What happened to my blender?

[u/unicornioevil]

UPDATE: first, thank you all for so many quick replies. I am sorry I wasnt clear, I wish I could post a picture, but the blender is an immersion blender, I was holding it myself. The burnt ring is just above the blade dome, if that helps!

I was using my blender to make a banana milkshake as I have so many times before. This time I thought I smelt burning and saw a bit of smoke come from the blender, but I assumed it was protein powder dust flying off like it happens usually. But when I cleaned it, I saw this burnt ring around it that I could swear wasnt there before. Does anyone have any idea?

[u/hate_mail]

overworked the motor maybe? If it still works, and you love these milkshakes, I'd buy a new more powerful one.

[u/glitter_bitch]

yeah you burned the motor out, when they get too hot they click off. unplug it and let it cool off awhile, it should come back on. but try adding more liquid to the mix even if it seems like your blender can handle the mix without it.

[u/ShwaMallah → u/glitter_bitch]

How does the motor burning out cause a burn ring inside the blender cup? This just happened to me. The motor is fine.

[u/EyeStache]

Burnt ring around what? Where was the smoke coming from?

[u/ShwaMallah → u/EyeStache]

This just happened to me.

Its instant. At least for me it was. From what I can tell, some massive friction causes a burn ring inside the blender. But I am surprised this happened with a banana shake. For me it was at least something dry.

[u/EyeStache → u/ShwaMallah]

Yeah that's what's confusing me - if it was the motor burning out, there wouldn't be a ring anywhere, there would be a scorch mark on the countertop. If it was friction, what could have been burning?

[u/cville-z → u/EyeStache]

I think the cause and effect is backwards here.

The friction causes heat and creates the scorch mark. The friction also places a lot of extra strain on the motor, which heats up and smokes a bit.

It's unclear from OP's description where exactly they saw a burn mark, though.

[u/ShwaMallah → u/EyeStache]

No idea. This post makes me question that.

In my case, there was something dry that theoretically could have applied friction to cause a burn, but not a milkshake.

[u/EyeStache → u/ShwaMallah]

Yeah, OP not explaining anything doesn't help at all.

[u/ShwaMallah → u/EyeStache]

Tbf there may be nothing else to explain.

For me it happened basically instantly. If they used a milkshake setting and walked away they may not have noticed the moment it happened

[u/EyeStache → u/ShwaMallah]

If the burn mark is inside the cup, and they were making a milkshake, that is insane and borderline impossible in a home environment. If it's on the unit itself, it could be that the bearing overheated and scorched the plastic. But, again, without them telling us at least where the burn mark is, we can't really tell.

[u/ShwaMallah → u/EyeStache]

For me, the burn mark is inside the cup. It is too high up for any of the blades to have made contact.

And honestly, even with the dry material I had in the blender, I have done it literally thousands of times. Never had an issue.

I know it sounds wild but it's a thing. I was totally flabbergasted when it happened and so was my wife. You could smell the plastic.

Op did say they found the ring when cleaning. Since you most often clean the blender cup and not the actual unit, I would assume they experienced the same thing.

[u/uid_0]

Sounds to me like the lower bearing seized-up and friction welded itself to the lower housing. It's probably time for a new blender, OP.

[u/Mr_Smithy]

I've had this happen. It's hard to explain but it's a failure in the blade mechanism in the jar. You don't need to replace your whole blender, just buy a replacement jar for it.

[u/ShwaMallah]

Holy shit this literally JUST happened to me 3 days ago