before efficiency in the use of tools in the kitchen arises.
If it is seen as a tool, then it’s okay. But most people say: "my TM makes that," when they serve pumpkin soup or higher up: "my TM bakes the cake." Recently there was a quiche. Me: oh, yummy. Her: my TM made it. You can really roll your eyes at that. I, without a TM, also don’t say: my knife cut it.
Most of the time it really tastes like nothing. Yes, the recipes are more geared towards a nursing home in terms of taste. One wonders whether the user (not the cook) somehow doesn’t know how it might taste. I compare that to the drafts here: the prospective builders proudly present non-functional drafts here, but they are created with a program that suggests everything is professionally correct. Replace “drafts” with “food,” “program” with “Thermomix”... so far I have been served food that is not exactly convincing (except for the quiche, but even a regular blender can mix). Dips can be tasty, but you don’t need a TM for that. The only thing I actually found phenomenal was this dessert with egg whites and raspberries... I wouldn’t know how to make that without a TM.
Nevertheless, as a tool it is just too expensive, plain and simple! An iPhone is also too expensive.