The KitchenAid K150 is a compact full-size blender. It has a simple design, with three different speed presets, and comes with one 48-ounce main pitcher. There's a 2-part lid for the jar, and both components are dishwasher-safe. It's also quiet for a full-size blender.
Our Verdict
The KitchenAid K150 blender is excellent for multi-purpose use. It offers a versatile performance and can produce great results whether you're making hot soup, smoothies, nut butter, or crushing ice for cocktails. The jar's capacity is on the small side at 48 ounces and doesn't have many speed settings. The blades can be a bit tricky to clean by hand, but they, along with the jar and lid, are dishwasher-safe.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Produces bar-quality ice quickly.
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Great build quality.
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Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
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No personal jar.
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Somewhat small capacity.
The KitchenAid K150 blender is excellent for single-serve smoothies. When you're working with smaller batches, ingredients can splash up the sides of the jar, so you need to use a spatula to get the best results. It's a bit more work than some blenders, but this blender can still make a fantastic single-serve smoothie, even if your recipe includes fibrous ingredients like kale. This blender is quiet and well-built, and its jar and lid are dishwasher-safe.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Great build quality.
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Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
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No personal jar.
The KitchenAid K150 is great for making multiple servings of smoothies. The 48-ounce main jar makes a very smooth blend with fibrous ingredients like kale. It can also crush ice for drinks like slushies. The jar and lid are dishwasher-safe. However, it's hard to reach under the non-removable blades when you're cleaning the blender by hand. If you plan to serve a crowd, this model has a relatively small capacity for a full-size blender, and some blenders can produce similar results faster.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Great build quality.
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Somewhat small capacity.
The KitchenAid K150 blender is great for crushing ice. This well-built blender can make bar-quality ice quickly. However, the manufacturer says not to add more than half an ice cube tray's worth of ice cubes at once, so it has a smaller capacity for ice compared to many full-size blenders, including the KitchenAid K400.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Produces bar-quality ice quickly.
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Great build quality.
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Somewhat small capacity.
The KitchenAid K150 is excellent for making soups. This well-built blender can hot blend, which is great if you love a smooth soup. It can also make a smooth, grain-free blend with fibrous ingredients like kale or broccoli. However, it's not the fastest blender, and its jar's 48-ounce capacity is on the small side for a full-size blender.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Great build quality.
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Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
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Somewhat small capacity.
The KitchenAid K150 is great for professional use. This well-built blender is well-suited for soups and smoothies. It can hot blend, meaning you can puree ingredients directly from the pot or pan. Unfortunately, it's not the quickest or easiest for thick mixtures like nut butter or hummus. It can make bar-quality crushed ice, but the manufacturer recommends adding at most six ice cubes at once, which is a bit limiting.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Produces bar-quality ice quickly.
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Great build quality.
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Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
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Somewhat small capacity.
- 8.6 Multi-Purpose
- 8.3 Smoothies (Single Serving)
- 8.0 Smoothies (Multiple Servings)
- 8.1 Ice Crushing
- 8.5 Soups
- 8.1 Professional Use
- Updated Sep 24, 2024: We've updated the results to more accurately reflect the blender's performance. The score for Fibrous Ingredients (Small Batches) processing changed from 8.0 to 5.0 because of the blending time and the need to use a spatula. The score for Fibrous Ingredients (Full Capacity) processing changed from 9.5 to 7.0 because of the blending time.
- Updated Nov 09, 2023: Added details about a variant that comes with personal jars to the 'Differences Between Variants' section.
- Updated Dec 14, 2022: Revised text to match Test Bench 1.0 results.
- Updated Aug 11, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Sep 25, 2020: Updated 'Other Jar' score from N/A to 0.
- Updated Sep 22, 2020: Review published.
- Updated Sep 14, 2020: Early access published.
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The KitchenAid K150 blender comes in several color variants: Passion Red, Dark Gray, Matte Black, Matte Velvet Blue, Onyx Black, White, and Contour Silver. There's also a variant that includes a pair of 16-ounce personal jars. The variant that comes with personal jars also comes in several colors: Black Matte, Blue Velvet, Matte Charcoal Gray, Onyx Black, Passion Red, and White. We also expect our results to be valid for that variant if you're using the main jar. However, we don't know how the 16oz personal jars perform.
