic dishes.

I purchase this baby Bullet as a gift for a shower I had one when my girls were younger and I absolutely loved it it's so simple and quick to make good healthy food at home and saves you a ton of money the system is totally worth every penny

I love this baby food system! It's super easy and the recipe/handbook included is very informative! I am so glad I decided to spend the money on this. My baby daughter loves the cute smiley faces on the feeding/storing cups. She smiles back at them!

every mom i gave this as a gift loves it and the one tells the other i gave them and kind of suggest this as a gift lol

I am very pleased with this baby food maker. I'm excited about making my baby her food. I made food for my boys and had stored them in containers. So glad this one comes with lil cups to store the food. Shipping was great and ut came one day earlier.

Fabulous!!!!! Gives peace of mind and storage containers as well as recipes and advice for 0-12 months.

love the smiley face and tiny size I bought this for my own use. I am an old person and don't need large amounts of food but still like to whip up a few things now and then. I regular size blender is so much unnecessaryness. I love this unit.

Wonderful for making baby food - very simple and convenient. Use it to make all of my baby's food. Okay for heating Dr. Brown's bottles. Hard to clean. Also bought the accompanying baby food containers. Lids don't fit properly.

You really can't go wrong with Cuisinart! I love the idea of a mixer that steams and purees baby foods. The lid/blade can be somewhat of a pain to align (you have to do it just right or it won't steam). It's well worth the price compared to other baby food makers. Mine has lasted through two babies in the last 2.5 years.

I've used the heck out of this machine and for the most part I really like it. After months of using several times per week, it does seem like the motor is starting to struggle. The plastic parts are also showing ware. I've never used the bottle warming feature and you could definitely get the same, if not better, result from just steaming your own foods and throwing them into a food processor. I know my regular food processor has a far better motor than this. BUT - for a convenient all-in-one baby food maker, this is extremely easy to use and does a great job without the extra step.

Ok, so I love this cuisinart simply because it steams and chops and makes my job so much easier! The only complaint I have is that metal stick that goes in the bowl, for some reason shaves the metal off the inside of the blade when being used. Also, the inside of the bowl (the grey part) gets stained. Like mine is orange from the carrots. But overall I think it's a great product and I'm really happy I bought it! Oh yea, it's a bottle warmer too! I had no idea when I bought it! Lol I don't use it now but maybe for my second baby.

I bought this product a few months ago and it still works like a charm! The only complaint I have is how long it takes between steamings. I like to do a mass food-making session once a week but end up having to wait 20+ minutes for the steamer to cool down after each use; which is not a huge deal, but when I'm in the zone, I just want to prepare all the food, steam it, puree it and be done- not draw the process out for a couple of hours just waiting for it to cool down between foods. Other than that, it works great and I have had no issues! Overall I definitely recommend it.

Bought this as a gift for my son and daughter-in-law. Purchased it, along with the book, '201 Organic Baby Purees' by Tamika Gardner, and OXO Tot Baby Food Freezer Trays.I'm very happy with each item. The baby isn't born yet, but my daughter-in-law has already been practicing with the baby food maker and recipes. She is really happy to have it and looking forward to using it on a regular basis.I rated this 4 stars only because the bottle warmer hasn't yet been tested. It got mixed reviews, but even if it isn't ideal, I won't feel like my money was wasted... the baby food maker is excellent.

This is my go to gift for baby showers! I owned a bullet when my son was small and every new mom loves receiving these. With mine I found that some times you would have to get the container set on the blender just right for it to begin to blend, and I found that if you blend for too long it begins to get very hot so pulsating is the way to go in order to avoid burning up the blender motor. But overall I loved it and will buy again and again.

This has been amazing for making my son's baby food! Saves a bunch of money and you know what your putting in the food!

Great product I love it to blend my babies homemade food. Only thing it takes a little bit longer to blend to really get the food purée. But all in all great product

Great service given as gift but I hear it works well.

We have only used it for a month or so, so I cannot speak to whether this product has the longevity we desire. However, so far it has worked great to make baby food. I like that it comes with a guide/recipe book and the storage is great too. We like it so far!

