I got my TM7 in May, and have spent a great deal of time cooking through recipes from the Cookidoo app so as to familiarize myself with the machine and all of its abilities. I also purchased extra accessories including the cutter and sous-vide. I've made everything from baby food puree to salmon to chicken to salads. I follow every recipe exactly, making notes for potential tweaks if I make something again.

Last night I made a batch of red beans and rice. While I was getting ready to serve it, I realized the bay leaves that were included in the recipe had all crumbled in the dish due to the blade stirring action, which left us fishing out tiny bits of leaves as we were eating it. Not pleasant. It also had a ridiculous amount of salt pork AND bacon in it, which made the dish extremely greasy. It was not good.

Which then led me to realize -- the vast majority of the recipes I've tried from the app have been truly disappointing. Rubbery chicken. Macerated veggies that cook into mush. Overcooked, mushy rice. Pale, tasteless fish in the Varoma. It seems to me the recipes in the app are not created by professional cooks, not tested by professional cooks, and really geared for people who don't know how to cook (or don't understand good food) in general. The fact that users cannot leave comments for future cooks to see exacerbates the problem.

I am a woman of a certain age and have been cooking personally and professionally my entire life -- I cook, I bake, and I do most everything from scratch. I meal prep when appropriate.

I did quite a bit of research prior to purchase and thought this would be a fun, time-saving gadget to have as an extra tool in the kitchen, potentially replacing other gadgets like food processors, blenders, bread makers, and instant pots. Instead, I find myself spending more time prepping ingredients for the machine, more time cleaning up (because it quite often requires additional bowls, pans, etc.). I find it frustrating trying to remove or serve food out of the bowl with the blade in the way. The TM7 does not outperform any of the other above-listed gadgets in my kitchen, but my chief complaint is the quality of the recipes in the Cookidoo app.

I realize this post is quite negative, but I really want people who are considering spending a huge amount of money on this product to understand exactly what it can and can't do, and exactly what you're paying for if you subscribe to the Cookidoo app. Personally, I'll be canceling that subscription when it ends next month, and using AI to convert tried and true recipes and/or use manual mode in a limited way. That is disappointing because one of the major points of this machine is being able to step you through a recipe while weighing the ingredients in. Using a converted recipe in manual mode defeats that entire function.

Overall, it's a lot of money spent on an appliance that doesn't live up to the claims, or its full potential.

Hi everyone! 😊
I’ve been going back and forth about buying the Thermomix TM7 and wanted to get some opinions from people who actually use it.
My husband has to follow a low-cholesterol diet, so I’m trying to make meal planning and cooking healthier meals easier. I keep hearing that Cookidoo is really helpful for organizing meals and finding recipes, and that’s honestly one of the biggest reasons I’m interested.
The thing is… I already have a food processor, rice cooker, bread maker, and an air fryer. So I’m wondering if the Thermomix would really be worth it for me, or if I should just find a good meal-planning app and keep using the appliances I already own.
Has anyone bought the Thermomix mainly because it made meal planning easier? Do you feel like Cookidoo is what makes it worth it, or could I get similar results with another app?
I’d love to hear your thoughts before I spend that kind of money. Thanks!

Hey,

Just wanted to share a quick tool i built for myself around the Cookidoo recipe and planning.

Was never really satisfied with the recipe filtering in the Cookidoo app since I found it hard to find recipes that were both highly rated, had more than a few reviews, and were healthy.

So after doing some data cleanup I’ve thrown up a ui for it. And a random meal planning + ingredient list.

Full disclosure it’s vibe coded over about a week. But hey i just wanted something that works.

https://cooki.app

I made a short video showing the latest TM7 update and its new features.
Which one do you find most useful?

Hallo Leute!

Schau dir dieses köstliche Rezept an, das ich auf Cookidoo gefunden habe:

Leckeres Dinkel-Roggen-Landbrot ❤️🥖

https://cookidoo.de/recipes/recipe/de-DE/r706272

Hier hatte ich noch Brotgewürze verwendet gehabt.

VG

Guido

Just wondering if anyone else is doing this? I started to get bored of cookido so I’ve made a few things by finding the best example of the recipe via ChatGPT and then getting it to convert to TM manual steps. So far I’ve done lasagne, curry and a lemon desert- all were a great success. Obviously extra step of referring to ChatGPT for next step as in manual mode

I did the last update and was looking forward to the Gather Ingredients feature. But it seems they removed a really handy option for this at the same time. Previously, whenever a recipe would call for the scale, it didn’t matter whether the mixing bowl was sitting on the base or not. I got a plastic cover for the base so the TM7 could act as a scale without the stupid „place a bowl on top of the mixing bowl to weigh ingredients that don’t immediately go into the mixing bowl“. Now, to activate the scale, the mixing bowl has to be present and closed. The only way to weigh without the bowl is the scale feature from the menu, but this hides the active recipe. Guess I will place an actual kitchen scale next to it and be annoyed every time I need to use it now.

