Hi Heather, I don't all the details, but you can microwave with it, make single servings of things, it chops, juices, and everything goes in the dishwasher.
For example: you can grind/chop/whatever, say...cheeses, pop the whole container in the microwave, and wha la...cheese sauce. Then throw it in the dishwasher. Saves on messing up a lot of dishes and pans in the kitcehn. I can't do that with my blender.
Looks like this is one of my "gotta have it" things. LOL