The blender is O.K, nothing terribly special. You have to make sure you cut up the food nice and small or it wont blend it. But i really like the storage containers and the one for the freezer as well. The cookbook is very basic but informative (especially if this is your first kid).

I like most most things about this product. There are two major issues:(1) After the food is steamed the blade needs to be re-positioned for the blender to work. This is extremely annoying because it means removing the (hot) food, taking the pieces apart and cleaning the machine. I think it's the result of condensation that gets between the blade and the motor. After wiping the post that comes through the motor it generally works. This sometimes doubles the active time it takes to make the food so it's a huge flaw for a busy mom.(2) The post/motor of the blade gets a yucky black residue from each use.

Have to play with it a bit sometimes to make it go one.

Broke after 6 mos of use. Just quit working. Expected more from Cuisinart.

We don't use the bottle warmer, and I've found through my experience that my daughter prefers her food baked, steamed, or cooked on the stove as opposed to using the steaming option on the Cuisinart. (Even when following the recommendations provided in the manual, most of the purees turn out watery.) So basically, we just use the chopper and any food processor could work for that. I still use it at least once a week, but I will probably go buy a larger processor as I start to make larger batches of food.

Never used the bottle warmer function but the steaming and cutting worked perfectly at first.But after 7 months an edge of the cover broke with the little piece that engages the blender function, I put it back manually and it still worked. But now the steaming function quit. Gonna try to return it.

Everything is ok. It's very convenient.But I have one concern. Whenever I steam this, there is burning smell.I don't think it's good for health.There was no smell when I bought, but after passed returning window, I could smell it.

This works fine for thinner purees but if you are doing something thick it doesn't blend very well. I love the containers, they are so cute but the blender isn't anything special.If I were to redo I would purchase baby food containers separately and just use my food processor, or get a different blender.

The motor burnt out very quickly thank goodness I paid for insurance, smelled like burning plastic. Other than that it did the job I needed, I'm glad I had enough food frozen for back up, it's been a little over a week before I receive the replacement.

Meh?!

I like the item itself. I am dissatisfied because this was supposed to come with an instruction manual and another book. Neither were included. I have a piece of kitchen equipment with no instructions. Thank goodness it's pretty easy to figure out.

The lids for the small storage containers didn't fit another set I have, so when they all get washed, we have to sort by trial and error to find which threads fit which one.

Ok so i was psyched to get this but when i received it i realized that my 20 dollar blender actually doea the same and more than the 80 dollar baby bullet. U cant blend for more than a minute or it will burn and no matter what u do the baby food alwayd has some type of lumps

I was no able to get used to this gadget... I'm not sure why is it so difficult or what am I doing wrong... The water keeps leaking while I'm trying to steam vegetables, the cycle is not long enough for the veggies to be properly steamed... The plastic ring on the circular knife broke ( snapped), while I was blending fresh cranberries to make juice.... Just a bad experience overall...

I bought this to make food for my first daughter. I questioned the steamer chamber but the first couple months it worked great! Made the process extremely easy! However toward the last few months of using it for my first daughter, I felt like chunks of who knows what was coming out into the purée. I was diligent about cleaning out the chamber with vinegar however I pulled it out to use with my second child, and ran this 3 times with black coming out and then steamed sweet potatoes and saw black through out the purée. I question how clean you can actually get the steam chamber without being able to look inside.

I really wanted to like this baby food maker. It was smartly designed and it was Cuisinart. However, mine never worked properly. I returned two unit before giving up.

when I first received this product I was over the moon. honestly it's a fantastic product… when it works… I bought this mid 2013 for my then 6 month old son and it worked wonderfully for about 1 year. I had another baby in September 2014 and it's been touch and go for the past couple months. it now make a LOT of noise when it steams, like bubbling water type noises and steaming sounds. but about every 5th time using it, it builds up, and gets louder and louder and then finally makes this LOUD *POP* sound and every time it scares me so I jump and I'm nervous that one of these times it's going to explode. In addition, it usually doesn't steam the veggies on the first try. (it used to) I don't know if it's getting too hot and it cuts itself of early for safety reasons? but whatever the case may be, I can no longer use this in a pinch as I usually have to steam veggies twice to get them soft. I understand it's a baby food maker / bottle warmer, so maybe the manufacturer didn't bank on people needing it to work for this long. but. this is Cuisinart! I paid $120 for this. I want it to work for more than 2 years. I would say I have been using this every other day for the past 18 months and I'm disappointed. my second son has started on solids and I'm having to look for a new steamer.

