nutribullet Rx review

The nutribullet Rx is a U.S.-listed 1700-watt blender package that pairs personal cups with a separate vented pitcher for its SouperBlast cycle. That combination is the real reason to consider it: one base can make a cold drink in a cup or turn room-temperature soup ingredients into a hot blend in the pitcher. It is not simply a larger nutribullet cup, and the soup routine has specific rules that make it a poor fit for anyone expecting to pour in boiling stock and press a button.

Three vessels, three separate jobs

The exact U.S. page identifies SKU N17-1001 and lists a 1700W base, an extractor blade with cleaning brush, a 30-ounce Short Cup with comfort lip ring, a SouperBlast Pitcher with vented lid, a 45-ounce Oversized Cup with pitcher lid, a blade-removal tool and a Stay-Fresh Lid. The owner guide calls the soup vessel a 34-ounce SouperBlast pitcher. Those printed vessel sizes describe different containers; they are not fill targets and cannot be added into one large batch. Each is a separate setup on the same base.

For a personal smoothie, choose one of the sealed cups and use the automatic green-button extraction cycle. For soup, change to the vented SouperBlast pitcher and its two-piece lid. That split matters: the soup cycle is expressly not for either sealed cup. The two cup sizes give more choice than a single-cup extractor, but neither makes this a 48- or 64-ounce family pitcher. If your ordinary meal prep starts with a large pot-sized batch, the Rx’s 34-ounce soup vessel may feel limiting even though the product page calls the other cup 45 ounces.

Soup is friction-heated—not a heating element

The manual’s orange-button SouperBlast routine runs for about seven minutes. It starts with cool or room-temperature ingredients at 70°F or below, and the rotating blade’s friction can bring contents to roughly 150°F. There is no separately described heater. You cannot use the pitcher on a stove, begin with boiling liquid, or use the sealed cups for hot mixtures. The pitcher must have its vented lid in place while running; after the cycle, the manual warns that contents, lid, blade and coupling can be hot and calls for heat-resistant pads.

There is a practical stopping point to the cooking claim. The manual says not to repeat SouperBlast on the same soup to make it hotter; transfer it to a microwave-safe container for additional heating. It also calls for a three-to-four-minute interval between cycles and a 30-to-60-minute cooldown after two consecutive soup cycles. The smoothie cycle is about one minute, with a 15-second pause between runs and a limit of three consecutive intervals before cooling and allowing ingredients to settle. These are hands-free timed routines, not continuous variable-speed controls. The 1700W figure is the maker’s rating, not a measured guarantee of texture or speed.

The manufacturer guide permits ice as no more than 25% of a smoothie’s total ingredients. That is different from an ice-only crushing program. The manual also requires liquid and prohibits running the extractor blade dry; do not treat the Rx as a coffee grinder or dry spice mill. No numeric MAX-line volume is established here, so stay below the actual marked line rather than inferring a safe amount from a vessel’s nominal size.

Cleaning and counter space are part of the choice

The guide allows Rx cups on the dishwasher’s top rack in a normal cycle, not a sanitize cycle. The sharp blade assembly is hand-wash only, and the motor base must be unplugged and wiped rather than immersed. The pitcher’s vented lid also adds a part to rinse after soup. A brush is included for the blade; prompt cleaning is simpler than letting soup or smoothie residue dry around its gasket. If you require every part to go in the dishwasher, this package does not meet that need.

The manufacturer lists the base at 15.16 by 15.16 by 13.11 inches, 14.74 pounds, with a 39.3-inch cord. Check the counter footprint and outlet reach before buying. The listed height is not a separate clearance measurement with a cup mounted for blending. The product page showed a one-year warranty when checked; treat that as the published term, not a lifespan estimate, and verify current service terms before purchase.

Who should choose it—and who should compare

Choose the Rx if you specifically want a cup-based smoothie maker and a small vented pitcher that can friction-heat soup from cool ingredients, and you are comfortable following the cooldown, fill-line and hot-vessel instructions. Compare a full-size jar blender such as the nutribullet SmartSense NBF50600 if a larger single-vessel batch is more important: its page lists a 64-ounce pitcher and the linked guide a 56-ounce liquid MAX, while the Rx’s soup pitcher is 34 ounces. If you mostly make individual cold drinks and do not need the soup program, the Ultra family is a more focused personal-blender alternative with a smaller footprint and simpler cold-blend routine.

Pass on the Rx if you need a documented 40-ounce hot-liquid allowance, a 48-ounce minimum in one vessel, stove-top heating, a manually adjustable speed dial, a dishwasher-safe blade, or an ice-only/dry-grinding attachment. Before ordering, match the exact N17-1001 identifier and the itemized vessels; nutribullet accessories are model-specific, so do not assume another Rx selection or reseller bundle has the same parts.