The Blendtec Designer 725 has several preset modes that are controlled with buttons: ‘Smoothie’, ‘Dips’, ‘Whole Juice’, ‘Mixed Drinks’, ‘Hot Soup’, ‘Batters’, ‘Ice Cream’, and ‘Clean Blender’. It has a screen that displays which mode or setting you’re using, as well as a stopwatch for manual blending and a countdown timer for the pre-programmed modes.
The manual says that you should run the blender for no more than five minutes straight. It also says you can’t use it to blend ingredients that are already hot, but there’s a “hot soup” preset that will warm up cold ingredients as they blend. The result won’t be steaming hot, however.