I have really loved this baby food maker for the 6 months that I have had it. However I am very disappointed that after only 6 months of use, the motor is worn out.

I am now convinced that all baby food makers (steaming and pureeing with one appliance) are a waste of money and may do more harm to your child then good. I researched baby food makers for months and read through at ton of Amazon reviews before deciding to purchase this baby food maker from Cuisinart. I loved using the first two times and felt like it would be very simple to use long haul. However, by the third use, the work bowl, blade, and spatula started to show stains from the food. I had followed all directions and transferred the purees to a glass container to clean the appliance quickly every time, but it still happened. As I tried cleaning the work bowl, I found upon deeper inspection what looked like hard water deposits/burnt in areas where the food was sitting on the sides of the bowl during steaming. I couldn't get them off and contacted Cuisinart to see what could have caused the marks. Thankfully they just sent me a new bowl free of charge, even though I still had no idea what first caused the stains. I continued to use the product for months and never let the purees sit again in the work bowl in case it was the heat...Side note here: Why can't we just manufacture a glass bowl people? That would be the day!!Anywho, a month ago I started to become paranoid as I heard more and more about mold growth in other baby food makers. I thought to myself, if they are growing mold, why wouldn't mine be too? I can't even open up the steaming chamber to check, but I took a flashlight and peeked into the slots at the bottom of the chamber... and, let me tell you, what I found... was disgusting...To make a long story short, I encourage you all to do the same. Putting in a vinegar/water solution to "descale" isn't enough to clean what I saw and I no longer use this product. I have started steaming and baking all of my son's meals and pulsing them in our blender and to be honest, it's more convenient now then before! I wish I would have just invested in a food processor by Cuisinart and am hoping I can do something to get one instead, but since I purchased this is May and didn't start using it until September, I think I'm out of luck. I am only giving this 2 stars because Cuisinart as an overall brand is great and their customer service helped me out before so I'm hoping they can help me out again.Please be safe people and check your units!!

Really cute, but doesn't work as well as I expected. The foods will only blend well if they are fully steamed. I had a really hard time blending a chopped up apple with water & strawberries too.

Wish I never bought it total waste of time pain to clean

Wow, if I have ever wasted my money on a product this was the one. First and foremost lets start here:1. We didn't use it nearly as much as we thought we would.2. When we did use it, we found it left things 'lumpy' rather than smooth, not good for babies.3. After maybe 15-20 uses, one of the clips broke, rendering the device completely useless.Save your money, and buy a real Bullet, or Ninja system. This thing is trash.

This is very cute and comes with many pieces and recipes. But the motor is far too weak. I re-sold mine and got a $20 Ninja food chopper that is much stronger and more reliable.

This is a very good product. Some reviewers have pointed out that it is a small blender and it is too expensive for its size, but it makes perfect purees that our daughter loved. Unfortunately, 3 weeks after purchase it just stopped working.I will be contacting the company for a refund and hope that they will stand by their product.

Was so excited about this cute product, so I bought this in May 2012 when I found out my daughter in law was pregnant. My grandson was born in September and is now eating solid foods as of about a month ago. The bullet was just recently taken out of the box, used for cooked (soft) vegetables only and has already stopped working after only three weeks. Checking with Amazon I see that the return/replacement policy is too late and would have to send it back at my expense and that the replacement would not include initial shipping if I choose a refund instead of replacement. This is very inconvenient since they are now having to find alternative ways to fix baby food, as this was not an inexpensive product. Very frustrated and this policy is going to affect my future spending with Amazon.

