Blenders do go on sale for Black Friday — the Ninja Professional Plus BN701 and the Vitamix 5200, our two most-recommended machines, both have a documented record of being discounted at Amazon in past Black Friday windows — but the record is patchier than the headlines suggest, and several machines we cover have no dated record at all. This page is built around that distinction. Every claim below about a past discount is attributed to a named source on a named date; where we found nothing, the page says “no record found” rather than guessing.
Status on September 12, 2026: no deals are live yet. Black Friday 2026 is Friday, November 27 and Cyber Monday is Monday, November 30. This is the page where verified blender deals will be posted when they go live in November — and only then. Until that happens, what you will find here is the documented record of what has discounted in past years, an honest buy-now-or-wait call for each kind of machine, and our current top picks at today’s live price, checked Sep 24, 2026. Nothing on this page is a prediction dressed up as a deal.
The 2026 dates, and what Amazon did last year
Thanksgiving 2026 falls on Thursday, November 26, which puts Black Friday on November 27 and Cyber Monday on November 30. Those are the calendar facts. What matters more for a blender buyer is the shape of the event around them, and for that the best guide is what Amazon actually did in 2025.
In 2025, Amazon’s Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday deals ran from November 20 through December 1— a twelve-day window that opened eight days before Black Friday itself and closed on Cyber Monday, with, in Amazon’s words, new deal drops throughout. Before that, Amazon ran its October Prime event, Prime Big Deal Days, on October 7–8, 2025, which it explicitly billed as kicking off the holiday shopping season. Whether Amazon repeats either shape in 2026 is Amazon’s decision and we will not guess at it; both are linked in the sources so you can watch for the announcement yourself.
The practical reading: if a blender deal exists in 2026, it will most likely surface twice — once in an October Prime event and again in a Black Friday week that starts well before the Friday. Waiting for the day itself has historically been the wrong strategy for this category.
What has historically discounted: the documented record
These are past discounts as reported by named outlets on named dates, expressed as the amount off that they reported. They are a record, not a price and not a forecast. A machine appearing here does not mean it will be discounted again in 2026, and a machine absent from here does not mean it will not be. The live price beside each pick above is the only current number on this page.
Documented Black Friday discounts on machines we cover or their close relatives. “Reported” means we fetched the article and read the figure; we did not verify the underlying retailer price ourselves.| Machine | What the record shows | Reported by, and when |
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| Ninja Professional Plus BN701 | Listed at Amazon at $40 below its then list price | Top Ten Reviews, updated November 29, 2024 |
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| Vitamix 5200 | Listed at Amazon at roughly $156 below its then list price | Reviewed, November 24, 2023 |
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| Vitamix Explorian E310 (not in our catalog) | Listed at Amazon at $60 off in 2023 and $80 off in 2024 — the one Vitamix with a discount record in both years we checked | Reviewed, November 24, 2023; Engadget, November 30, 2024 |
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| Vitamix immersion blender (not in our catalog) | Listed at a discount in both 2023 (Amazon) and 2024 (Vitamix direct) | Reviewed, November 24, 2023; Engadget, November 30, 2024 |
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| KitchenAid hand blenders (not in our catalog) | Cordless and corded models both listed at Amazon at a discount | Engadget, November 30, 2024 |
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What the manufacturers’ own stores say
Vitamixruns promotions on its own site — its sale page, checked on September 12, 2026, listed no products on sale and said in as many words that it “runs promotions frequently.” Vitamix also runs a September event it calls Vitamix Days and bills as its “biggest sale of the year,” which is worth knowing precisely because it lands before Black Friday, not during it. And it sells certified reconditioned units — the 5200 among them — for “up to 30% less” with a three-to-five-year warranty instead of the seven on a new machine. That last one is the Vitamix discount that does not require waiting for anything.
SharkNinjakeeps a standing Black Friday & Cyber Monday sale URL on its store, which at our September check was serving its general sale listing. Its holiday gift guide recommends the Ninja Blast for on-the-go smoothies. NutriBullet runs a rolling sale page year-round; at our September check it listed the Ultra, the Blender Combo and the 600 among machines with modest reductions, and showed the Pro 900 as out of stock direct — which is one reason the live Amazon price for the Pro is worth watching on its own.
What we could not find a record for
Honesty cuts both ways. For the following machines we found no dated Black Friday record in the sources we checked. That is not a claim that they never discount — it is a claim that we could not document it, which is a different and weaker thing.
- Braun MultiQuick 7, Breville Control Grip, All-Clad immersion— the stick blenders. The hand-blender discounts we found in Black Friday coverage were KitchenAid and Vitamix models, not these three. Note that All-Clad’s warranty applies only to purchases from authorized sellers, so a marketplace “deal” on that machine can be an uncovered machine.
- Blendtec Classic 575— no dated record in the coverage we read. Blendtec’s own store blocked our check, so we cannot say what it runs.
- Beast Mega 1200 and Beast GO— no dated record found.
- Hamilton Beach Power Elite, Magic Bullet, Oster Pro 1200, NutriBullet 600 — the budget tier. No specific dated record found, and at their price level even a real discount is worth a few dollars. Waiting for it is rarely worth the wait.