If you come across another variant or your blender is different, let us know in the forums, and we'll update our review.
Compared To Other Blenders
The KitchenAid K150 is a relatively small and light full-size blender, like the Oster Pro 1200. It has a somewhat small capacity but delivers a versatile overall performance, so it's a good choice if you need a multi-purpose blender in a small kitchen. It doesn't come with a personal jar like the Oster and isn't the most convenient choice for blending smaller amounts of ingredients, like for a single-serve smoothie. It's not as good at crushing ice as the Ninja Professional Blender 1000.
If you're looking for other options, check out the best blenders, the best blenders for smoothies, and the best budget blenders.
The KitchenAid K400 is better than the KitchenAid K150. The K400 makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients like kale and more uniform crushed ice. It has a bigger capacity, a better build quality, and a few automatic blending programs. On the other hand, the K150 is quieter and more compact.
The Vitamix 5200 is a better full-size blender overall than the KitchenAid K150. It feels better built and performs better overall. Its main jar has a bigger capacity and comes with a tamper. On the other hand, the KitchenAid is a lighter and more compact blender.
The Vitamix Explorian E310 is better than the KitchenAid K150. The Vitamix makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients, is better for crushing ice, and is better suited for tough tasks like making nut butter. It has more speed settings and is easier to clean by hand. On the other hand, the KitchenAid blender is smaller and quieter.
The KitchenAid K150 is better than the Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ. It's better for processing small and big batches of fibrous ingredients for silky smoothies and soups. It can hot blend, is easier to clean by hand, and is much quieter. On the other hand, the Ninja's jar is bigger and has the edge when it comes to crushing ice.
The Vitamix 7500 is better than the KitchenAid K150. The Vitamix has a better build quality and larger capacity, and it's easier to clean by hand. It makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients and more snow-like crushed ice and is easier to use for thicker recipes like nut butter. However, the KitchenAid is a smaller, lighter, quieter blender.
The Ninja Mega Kitchen System is a better full-size blender than the KitchenAid K150. The Ninja is sturdier and performs better for most uses, including making nut butter, crushing ice, and blending small batches of fibrous ingredients for single-serve smoothies and other recipes. On the other hand, the KitchenAid can hot blend and make a smoother puree with bigger batches of ingredients like kale and broccoli, so it's a better choice for soups, sauces, and multiple servings of smoothies.
The KitchenAid K150 is better than the Hamilton Beach Power Elite Multi-Function. The KitchenAid is better built and has better performance, especially for tough jobs like crushing ice cubes and making nut butter. It's much quieter when it's running as well.
The KitchenAid K150 is better than the Smeg BLF01. It has significantly better build quality and better performance for most purposes. It's also much quieter when it's running.
The KitchenAid K150 and the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ have different strengths. The KitchenAid can hot blend and makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients, so it's better for pureed soups or multiple servings of smoothies. The Ninja comes with a pair of personal jars for making single-serve smoothies to-go. It also includes a food processing container, a chopping blade, and a dough blade, so you may prefer it if you want a blender to help out with food processing chores.
The KitchenAid Diamond is better than the KitchenAid K150 for most purposes. The Diamond makes a silkier blend with fibrous ingredients like kale and is easier to use for tough tasks like making nut butter. Its main jar has a bigger capacity and is easier to clean by hand.
The Ninja Foodi Cold & Hot Blender is slightly better than the KitchenAid K150. The Ninja has a bigger capacity and better ice-crushing performance. It can heat room-temperature ingredients and offers more automatic blending programs. However, the KitchenAid K150 performs similarly overall. It has a smaller 48-ounce main jar, but it's dishwasher-safe and easier to clean by hand. It's also much quieter when it's running.
The KitchenAid K150 is better for most purposes than the Oster Pro 1200. They offer fairly similar performances, but the KitchenAid is much sturdier and quieter. However, the Oster comes with a 24-ounce personal jar with a to-go lid in addition to its main jar.
