Nostalgia Electrics NBM400 Electric Peanut Butter Maker

This is poor quality materials mixed with time consuming clean-up. In order to have peanut butter even remotely smooth, the nuts have to be ground up using a coffee grinder first - they don't tell you that, we found out the hard way. You add oil at the top until you get the consistency you want. Of course by then you've already wasted part of the nuts only to discover during clean-up that almost as much "butter" was stuck in the machine as was in the jar. Don't use expensive nuts if you're going to use this machine.Better to just use the coffee grinder and your food processor - you probably already own them and they are much, much, much easier to clean!

I read the reviews after I ordered it for my boyfriend as a gift so I was a little leery, but it turned out fine. It does take a bit of time and ingenuity to use it though. You can't just throw some canned nuts in, turn it on, and expect peanut butter to come out. Just make sure you chop the nuts and have oil flowing into the machine and are turning the top so nothing gets jammed. It's definitely more of novelty product that of practical use in making nut butters, but that's what I had expected and wanted. So if you're looking to make practical peanut butter, etc and pretty easily, I would not recommend- just go buy a food processor, but for a fun, sweet treat, I am all for it.

It's worth exactly what they charge for it, it's a little slow, and a bit temperamental at times, but it definitely needs to be babysat carefully. Mine hasn't had any trouble crunching through whole roasted peanuts despite what other reviewers (and the instruction manual) say about crushing them ahead of time; perhaps other people were trying to grind raw peanuts? I haven't tried that yet.My advice if you're having trouble with whole, roasted peanuts, is just to continuously rotate the oil dripper/feed path clearing device, mine didn't clog at all making two pounds this afternoon using that method. For oil, I was adding small amounts of peanut oil every few minutes, but I'm not sure if it was actually necessary or helpful.

This cheaply made machine worked, with a good bit of effort, 3 times. On the 4th, the motor melted the plastic and it would not spin. I took it apart and repaired it. Worked ok for a few minutes, and then the motor got fried. This machine simple does not have enough power to do the job it is asked to do. Nice looking though! Will make a nice knick-knack in my kitchen while I go spend some more serious money for one that will work. As an aside, I leave feedback for almost all I buy, from 1 - 5 stars, not just when I don't like something, as many people do!

I have been using this for over a year and I love having fresh peanut butter without any oils, sugar or chemicals in it. You will not believe how good fresh PB tastes. I buy organic peanuts online and it's cheaper than anything you can buy in the store. It looks bigger in the picture than it actually is but it does a great job of grinding the peanuts. If you have some harder peanuts it may heat up a bit. I once ground 2 hoppers full of peanuts and it stopped working but after it cooled down it worked fine. I can't imagine living without my PB maker.

The first time I used it I was trying to make raw almond butter, I used whole almonds and I think it's too much for the machine to handle, the machine got very hot and it stopped working after about 15 mins, seemed like the motor burnt out.I sent it back and requested for a replacement (free of charge), let's see how the replacement works and I'll update again...UPDATE 12/2/2014:I received a new machine but I'm scared to use it now because I don't want it to break down. This machine is more like a toy, it's okay for making small batches... definitely not for heavy use. It's better if you use chopped ROASTED nuts, raw nuts are too hard for this machine. Clean up is a hassle. I just use my food processor to make nut butters now.I also tried using it to grind whole coffee beans for fun. It works! But you'll also end up with your counter covered with coffee dust.

I bought this because my wife was buying her peanut butter at whole foods and it seemed like this would allow us to give her the same product but less expensive and only when she needed it. We found the right peanuts and it grinds them into a nice creamy peanut butter - but it is really, really loud. I feel like I have to wear ear protection. The only other problem is that it is hard to clean the chute where the peanut butter comes out. I think I can solve that by getting a small bottle brush, but nothing I currently have fits in there and peanut butter is not the easiest thing to clean.I have not tried to grind anything but peanuts so far. All-in-all, I`m happy with it.

Caveat emptor-(buyer beware)- this item is noisy as hell and ,as another reviewer stated- a child's toy-@ best.I ordered the item new, it arrived obviously in USED condition- It was not re- packaged correctly in its box and ,to top it off, had nut "debris" from the previous purchaser in it, which I found to be repulsive.I nonetheless cleaned it so that I could check its functionality (ran it without any nut product in it).Someone restocked it without checking it,undoubdetly.It does not look to be an item that would last for any length of time or yield a good volume of product before it "crapped out". Forget about clean up!! all plastic and small in size- wishful thinking on my part in the purchase-should have known better.