Doesn't heat bottle warm enough, has burning smell after a little over a month of use

I purchased this item because I knew I'll be using bottle warmer and food maker, so why not buy one machine? Well, not a good idea.Bottle warmer:-broke after a month of using it, 1-2 bottles a day only-if you follow the instructions, it makes the milk either too hot or too cold. If it's too cold you cannot warm it up again right away, you have to wait 5min-IT LEAKS the milk out of the bottle! I was loosing the important breast milk. For example: you put 6oz bottle inside and turn it on. After couple minutes it automatically shut off. You think yay it's done. Well, it turns on again by itself. When you pull the bottle out of it, you already lost it like 2-3 oz. The milk is all over the bottle and steamer chamber. It does the same with formula.Food maker:-it leaks water all over.

This product works great for 2 weeks and then stops grinding the food after it steams and water starts leaking all over the counter. The water level is very temperamental and has to be watched closely.

0 stars. Don't buy this item! I Have tried two of these and had to return them both for same problem, bowl and blade get jammed and are impossible to take apart. Both times it was after 3rd use, brand new. Even when I called cuisinart, they had problems when testing the product.

This item was too good to be true. I have NO idea why this got so many good reviews. It doesn't steam well. It turns off after 1-2 minutes (even though it is supposed to steam for 20 minutes plus) and then won't turn back on again until it cools down. It's totally worthless. Promptly returning this item.

I was really excited about having a steamer, chopper, and bottle warmer in one. BUT the steamer does not work well: water leaks out of the back sometimes and there doesn't appear to be any consistency in how much water is needed. If you use too little water and the food is still hard, you have to wait for the unit to cool off or rinse it under cold water, which is annoying. I find it much easier to just steam things in a pot and then use my food processor to puree the food.Don't get me started on the bottle warmer. It uses TINY amounts of water, so if you're off by a little bit, you'll end up with a bottle that's still cold or waaaaay too hot. As with the steamer, if the bottle is too cold, you have to wait for the unit to cool off before re-heating the bottle. And then it'll probably be too hot. I for a long time to figure out the right amounts (we use the same bottles all the time, so it should have been fairly easy), concluded it was impossible, and went back to a Kozii bottle warmer (which we already had and I highly recommend).Basically, the only part of this thing that works well is the chopper. And I'm sure there are much cheaper quality choppers out there.

Pretty disappointed. The baby bullet I received just stopped working after two months of use.

Two Pieces of plastic that hold the lid in place while you are using it broke into my babies food after only a few times of using it. I was lucky enough to have found 1 piece before i fed it to my baby. I called nutribullet to get a replacement or refund and was talked to like i was making it up.

Wont work after two uses...must now email the comapany and hope for replacement.worked great at first and then just stopped

I decided to purchase a shower gift for my daughter for her new baby that is due in October. Since I had earlier purchased a Baby Bullet for my step daughter, I decided that is what I would also get my daughter.I did a search and went online to the Baby Bullet website and proceeded to order a new set of bullet accessories for my daughter. Baby Bullet groups stuff in a "Combo Deal" that I did not want, the total price would be $149.00.Baby Bullet also had a deal on Amazon for the basic Baby Bullet set for $59. I purchased the Baby Bullet on Amazon and did not complete the transaction on Baby Bullet.Baby Bullet decided, on their own, to complete the order. They immediately shipped the $149 set to my daughter. My daughter received the set from Amazon and the set from Baby Bullet.I had a difficult time reaching Baby Bullet but finally got in touch today 8/15/12. I talked to a very obstinate customer service agent who finally connected me to a supervisor. Here is the bottom line: they agreed to refund the Baby Bullet but I had to pay shipping.Baby Bullet would not understand their mistake and simply pay to ship the product back. They are out to screw the customer!!!!If you are thinking of buying a Baby Bullet - DON'T - I think you should consider what will happen if you need some kind of service or help. Do not expect Baby Bullet to help you.

I was delighted with the baby bullet when it worked. Then one evening I discovered the plastic under the blade was starting to crack. I was blending some Avocado when this happened. Amazon sent a replacement but it never worked from the start. The motor was dead. That was also returned. I honestly don't know why they continue to sell this piece of junk.

Purchased at Amazon we had it less than one month and used it about 12 times before blender motor burnt out pureeing bananas and strawberries, like that's a heavy loadYou could smell right from the beginning that there was going to be a electrical problem. Very poor product and underpowered.We went to Walmart and purchased a regular blender from a trusted manufacturer for half the priceBaby Bullet Complete Baby Care System