The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a battery-powered immersion blender meant for blending hot ingredients directly in a pot or pan. It comes with a beaker and blade guard to protect non-stick pans from scratches. The battery is removable and replaceable. You can buy the blender with or without the battery because the same battery works with six KitchenAid appliances, including a personal blender, coffee grinder, kitchen vacuum, food chopper, and hand mixer, as well as this immersion blender. Once you buy one product in the lineup with the battery, you can use the same battery for the other appliances. The blender is advertised to last for 30 minutes of continuous use on a single charge.
Our Verdict
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is okay for multipurpose use, but it's limited for some uses because it's an immersion blender. It struggles to crush ice and make nut butter, but it does a good job of processing fibrous ingredients, so it can make well-blended purees with ingredients like kale and broccoli. You can use it to blend hot ingredients directly in a pot or pan, so it's best suited for making recipes like soups and sauces.
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Good for blending small batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Quiet.
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Makes a less smooth blend with bigger batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Not suitable for ice crushing.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is decent for single-serve smoothies. It does a great job of processing small batches of fibrous ingredients, so it can make a well-blended smoothie with fruits and leafy greens, although it takes several minutes to get the best results, so it's slow compared to most personal or full-size blenders. The included beaker is a good size for blending a personal smoothie, and the blender is easy to clean when you're done using it. However, it struggles to crush ice cubes, so it's inconvenient to use for recipes that include ice.
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Good for blending small batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Quiet.
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Not suitable for ice crushing.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a decent blender for multiple servings of smoothies. It can blend in any container and makes well-blended smoothies with ingredients like leafy greens. However, like most immersion blenders, it's slow to process bigger batches, which makes it inconvenient to use for multiple batches of smoothies. It also struggles to crush ice cubes.
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Good for blending small batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Quiet.
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Makes a less smooth blend with bigger batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Not suitable for ice crushing.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a poor ice crusher. Like many immersion blenders, it's very difficult to use to crush ice cubes and can't make snow-like crushed ice.
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Quiet.
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Not suitable for ice crushing.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is fantastic for soups. You can use it to blend hot ingredients directly in a pot or pan, and it makes a mostly smooth blend of difficult ingredients like kale or broccoli. Its cordless design means you don't have to worry about plugging it in or managing a cable near the stove. However, like most immersion blenders, it takes several minutes to blend for the best results. Its blending arm is somewhat short, which might be a downside if you plan to blend in a deep pot.
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Good for blending small batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Quiet.
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Makes a less smooth blend with bigger batches of fibrous ingredients.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a decent blender for professional use. It makes a mostly smooth blend with fibrous ingredients like kale and broccoli, so it's a good option for blending hot ingredients for soups and sauces. Its cordless design can be more convenient if your kitchen is short on plugs, and it's advertised to last for about 30 minutes of blending before needing to be recharged. However, since it's an immersion blender, it's not a good choice for recipes like nut butter or hummus. It also struggles to crush ice. It has a decent build quality, but the connection between the blending arm and motor body is partially made of plastic, which can be less durable than an all-metal design.
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Good for blending small batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Quiet.
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Makes a less smooth blend with bigger batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Not suitable for ice crushing.
- 6.7 Multi-Purpose
- 7.0 Smoothies (Single Serving)
- 7.2 Smoothies (Multiple Servings)
- 4.9 Ice Crushing
- 9.1 Soups
- 7.1 Professional Use
- Updated Apr 22, 2024: Review published.
- Updated Apr 17, 2024: Early access published.
- Updated Apr 15, 2024: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated Mar 25, 2024: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated Mar 20, 2024: We've purchased the product and are waiting for it to arrive in our lab.
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This blender comes in 'Matte Black' and is sold with or without the battery included. You can see the label for the unit we tested here. Since the batteries are interchangeable between the six appliances in the lineup, you may want to buy it without the battery if you already own another 'KitchenAid Go' product. The battery is also sold separately if you want an extra or want to replace yours.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the forums, and we'll update our review.
Compared To Other Blenders
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a battery-powered hand blender that comes with a pan guard, beaker, and storage lid. It makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients compared to other cordless immersion blenders like the Cuisinart Smart Stick Cordless Hand Blender, KitchenAid KHBBV53, and Crux Artisan Series Cordless Immersion Blender, so it can make smoother soups with veggies like kale and broccoli. Its battery is removable and can be used with other KitchenAid Go appliances, including a personal blender and coffee grinder. However, unlike many immersion blenders, it doesn't come with a whisk attachment for making whipped cream or mixing salad dressing.
If you're looking for a recommendation, check out the best immersion blenders and the best blenders overall. If you're looking for a cordless personal blender for smoothies, check out the best portable blenders.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a better battery-powered immersion blender than the Cuisinart Smart Stick Cordless Hand Blender. The KitchenAid makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients that are common in recipes like soups and sauces, like kale or broccoli. It comes with a plastic pan guard to protect non-stick pans and a lid for its beaker. However, only the Cuisinart comes with a whisk attachment for mixing salad dressing or making whipped cream.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a better battery-powered immersion blender than the KitchenAid KHBBV53. The Go has a better build quality and makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients like kale and broccoli. However, the KHBBV35 is quieter when running and does a decent job blending fibrous ingredients.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a better cordless immersion blender than the Cuisinart EvolutionX RHB-100. It feels much sturdier and does a much better job of blending fibrous ingredients like leafy greens for smoother soups and sauces. It's much quieter when it's running. However, the Cuisinart comes with a whisk attachment that you can use to mix salad dressing or make hollandaise sauce.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is a better battery-powered immersion blender than the Crux Artisan Series Cordless Immersion Blender. It has a better overall performance, especially for blending fibrous ingredients for recipes like soups and sauces. It's quieter when it's running. However, the Crux comes with a whisk attachment for mixing salad dressing or making whipped cream.
