What is your favorite small kitchen appliance.

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I love my little Black and Decker mini chopper for onions, garlic, nuts. Just bought a coffee bean grinder - Dunkin Donuts coffee lover.

Now looking to buy a stick blender for soups and smoothies. I have a regular blender but, it's such a hassle to clean it. It's over 15 years old and still works but, I understand that the stick blenders are great because you don't have to transfer the soup from pot to blender and back to pot and they are much easier to clean.

Been checking reviews on the net and seems Kitchen Aid gets top billing followed by Cuisinart. Saw this one on Amazon KitchenAid KHB100OB Hand Blender, Onyx Black for $39.