Thermomix: Is it worth investing in a food processor?

Robots you can talk to as if they were a person, help you write an essay or poem, and are ready to help you with anything you need. The future is undoubtedly here and technology surprises more and more every day, because, Who has not dreamed of a robot that helps them cook ?

For that, there Thermomix It’s one of the most popular options out there because it’s the one that promises to do almost everything for you. : it will no longer be necessary to knead, stir, beat or cut, nor to be aware that the food does not burn.

All you have to do is connect it to electricity, then to your WiFi signal and browse the catalog of recipes which are divided into categories such as: lactose-free, gluten-free, birthdays, Christmas, vegetarian, vegan, in 15 minutes and more .

It’s a single machine that “replaces up to 30 appliances”, it’s easy to wash, and it’s become a dream of many people. Even if everything is not perfect. It’s big but that’s the price, because its most modern model, which is the TM6, costs Chile 1,397,000 Chilean pesos.

For this, since The third we asked different users, a nutritionist and a doctor, if it was really worth investing in this kitchen ally.

The pandemic has meant that, for many, the home menu has been more limited, especially for those who are not into cooking. This is what happened to Andrea Silva, 56-year-old doctor and tarologist that in confinement, not being able to go out to the restaurant, she felt the need to be more creative in the kitchen and to lighten this burden among all the stress of the time.

in conversation with The third Dr. Silva says many friends, and even in a group with hundreds of fellow doctors, talked “wonderfully” about the Thermomix. “There were people who didn’t like to cook or who had never cooked, and with this robot they had already become Masterchefs”, he says with a laugh. . So he was convinced.

Also, as a healthcare professional, I was interested in the benefits of cooking food at the right temperature and pay attention to the ingredients of your dishes, avoiding preservatives, colorings and substances “of which we have no idea when buying ready meals”.

Something different, but with the same result, was the experience of Vicenta Marín, 49-year-old graphic designer which is dedicated to his son, Gaspar, eight years old. She says her mother called all the sisters together because she had invited an acquaintance who was going to demonstrate the Thermomix to them at home. They were fascinated, but found the price a bit high.

After a long family conversation, her mother said she would make the investment and Vicenta, who cooked the least, was the one who ended up having the robot at home. “I suck at cooking and with the Thermomix, if you do things as the recipe says, they are delicious. It came to my house and never moved from there again” revealed.

It depends on the preparations that each chooses, but it certainly makes it much easier to cook homemade food, with fresh ingredients and without additives. Valeria Medina nutritionist and presenter of Thermomix, explains to LT What the machine is a “great ally for my customers who have cooking problems”.

Either because they can’t or they don’t like it, which is great because not everyone is good at cooking or because they have little time. ‘among us who are working mothers arrive very tired from work and tend to leave the issue of food last, which should be a priority, as it is a basic need’.

In this line, the response to hunger is usually to ask for delivery. Medina clarifies that it is not bad sporadically, but when it is repeated a lot, the quality of the nutrients we receive each day is limited. besides spending too much money.

“The Thermomix is ​​proof for those who know and like to cook, proof for those who know and don’t like to cook, and proof for those who don’t know anything about it. Today I was talking with a friend who is a cook and she told me that she makes dishes like ají de gallina, chicken curry, bolognese and lentils, whereas before she only bought only pizza. .

The robot is worth almost three times the value of a minimum wage in the country. For that, It’s hard to think that anyone could pay CLP 1,397,000 in one go.

“If you buy it to make dinner once a week, of course, it may not be practical . But if you’re enjoying it every day, it’s a good investment there, you have to think about how much you’re spending to order food from home and do that math,” says Dr Silva.

However, the Thermomix, according to its website, accepts 18 to 36 interest-free installments, depending on the bank. It was this offer that convinced Lilian Piddo, a 63-year-old teacher, to buy her first robot. while at first I wondered if it worked or not.

Although she is sure that it was a good investment and that she is fascinated by the preparation of more exotic recipes than before, she comments to The third What In addition to the expenses for the machine, you must also subscribe to the prescription plan, which is not included in the total.

The recipe book is called Cookidoo and It has a cost of 59 dollars per year (about 47,000 Chilean pesos) .

“This is what I find negative, because I paid a fairly high price for the machine and then I get attached to this annual expense, because if I stop paying it, the Thermomix is ​​no longer useful to me .” And it is that, although you can find recipes on the Internet without this subscription, you would have to do them manually, while the guided cooking function is yes or yes paid.

Additionally, Piddo explains that the machine connects to the internet, and if the signal starts to fail, there’s no option to use Cookidoo recipes, so it’s pretty much unusable for her.

The Thermomix page has a curious section called Join Thermomix . With her, they offer you to be part of their sales team and buy the latest model of your food processor for free if you manage to sell six units in 90 days . Quite a tough challenge.

“If you sell less than 6 units, you will only pay the difference,” they write on the page.

The nutritionist Medina, chose to subscribe to this option and, after having managed to sell the six robots, she paid nothing to have the Thermomix that she uses every day.