The 5200 is the machine the rest of the range is measured against. There are no programs and no screen, just a variable speed dial, a high/variable switch and a tall 64-ounce container. Everything is done by hand, which is exactly why people who have run one for years keep replacing it with another one.
The tall jar and its blade geometry pull ingredients down into the vortex, so a full pitcher of frozen fruit keeps moving instead of packing around the blades. Running at high speed long enough will heat soup through friction alone, and dropping to low folds without whipping air in. In white it is a plain-looking machine that has outlasted several generations of fancier ones.
Vita-Mix Corporation has been headquartered in Olmsted Township, Ohio since 1921 and employs roughly 700 people across its Northeast Ohio operations, where it has built high-performance blending equipment for commercial kitchens and home cooks for over a century. This listing states no origin for the item itself.
