Bimby TM7: the kitchen manager that optimises everything (even creativity)
10-inch display, Cookidoo recipe book and high-temperature functions up to 160°C, here is our test.
It is the most Milanese household appliance, in the broadest sense of the stereotype. Efficient, industrious, sober yet technologically advanced. Bimby optimises. We tested the TM7 model, the new generation of Vorwerk's food processor. For those who, like us, have never used Bimby, it is not easy to judge an object that is considered what was once the iPhone for smartphones, the most advanced model close to perfection. The Bimby - only we Italians call it that (the rest of the world knows it as Thermomix) - is a household appliance unlike any other. It is handed down from generation to generation, from family to family, it is the secret protagonist of show dinners, the maker of pastries and cakes. There are those who take it on holiday and those (mostly cooks) who consider it the natural enemy of traditional cooking.
The basic idea is to combine mixing and heating in a single appliance. Vorwerk's product has over time risen above the competition because it has put these two functions at the heart of a broad methodology that puts you in a position to prepare practically anything using as few pots and pans as possible and making as little mess as possible. To put it better Bimby cooks without wasting your time. It is the left side of the brain, a management engineer that controls all phases of cooking. Bimby weighs, minces, kneads, whips, chops, assembles, cooks, sautés, mixes, steams, emulsifies, heats and even cleans itself. It is the vertigo of the manager who does not want to waste time.
The highlight of the new model is the large 10-inch display that gives access to the official Bimby recipe platform (Thermomix). Think of it as a kind of 'Netflix of Cooking' or a Galactic Cookbook because it is very well constructed. You can decide on screen or from the app how many of you there are, send the list of ingredients to your smartphone when you have to go out shopping. Once you have everything you need, the process of cooking begins. We use the word process not at random because every step is calculated to the thousandth. You can't get it wrong. Even if you get distracted, or get busy doing something else in another room, the app warns you and calls you back to order. For a busy manager or someone who experiences the kitchen in multi-tasking mode, it is the ideal appliance.
New features include the new High Temperature function, which reaches up to 160°C to quickly season meat and vegetables, and cooking without a lid. Aesthetically, a matt black was chosen, elegant but also too much for an object to be kept near the cooker. During the test I ranged from desserts to risottos, from creams to jams. These robots excel in all those preparations that require precision, long cooking time or are particularly laborious by hand. The jug is larger than that of the previous model and is lightweight. Everything is cleaned very quickly.
The most convincing aspect is the integration with Cookidoo (12 months are free and then you pay 60 euros per year). The on-screen recipes are disarmingly clear, you have the vertigo that you can do anything, from an educational point of view they are a cookbook.
