- Fruit
- Vegetables
- Meat
- Fish
- Steaming frozen raw ingredients
- Steaming previously blended food without the storage pot
- Steaming the same ingredients for more than 30 minutes
- Cooking rice and pasta
- Blending first, then steaming
- Heating or reheating liquids such as soup, sauces or water
- Keeping food warm for several hours
- Cutting hard ingredients such as ice cubes and sugar cubes, or sticky ingredients like cheese