Buy now, or wait for November? By kind of machine
Full-size Ninja (BN701, BN751, BL610): wait if you can
This is the class with the clearest record. The BN701 has a documented Amazon discount in the 2024 window, and Ninja machines appeared in both of the general Black Friday kitchen roundups we fetched. If the purchase can wait until late November, waiting is the rational call. If it cannot, look at the live price above: our price layer shows Amazon’s list price and the percentage off whenever Amazon reports one, so you can see today whether the machine is already sitting below its list price. Pick between them on the BN701 review and Combo vs DUO.
Vitamix 5200: two discounts, and only one of them needs November
The 5200 has a documented Amazon discount in 2023; the 2024 coverage we found named the E310 instead. So the record says the 5200 discounts at Black Friday sometimes, not reliably. The discount that does not depend on a calendar is Vitamix’s own certified reconditioned program: up to 30% less, with a three-to-five-year warranty rather than seven. If the seven-year term is the point — and on this site we argue it is most of what you are buying — wait for November and watch the live price. If you would rather have the machine now and can live with the shorter cover, reconditioned is the answer today. The full argument is in Is a Vitamix worth it?
Bullet blenders (NutriBullet Pro, Ultra, 600; Beast Mega): buy when you need it
NutriBullet runs promotions on a rolling basis rather than saving them for one weekend, and at our September check the price layer above showed the Pro with a list price and a percentage off on an ordinary weekday, no event in sight. On a machine at this price level, the difference between a good everyday price and a Black Friday price is small in dollars. If a recipient needs it in October, buy it in October. See the personal-blender ranking.
Stick blenders (Braun, Breville, All-Clad): buy when you need it, from the right seller
No dated record, and the one warranty on this list that depends on the seller. A Braun MultiQuick 7 bought in October from a normal listing is a three-year-warranty tool from the day it arrives. An All-Clad bought in November from an unauthorized marketplace seller at a tempting price is an uncovered one. The seller line matters more than the date. Ranked properly in the soup roundup.
Portables (Ninja Blast, Beast GO): watch the October event
SharkNinja pushes the Blast in its own holiday gift guide, which is the kind of machine an October Prime event tends to feature. No dated record from us, but it is the class where an early-holiday discount is most plausible — and where the dollar difference is smallest. See the portable ranking.
Budget machines (Hamilton Beach, Magic Bullet): buy now
At this price a discount is a few dollars, and a machine bought now is a machine in use for the two months you would otherwise have spent waiting. If the gift is for a cook who wants a glass jar, buy the Hamilton Beach and stop thinking about it. The under-$50 ranking covers the tier.
The buy-now-or-wait call, class by class, on the record above.| Kind of machine | Record | Our call |
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| Full-size Ninja | Documented, 2024 | Wait for November if you can; check the live strike-through if you cannot |
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| Vitamix 5200 | Documented, 2023; not in 2024 coverage | Wait for the seven-year machine; buy certified reconditioned today if the shorter warranty is acceptable |
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| Bullet blenders | Rolling promotions, not event-driven | Buy when needed |
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| Stick blenders | No record found | Buy when needed, from an authorized seller |
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| Portables | No record found; featured in SharkNinja’s gift guide | Watch the October event; small dollars either way |
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| Budget machines | No record found | Buy now |
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How to tell a real blender deal from a staged one
Check the strike-through against a price you have seen before.A “was” price is only meaningful if the machine actually sold at it recently. Our price layer shows Amazon’s reported list price and percentage off; if a machine shows a discount on an ordinary Tuesday in September, the same discount in November is not news. Look at the pick above today and remember the number.
Check the model number, not the name.Ninja in particular sells many machines under near-identical names. A “Ninja Professional” deal may be the delisted BL610 rather than the documented BN701; a “Professional Plus” may be a kitchen system with a different pitcher. The model number on the listing is the only thing that identifies the machine.
Check who ships and sells it.For most machines this is a convenience question. For All-Clad it is the warranty. For Vitamix, a “new” unit from an unknown seller at a reconditioned price deserves a second look.
Check what is in the box.Holiday bundles add and remove cups, lids and attachments freely. NutriBullet’s own product page is inconsistent about which cups ship with the Pro; a Black Friday listing is not going to be more careful. Read the “what’s included” line.
Check the return window, before you buy. A gift bought in an October event and opened in late December needs a return window that covers it. Retailers extend their windows around the holidays and the terms differ. It is one line to read.
Our current top picks, at today’s live price
The table at the top of this page is not a deals list. It is the site’s current top picks — the winner of the flagship ranking, the buy-once machine, the everyday bullet, the cook’s stick blender, the design-led personal, the budget pitcher, the pitcher-and-cups combo and the under-cabinet premium — each with a live price pulled from Amazon and stamped with the date it was checked. Where Amazon reports a list price and a percentage off, the buy button shows it. Where our data is more than 48 hours old, the number disappears rather than going stale. That is the only kind of “deal” this page will show until November: a real number, today, with a date on it.
Every one of these machines carries a “skip this if” line in its full write-up below, and those lines do not go away because a price drops. A discounted machine that is wrong for you is still wrong for you. The reasoning behind each pick is in the flagship ranking; the tiered gift versions are on the under-$100, under-$200 and no-budget gift pages.
What will, and will not, appear here in November
What will: deals on machines we cover, each checked against the live price through our price layer before it is listed, with the model number, the seller and the date we verified it. If a listed deal and the live price disagree, the live price wins and the deal comes down.
What will not:“expected” deals, “predicted” prices, percentages we did not see with our own eyes, or deals on machines we have not researched. We have not blended anything and we say so on every page; we are not going to start inventing prices either.