Test Results
Its blending arm is on the short side for an immersion blender, so it's not ideal for blending in the deepest pots. It's not particularly heavy for an immersion blender, but you can find lighter corded models like the Braun MultiQuick 5.
It's decently well-built. The blending arm is made of metal, except for the top, where it connects with the motor body, which looks metallic but is actually made of plastic. The connection between the motor body and the blending arm has metal and plastic components. The motor body is also plastic. There's an unlock button that you must press with the power button for the blender to run, which acts as a safety feature. The battery is easy to insert and remove, and it's easy to assemble and disassemble the motor base and blending arm. Like most cordless immersion blenders, you can't charge the battery and use the blender at the same time. It has a plastic blade guard that fits over the bottom of the blending arm to protect nonstick pans from the metal blade bell. Unfortunately, it's made of flimsy-feeling plastic.
It's an immersion blender, so you can blend in any container you want. However, a beaker is also included for blending.
The beaker and storage lid are both dishwasher-safe.
Like the KitchenAid Variable Speed Corded Hand Blender, it has four blades, two s-shaped blades, and two short blades that point downwards in the middle of the blade assembly. The removable plastic blade guard is dishwasher-safe, but the blending arm itself is hand-wash only.
The beaker comes with a flat lid, so you can store your blended creations in the beaker.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender has a USB-C to USB-A charging cable and a separate wall adapter, so you can plug it into a wall outlet or a USB-A charger. The manufacturer advertises 30 minutes of continuous blending from a fully charged battery, which is longer than the battery life of some other cordless hand blenders we've tested, like the Cuisinart EvolutionX RHB-100 (20 minutes) and the Crux Artisan Series Cordless Immersion Blender (15 minutes). As always, battery life varies depending on use, so blending harder ingredients and thicker recipes depletes the battery sooner.
Unlike other immersion blenders we've tested, the battery is removable. You can buy the appliance without the battery if you've already bought another product in the 'Go' lineup with a battery since the same battery works in all six of the appliances in the lineup. You could also choose to buy an extra battery if you want to keep one charged up at all times.
- KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender motor body
- Removable battery
- Blending arm
- Pan guard
- Beaker and lid
- USB-A to USB-C cable
- USB-A to wall outlet adapter
- User manual and recipe booklet
Like most cordless immersion blenders, it takes a while to get the best results when blending fibrous ingredients. The manufacturer recommends moving the immersion blender up and down and keeping it at an angle while blending. It's also helpful to scrape the blade guard with a spatula once or twice to remove any stuck ingredients. Still, it makes a very smooth puree with fibrous ingredients like kale, with just a few small bits of kale left over.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is okay for processing fibrous ingredients with the beaker filled to full capacity. However, with a bigger volume of ingredients, it makes a less smooth blend with fibrous ingredients like kale. The result isn't very grainy, but there are more visible unprocessed pieces left over. Still, it produces a good result and performs better for processing fibrous ingredients than the manufacturer's other cordless immersion blender, the KitchenAid KHBBV53.
It's not good for crushing ice. Unlike some immersion blenders like the Vitamix Immersion Blender, its blade guard is big enough for the ice cubes to reach the blades, but it struggles to crush them, and you have to stop the blender frequently to remove built-up ice from under the blades. It's a very long and loud process. In the end, you get slushy ice with a lot of unprocessed chunks.
It's not good for making nut butter. Still, the results are better than those of other cordless immersion blenders we've tested, including the Crux Artisan Series Cordless Immersion Blender and the Cuisinart Smart Stick Cordless Hand Blender. It takes a little over six minutes to make nut butter from one cup of nuts, including plenty of time scraping the sides of the blending container and blade assembly. It's a messy process since debris easily escapes the open container or falls off the blades when you're scraping them. The blender motor body also heats up to around 150 degrees Fahrenheit/66 degrees Celsius towards the base of the handle, making it uncomfortable to hold onto, as you can see here. The manual doesn't indicate how long you can run the blender continuously without a break, but you may want to pause and let it cool if you notice it's heating up a lot to avoid potential overheating. Still, in the end, it makes decently smooth, spreadable nut butter without any big unprocessed pieces left over.
The KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is on the quiet side for an immersion blender, which is nice if you need to use it for several minutes while blending multiple batches. However, the cordless KitchenAid KHBBV53 is even quieter.
The minimum speed is much faster than the Cuisinart Smart Stick Cordless Hand Blender, which can be inconvenient when you want to start blending at a low speed to incorporate thick recipes or avoid splashing.
Like the KitchenAid KHBBV53, it has a pressure-sensitive button. The more pressure you apply, the faster the blending speed. However, there's no way of knowing what setting is currently selected and no indicator when it changes, so it's easy to accidentally change the blending speed as you hold the button. You also have to keep the unlock button pressed at the same time.
Like most immersion blenders, the KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender is easy to clean. If you're working with sticky ingredients, you must use a sponge to clean the blade guard, blades, and blending arm. However, every part is easy to reach, so it doesn't take very long, and you don't need a brush with a handle.