Magic Bullet Blender MBR-1101 Blender Review

The Magic Bullet MBR-1101 is a compact personal blender. It's a bit taller than the Magic Bullet Mini, but not by much, and its footprint is somewhat bigger, so it requires a bit more room on your counter. You should have no problem storing it in a cupboard, though.

The Magic Bullet MBR-1101 has a mediocre build quality that's very similar to the Magic Bullet Mini. It's almost entirely made of generic plastic, including its round motor base, transmission gear, jars, and lids. It sits on four small rubber feet, which should help prevent it from sliding around while in use.

The Magic Bullet Blender comes with a jar with a 15-ounce capacity indicated by a max fill line on the side. It's top-rack dishwasher-safe but shouldn't be put through a sanitize cycle.

This model comes with an additional jar with a 12-ounce capacity. There's a max fill line on the side and it has a mug-like handle. It can be cleaned by placing it in the top rack of your dishwasher, as long as you don't run a sanitize cycle. There's also a third jar included that has a four-ounce capacity, but we don't currently test that one because it's so small.

The blade assembly has four sharp blades. Two bend downward, and the other two are angled upwards. Unlike the Magic Bullet Kitchen Express's blades, they aren't dishwasher-safe and should be hand-washed.

In addition to the screw-on blade assembly, this blender comes with a to-go lid for its main jar that has a covered drinking spout. There are also screw-on storage lids for each of the bigger jars, so you can easily store whatever you make, as well as lip rings so you can drink from the jar directly.

This blender has a power cord that should be long enough to reach a power outlet near your kitchen counter, but it doesn't have anywhere to stow the cable when it's not in use.

• Motor base
• 15oz jar
• 13oz jar
• 4oz short cup
• 2x resealable lid
• 2x lip ring
• 1x to-go lid
• Cross blade assembly
• Manual and recipe guide

This model has one speed setting. It's fairly fast and quite loud, but it's quieter than the Magic Bullet Mini and the Magic Bullet Kitchen Express. You can simulate a pulse mode by pushing the jar into the motor base and releasing it in short intervals.

This model is decent for making almond butter. It makes chunky but good-tasting and fairly spreadable almond butter. However, it takes nearly 10 minutes, and the motor base heats up noticeably during the process. Also, you may need to undock and shake the jar a few times to help ensure everything is caught by the blades, or use a spatula to scrape the sides.

This blender makes an acceptable smoothie. It has no issue with frozen banana chunks, and it doesn't warm up the ingredients. However, it has trouble fully processing leafy greens like kale, which results in a lot of non-uniform pieces. They aren't very visible but are quite noticeable when you drink the smoothie, which has a leafy texture.

The smaller 12-ounce jar performs very similarly to the main jar when it comes to making smoothies. The result is a foamy, leafy drink.

This blender isn't intended for crushing ice, according to the manual.

This blender is decently easy to clean, depending on what you use it for. If you're working with liquidy ingredients like for a smoothie, a quick rinse with water should take care of most messes. On the other hand, if you use it to make something sticky like almond butter, you need to run it with soap and water and then use a sponge to properly clean the gasket and possibly the blades, because they have small grooves that can trap food.

This blender doesn't have many extra features. It can't be used for hot blending. In addition to the 15-ounce and 12-ounce jars, it comes with a small four-ounce jar that you can use to make salsas, dips, and dressings, although we don't currently test it.