Rethinking kitchen classics and giving them a new twist is Cuisinart's speciality. For over 30 years, Cuisinart's aim has been to produce the very finest kitchen equipment so that home cooks and professional chef alike have the tools to make the most of their creativity. In our range you’ll find Cuisinart waffle makers, soup makers, griddles, grills and even ice cream makers, all designed to turn out the very best results, use after use. Sweet treats The Expert Prep Pro is our top of the range food processor, combining the very best performance, with total versatility. It comes with a wide range of accessories, for all kinds of food prep and includes safe and handy storage cases, for the blades and discs.

Simply fill to the level required, select the two, three or four portion size using the dedicated button and it’ll adapt the cooking time to suit the volume. Automated keep warm after cooking is handy but even cleverer is the option to reheat, so it’ll work around a busy lifestyle. A litre of soup is around three servings, so a soup maker that can accommodate over this should make a good batch. If you plan to make a lot of soup, opt for 1.4 litres or more. If you’re making soup for one, something up to a litre is ideal. What other features should I look for? We also recommend wiping the inside of the jug with a warm soapy cloth – but keep your fingers clear of the blades. How we testWe test each machine by making a bowl of tomato soup using the standard smooth soup setting, followed by Thai butternut squash soup on the standard chunky setting. We taste each soup to make sure all the ingredients are well-cooked and take a temperature reading to ensure that it's hot enough to serve. Everyone loves a nice bowl of soup, and whether you prefer it chunky or super smooth, the best soup maker will prep perfect soup in no time. If you’re done with watching over a pot for hours on end, our recommended soup makers will revolutionise your preparation process and likely produce some of the best soup you’ve ever had.

Cleaning: Add warm water and detergent to jug, set to 2 mins on simmer setting, then blend on 'speed 1' for a further 1 min Not only will the Expert Prep Pro save you endless time in the kitchen, it will also give you perfect results. Use it to slice and dice for hearty stews and casseroles, grate and spiralise for beautiful salads, mix dips, sauces, cake batters and fillings and even doughs for breads and pizzas. With three blending settings, this machine took half an hour to make smooth and well-cooked tomato soup. Our chunky soup was also flavourful, but the butternut squash wasn't quite cooked enough. Differing from our top two scorers, this soup maker's blade is suspended from the top rather than the base. It has smooth, medium, and chunky soup settings, as well as separate functions for smoothies and milkshakes. All this earnt it full marks for its flavoursome and silky smooth tomato soup, and the chunky soup was tasty too.Disappointed I bought this following the good housekeeping award for best food processor of 2021, to be honest I'm very disappointed with the machine. It's overly complicated and not easy to use. A detachable power cord makes for simple storage, while a self-cleaning programme removes the need for scrubbing. The Tefal Easy Soup resembles a kettle, with clearly labelled buttons on top and blades extending downwards from the lid, and its compact design means it takes up minimal worktop space. A downfall of this soup maker is that you can’t see your soup as it’s being made and there’s no sauté function, meaning you may need to brown some ingredients in advance.

Reducing the need for extra kitchen gadgets even further, this Morphy Richards soup maker comes with built-in scales, so you can measure your ingredients as you cook. For more control, you can find soup makers with pause buttons that allow you to add ingredients, and stir functions so you can prevent ingredients from being overcooked. As one of the more expensive soup makers on the market, you would expect to find features such as sauté or reheat, but this machine has neither. Noisy, Broke, Not fit for purpose Very dissapointed, I have had many Cuisinart products, however the product and customer service are a massive let downA soup maker is essentially a blender with a heating element in its base. There are two main types: those that look like a traditional blender and those that have a blade suspended from their lid. Both types perform well but the former offers more versatility, as you can use it as a blender too. Most models can also blend cold foods. The small bowl feature is next useless as it sits inside the larger bowl when in use, the result being whatever is being processed ends up in the larger bowl, meaning you then have to wash both parts up. As well as soup programmes, it makes sauces, taking the effort out of béchamel and cooked dips, while its ice-crushing programme can be adapted for fresh lemonade and other drinks.