Soup is the obvious answer to a cold, dark Tuesday in November. The less obvious bit is the faff: chop, soften, simmer, then haul it all into a blender or chase it round the pan with a stick blender while it spits at you. A soup maker squashes all of that into one jug. The question is whether a single-job appliance earns a spot on a small UK worktop.
What the Morphy Richards Classic actually does
The Morphy Richards Classic Soup Maker (48822) is basically a kettle-shaped jug with a heating element in the base and a blade built into the lid. You put your chopped veg, stock and seasoning in, pick a setting, press the button and walk off. Morphy Richards says it’s done in under 25 minutes.
The headline specs from the listing:
- 1.6 litre jug, which Morphy Richards says is enough for up to six people
- Smooth and chunky soup settings
- Motorised blade that does the blending for you
- 1000W, stainless steel body, LED display that shows progress
One detail worth knowing before you buy: the jug has a minimum line as well as a maximum. The markings on the side read 1300ml and 1600ml, so it’s designed to run fairly full. You can’t make a single bowl in it.
So is it worth the space?
If you make soup once a month, honestly, no. A pan and a stick blender do the job and live in a drawer. Where it earns its keep is when soup is a weekly habit. One batch covers lunches for most of the working week, and because you load it and leave it, it’s the kind of thing you’ll actually do on a Sunday evening rather than talk yourself out of.
It’s also handy if you aren’t a confident cook. There’s no judging when the onions are soft enough or whether the pan’s catching on the bottom. That’s the whole appeal.
The catches
Because the heating element is in the base, you can’t submerge the jug, so washing up means filling it and scrubbing rather than dunking it in the sink. Chop your veg reasonably small too, since everything cooks together in one go and big lumps of root veg are the usual reason a soup comes out grainy.
And it’s a soup maker. That’s it. If you want something that also does smoothies, sauces and porridge, look at a model with more programmes. If you just want proper hot soup with very little effort through the winter, the Morphy Richards Classic is an easy one to recommend.
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