Making soups and sauces as smooth as possible can be a kitchen nightmare. Most of the time, you'll end up pouring a small amount of hot liquid into your blender's mason jar for lightning-quick blending - and you'll still end up finding large chunks. This is where an immersion blender comes in handy.

Also known as a stick blender, this small kitchen China hand blenders Wholesale tool is as powerful as a traditional blender without a carafe. You can do almost anything you can do with a countertop blender, including pureeing soups, mixing sauces, and even making baby food, with an immersion blender.

According to Lisa McManus, executive editor of American Test Kitchen Review, there are many reasons why an immersion blender should be in your kitchen gadget drawer. She helped us break down everything you need to know about the tool.

Immersion blenders are handheld, stick-like machines with a motor on one end and a blade on the other, McManus explained. "Very sharp blades usually spin inside a metal dome with an opening into which the food can go and be cut by the blade, and then spin out of the dome. You basically insert the end of Chinese hand blenders Wholesale the blade into the food and press the button on the handle A button to start the motor and it chops, purees and mixes the food," she said.