I make several soups that require me to purée it in a blender. It’s messy and dangerous to pour hot soup in batches into a blender, purée part of the mixture, and pour it into another container to make room for the next batch. With my new Cuisinart Cordless Hand Blender, I simply used it directly in the soup pot and puréed the soup in seconds. I had never heard of a hand blender—if I had, I’d have bought one years ago.