The KitchenAid K150 is better than the Ninja Professional Blender NJ601AMZ. The KitchenAid has a better build quality and comes with a 2-part lid. It can hot blend and does a better job processing fibrous ingredients like kale. It's quieter and has more speed settings. The Ninja has a bigger capacity and can crush ice more uniformly and more quickly, but the KitchenAid is also great for crushing ice.
The KitchenAid K150 and the Ninja Detect Duo Power Blender Pro have different strengths. The KitchenAid is more versatile since it can blend hot ingredients. It's significantly quieter and easier to clean and does a better job of blending big batches of fibrous ingredients, like for multiple servings of smoothies or soup. On the other hand, the Ninja makes a smoother blend with small batches of fibrous ingredients. It's also a much better ice crusher. It comes with personal jars for smoothies, although you can also buy the KitchenAid with personal jars, depending on what model you get.
Test Results
Like the Oster Pro 1200, it's on the small side for a full-size blender. It's easy to store on your counter or in a cupboard.
The KitchenAid K150 blender has great build quality. Although most of it is made from plastic, like the motor base transmission, it feels solid and better built than the KitchenAid Diamond. The jar's transmission gears are steel, while the control dial is metal. Overall, when blending, the jar feels very stable and sturdy. However, the handle doesn't feel very comfortable.
The jar has a 48-ounce capacity, which is smaller than many full-size blenders, like the KitchenAid K400.
The jar and lid are made of plastic. The jar and non-removable blades can go on the bottom rack of your dishwasher, while the lid and center cap are only top-rack dishwasher-safe.
The blade assembly has four sharp blades. While they can't be removed from the jar to clean them, they're dishwasher safe when put on the bottom rack.
The jar's lid is made from plastic. It has rubber-like grooves on the bottom of its lip to create a friction seal. You can remove the center cap to add food mid-blend, and you can also use it as a measuring cup for up to 45ml or 1.5 ounces. You can put this lid and its center cap into your dishwasher's top rack for an easy clean.
The power cord is long enough to reach an outlet on your kitchen counter. However, it may not be long enough if your outlets are near the floor. There isn't a compartment to store the cable when not in use, either.
It's excellent for small batches of fibrous ingredients. If you're making something like a single-serve smoothie with kale, ingredients can splash up the sides of the jar, so you need to use a spatula to push everything down toward the blades. Some blenders can also produce similar results faster, but in the end, this model makes a very smooth blend with just a few unprocessed specks left over.
It's excellent for processing fibrous ingredients at full capacity. If you're making a big batch of smoothies or broccoli soup, it makes a very smooth puree with just a few small unprocessed bits left over. There's no need to scrape the jar, but some blenders can make a similarly smooth blend faster.
This blender is excellent for crushing ice. The manufacturer recommends blending a maximum of around six ice cubes at once, so its ice capacity is smaller than most full-size blenders we've tested, including the KitchenAid K400. Still, it's easy to use to make bar-quality crushed ice to add to drinks.
The KitchenAid K150 blender is great for making nut butter. It's not the easiest or fastest process since you have to stop the blender often and use a spatula to scrape the sides of the jar. It's best to use the two slower speed presets since the fastest setting tends to fling the ingredients to the sides of the jar and away from the blades. Still, it's a reasonably easy process, and the result is very smooth and spreadable nut butter.
This small blender is quieter than many full-size blenders we've tested, like the NutriBullet Blender Combo or NutriBullet Rx.
You can choose from three speed presets with the speed dial. Unfortunately, unlike the KitchenAid K400, there are no increments between the speed markings, so you cannot fine-tune the speed.
This blender only has a crushed ice setting. While its third speed can also be used as a cleaning cycle, we don't consider it a self-cleaning program as it's not a dedicated setting or mode. Check out the Calphalon ActiveSense if you want a blender that offers more preset programs for different types of recipes.
It's easy to clean. A quick rinse gets out most non-sticky food like smoothie residue and can be cleaned with a quick 60-second blend of hot water and soap. However, if you're cleaning more sticky foods like almond butter, you need a soft dish sponge to get under some parts of the lid or the jar walls. The jar can also be a little hard to clean as it has non-removable upward-pointed blades. If you want a blender that's easier to clean, check out the Ninja Foodi Cold & Hot Blender.