FAO Schwarz Baby Chef Cooker Food Processor by Baby Trend

When it comes to nutrition, I want the best for my son. So when I saw this baby food maker, I had to have it. Being on sale at Babies R Us was a plus! Originally about $150 bucks, I scored it for about $40. I used it last night and it is amazing. I sliced up some apples and placed them in the steam side, they were done in about 10 minutes. Perfectly fork tender. Then I placed them in the blender side and added some canned pumpkin to make pumpkin apples sauce. Its delicious, although my son is still getting used to the pumpkin taste. Then for bed time I used the bottle warmer option and that worked perfect as well. The bottle wasn't too hot and it wasn't cold. You have to read the directions though, there are a lot of parts to it. The water in the steam side does get hot so be careful. The blender side is a bit noisy, but it works well. Cleanup was easy. I cant wait to use it again!

Steamed my food but blender wont turn on! I followed instructions and 'PULSED' 3x and pressed start. Nothing happens! No pulse, no blend, crickets! Im bummed.

I have done tons of research of home baby food systems, and was excited to find this also warms baby bottles. This is a feature not a systems have, and with my son still taking 3 bottles a day I was excited to find a "three in one" system. It warms bottles up in a short amount of time, and other than a small amount of brown residue left in the chamber from water deposits I am pleased. In the same chamber there is a steaming basket that allows you to steam vegetables before processing them. This process works well, all though it does require your attention as the water seeps up into the basket while cooking which shuts of the steaming. You have to carefully take the basket out, empty the reservoir back into the chamber, and put everything back. The processor works great on all fruits, and soft items. If you are working with something a little firmer, it takes a little shaking back and forth during processing to keep things going. I ended up letting avacados, carrots, etc. soften almost to "mush" before adding them and haven't had a problem since. Overall I enjoy this system, but if I could go back I would have purchased the Cusinart baby food steamer, processor, and bottle warmer. The steamer, and processor is all in the same bowl, so it eliminates a step.

I picked this bad boy up at Babies-R-Us for $37 and I believe this is the same as the $100 baby chef. I've been using it for a few weeks now and I'm pleased with this appliance's performance and haven't had any issues. As with any blender-type item, you do need to make sure the rubber seal is seated properly before turning the unit on. I love the convenience of having the steamer and blender all in one unit so I don't have to drag out different appliances. My daughter is loving the baby food I'm making and when she's happy I'm happy!

My baby was born in September of 2010 so I didn't start using my maker until early February 2011. Since then I have gone through two machines and the third one just broke two days ago! I never had any issues with the steamer part of the machine and it preformed as it was intended with no issues. All of my hatred towards this product is focused on the blender part; which in my opinion is the most important part of the machine! The first two machines I returned to the store (Babies R Us) was because the rubber ring seal came out of the blender during food processing and was chopped up into my baby's food. Wasted time, money and endangering my baby. The only reason I knew it happened was because I ran the food through a sieve and found the plastic pieces. After the seal was gone I still tried to use the machine but, of course, it then leaked everywhere every time I tried to process purees. The third machine, that broke two days ago, is now thrown in my garage! I went to snap the blender into the base for processing, as you have to use the blender because of a safety feature, and the doggone tab snapped off rendering the blender completely nonfunctioning! This whole experience with this product has been a costly hassle! I've since switched to a stick blender and the microwave for making my daughters food. It's actually less clean up, costs way less and is a heck of a lot less likely to break or ruin my baby's food. Don't waste your time with this product. But a $16 emersion blender!

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