Cleaning a Commercial Blender

Cleaning

• Never place the container or blender base in a dishwasher.
• Separate the blender assembly from the base.
• Add water, which should be less than 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and a non-sudsing detergent to the blender's container.
• Scrub the container and rinse out the feeder cap and interior lid, removing any residue.
• Fill ¹⁄₄ of the blender's container with fresh cleaning solution and place the container on the base.
• Place the lid back on the container.
• Run the blender on the highest speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour out the solution and add fresh water to the container; run again for 2 minutes.
• Wipe down the blender container, lid, and feeder cap with a sponge or soft cloth.
• Wipe down the base's exterior with a damp sponge or cloth.
• Thoroughly dry the base and wipe away any food particles on the power cord.

Maintenance

• Daily
• Unplug your blender, removing the container from the base.

• Weekly
• Check your container's blades for wear and broken or loose blades.
• Replace blades if necessary.

• Quarterly
• Check your container assembly's condition at least every 90 days.
• If any part of your container assembly is damaged, replace it.

Daily Cleaning

• Add 1 to 2 drops of liquid dish soap and hot water to the blender's jar.
• Tightly place the lid back on the jar and place the jar back on the base.
• Hold the pulse button for 5 to 10 seconds.
• Rinse the jar and lid with water, removing all soap.
• Remove excess water from the jar by storing it upside down.

Long-term Sanitation

• Fill the blender jar with a sanitizer that's diluted based on the manufacturer's instructions; you can also use diluted bleach.
• Let the sanitizer or bleach solution sit in the jar for 5 minutes.
• Remove the solution from the jar.
• Thoroughly rinse the jar with water.
• Remove excess water by storing the jar upside down.

Cleaning

• Unplug the blender and remove the container from the base.
• Remove the cover and add cleaning solution to the container.
• Use a cleaning solution of hot water and a non-sudsing detergent.
• Scrub and wash out the interior of the container, as well as the cover and filler cap.
• Fill ¹⁄₄ of the container with fresh cleaning solution.
• Place the container on the base and replace the cover.
• Run your blender on HIGH speed for 2 minutes.
• Fill ¹⁄₄ of the container with clean rinse water.
• Wipe down the container and its components with a sponge or cloth that has been dampened with a cleaning solution.
• Wipe off the base's exterior with a sponge or damp cloth.
• Make sure you do not immerse any of the electric components in water.

Sanitizing

• After cleaning the container, fill it with a sanitizing solution.
• Place the container back on the base.
• Place the cover and filler cap back on the container.
• Run the blender on LOW speed for 2 minutes.
• Empty the container.
• Wipe down the container with a sponge or soft cloth that's been dampened with sanitizing solution.
• Place the cover and filler cap in the sanitizing solution for 2 minutes.
• Place the empty container on the base and run on HIGH for 2 seconds.
• Before use, rinse with clean water.

Cleaning

• Unplug the blender.
• Wipe down the blender's base and power cord with a damp, warm cloth.
• Dry the cord and base with a soft cloth.
• Remove any contents from blender's container.
• Fill the blender container with 1 drop of liquid detergent and 2 cups of warm water.
• Place the lid back on the container.
• Place the container back on the base.
• Turn the control dial to 30 seconds and flip the START/STOP switch to START.
• Once the timer runs out, pour the soapy water out.
• Rinse the blender container with warm water.
• Wash the blender's container, jar pad, lid, ingredient cap, and Flex Edge tamper by hand, using warm, soapy water and a damp cloth.
• Rinse the previously mentioned items off with warm water.
• Dry the components with a soft cloth.

Sanitizing

• Mix a solution of 6.67 ml of household bleach, which must consist of 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite solution, with 1.75 L of hot water.
• Place the mixture in the blender's container.
• Place the container on the blender's base.
• Turn the blender on HIGH speed for 35 seconds.
• Turn the blender off and let the sanitizing solution sit in the blender's container for 2 minutes.
• Pour the sanitizing solution out, but do not rinse the blender's container.
• Place the lid back on the blender's container.
• Run the empty blender for 10 seconds.
• Let the blender container air dry.

Cleaning

• Unplug the blender before cleaning.
• Fill half of the container with warm water, adding a couple drops of liquid detergent.
• Push or snap the two-part lid into the locked position.
• Choose variable speed 1, and turn the unit on.
• Gradually increase the speed to variable speed 10 and then to HIGH.
• Run the blender on HIGH speed for 30 to 60 seconds.
• Turn the blender off.
• Thoroughly rinse and drain the blender's container.

Sanitizing

• Start the sanitizing process after cleaning the unit.
• Fill half the container with water and 1¹⁄₂ teaspoons of liquid bleach.
• Snap or push the two-part lid into the locked position.
• Choose variable speed 1, and turn the unit on.
• Gradually increase the speed to variable speed 10 and then to HIGH.
• Run the blender on HIGH for 30 to 60 seconds.
• Turn the blender off, letting the mixture sit in the container for an extra 1¹⁄₂ minutes.
• Pour the mixture out.
• Leave the container to air dry.
• Ensure you do not rinse after sanitizing.

Cleaning the Container

• Unplug the unit.
• Take the container off the base.
• Remove the lid.
• Rinse the lid and inside of the container with running water.
• Add a cleaning solution to the container.
• Scrub and rinse out the container and lid, removing any existing residue.
• Empty the container.
• Wipe off the exterior of the container with a sponge or soft cloth dampened with a cleaning solution.
• Clean the lid and lid insert with a fresh cleaning solution.
• Fill ¹⁄₄ of the container with a fresh cleaning solution.
• Cover the container with the lid but not the lid insert.
• Place the container on the blender's motor base.
• Run the unit on HIGH speed for 2 minutes.
• Empty the container.
• Rinse off the container with clean, running water.

Sanitizing and Drying the Container

• Wipe down the outside of the container with a sponge or soft cloth dampened with a sanitizing solution.
• Fill the container with the sanitizing solution.
• Cover the container with the lid and place it back on the blender's base.
• Run the unit on HIGH for 1 minute.
• Empty the container.
• Run the empty container for 2 seconds to remove remaining moisture.
• Place the lid and lid insert in a sanitizing solution for 2 minutes.
• Do not rinse any components after sanitizing.

Cleaning and Sanitizing the Blender's Base

• Unplug the blender.
• Wipe down the outside of the blender's motor base with a soft cloth or sponge dampened with cleaning solution, sanitizing solution, and rinse water.
• Wring out the cloth or sponge to prevent water from ruining electrical components.
• Let the base air dry before use.