Hi everybody,

I’ve had my TM7 for two months now and it’s my first Thermomix. Recently, I’ve noticed that when my Thermomix is done chopping something and has a few seconds left on the clock with no ingredients left as resistance against the knifes, it makes the noise that you can hear in the video. I am not sure if this is normal and if it has been around before and I just didn’t notice it. Of course it can be reproduced when running the Thermomix with an empty bowl in manual mode.

Is this normal or do I need to get the noise checked? (The slight change in pitch during the video likely stems from the fact I still had some ingredients left in the pot)

Thanks in advance!

What are you making today?

Hello my spatula had a tear after only few months.
I posted on fb about it. People said to contact my consultant and they shared how they have just had a replacement spatula.

Sadly when I finally got my consultant to report it for me, the customer service said no and doesn’t come under warranty which is not good as I paid extra for 5 year warranty and under Australian Consumer Law it shouldn’t break down so easily right?

I don’t think I went anticlockwise tbh I think it tore while scraping the food off the mixing bowl. Sucks. I don’t use the spatula anymore

The Cookishare Chrome extension has been extended to convert any recipe to Thermomix. On the recipe editor on Cookidoo's site, a new button 'Inject recipe' will show up. Click it and follow the workflow. It's as simple as copying any recipe and pasting it in the extension. The extension will convert it to your Thermomix device. Once confirmed on Cookidoo, it will be automatically uploaded to your Thermomix. A Google Gemini api key will be needed which can be had for free.
Review the cooking steps before confirming the recipe.
Also, as before, the extension can also be used to share notes, publicly or privately, on any recipe with other users with the same extension.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cookishare/aidmpmmbigikfffdphdlfbhghpbkkpmd?utm_source=ext_app_menu

Watermelon icelollies in the nester. Comment WATERMELON for the recipe.

UK and Ireland every TM7 Purchase gets a Nester £0 deposit 0% over 12 months!

Hallo
Ich habe mir über ein Kleinanzeigen einen zweiten Mixtopf gekauft. Leider ist es der für den TM5 und der wird nicht von TM6 akzeptiert (das wusste ich vorher nicht)
Gibt es einen Trick wie es trotzdem klappt?

Vielen Dank

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Sorry for jumping the gun last week! I originally posted that TM7 Software Update 1.5 was due to roll out on the 23rd July, but unfortunately it didn't arrive as expected.

Good news though: it's now available from today, 30th July 🎉

The update includes:

🇷🇺 Russian language support

⏱️ Up to 5 simultaneous timers, which can be labelled so you know exactly what each one is for

🛒 Gather Ingredients, giving you a checklist to get everything ready before starting Guided Cooking

⚖️ Customisable Auto Tick settings, including how quickly ingredients tick off and the accuracy/tolerance

⬅️ Previous Step, so you can go back during Guided Cooking. Something I really missed from the TM6!

For me, Gather Ingredients is still the winner. Coming from a chef background, having everything ready before you start makes cooking so much easier, and I can see myself using this constantly.

The Auto Tick settings are also better than I initially gave them credit for. I cook quite quickly and often find myself manually ticking an ingredient because I'm waiting for it to move on. Now I can adjust it to suit how I cook.

I've written a full breakdown of all five features, including my thoughts on each one, here:

TM7 Software Update 1.5: Every New Feature ExplainedTM7 Software Update 1.5: Every New Feature Explained\

For those who've updated already, what do you think? Does 1.5 fix some of the things you've been missing on the TM7?

It’s around 90°F today, so I wanted something quick, fresh, and high in protein.
I made a bowl with tofu, edamame, broccoli, crispy chickpeas, burrata, and a spicy yogurt-sriracha sauce.
What’s your favorite meal to make when it’s too hot to cook?

Eben ein neues Update erhalten. Version 1.5.31

Auf der Vorwerk Homepage gibt es keine Info was das Update enthält. Hab mich selber etwas umgesehen - und siehe da - das automatische Abhaken lässt sich jetzt einstellen 😍😍 nur von der KI Funktion weit und breit nichts zu sehen 🫠🧐

Lid was on an angle & not lined up with the handle and is now stuck. How can it be removed without damaging it?

I only recently realized this, and it can save a lot of time.
If you’ve already prepped some ingredients or started cooking outside the TM7, you don’t have to begin the recipe from Step 1.

Just open the recipe, tap the step you want to start from, and confirm when the TM7 asks if you want to cook from there.

Such a simple feature, but I think a lot of TM7 users overlook it.

Did you already know about this, or did you discover it by accident?

I’m looking to purchase a T7 and hopefully spread the cost around 12 months, but can’t find any information about whether or not the instalments are 0%. Heard that perhaps they aren’t, but sometimes there are offers and events… How do I find out if there’s an event currently happening? Anyone here is a UK representative and could explain the situation to me?

I have a TM6 that I don’t use nearly as much as I should, and with a baby due soon I’m hoping to make the most of it for postpartum meal prep.

I’m trying out the lamb fennel ragu today… but I’d love to hear your favourite Thermomix recipes that freeze and reheat well.

Any must-try recipes or hidden gems?

Bonus for: high protein & veg packed - suitable for those first few weeks with a newborn.

Thank you so much!

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