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Recommendations for a new food processor
I'm looking to get a new food processor since mine is slowly dying. I use mine for making sauces, salsa, and pizza dough. So it needs to be able stand up to a heavy load. What do you all recommend?
Cuisinart 14 cup food processor. I've had mine for almost a decade. They make replacements parts too. The only thing I've replaced was the metal blade because I found a crack in it last year. I use mine up to 3 times a week.
I'll second Cuisinart; they are quite literally the food processor people. The exact model doesn't matter too much (because there's a bunch of them for whatever reason), but I would recommend buying one that has an accessories caddy. It just makes them easier to store without losing them.
I've had mine for about a decade now. Amazon messed up on shipping and I contacted them, and they offered me a replacement and a refund. It finally arrived and I've used it constantly ever since. Nut butters, grating large quantities of cheese in seconds, mixing pie crusts. I thought the rubberized buttons were going to rub off the words or start cracking but neither has happened. That little lady runs like a champ!
+1 for the Cusinart brand. Can't vouch for the food processor itself though.
I find that most of my Cuisinart products seem to be of quality (and are usually priced as such). The only disappointment so far has been their popcorn popper.
There's no such thing as a good budget food processor unfortunately. A powerful motor is essential and that's like 75% of the cost.
I have a Magimix 5200xl and you can mix concrete with it.
I have the Cuisinart Custom 14 which has held up really well over the last ~5-6 years of medium usage (I use it about 2 to 3 times a week for sauces, nut-butters, hummus, mixing rough-puff dough, etc). For pizza dough, I have largely moved to the no-knead method which works great for me, and for bread I have gotten used to kneading with my hands (takes about 10-15 minutes), even tho I have a stand-mixer.
It's largely a no-nonsense food processor, everything is dishwasher safe making cleanup easy and it's got a pretty powerful motor.
About 4 years ago, I also got an immersion blender, which I use a lot more than my food processor (for soups, in-pan sauces, mayonnaise/aioli, etc) which does give my Cuisinart a bit more of a break.
The Vitamix A2500 is also a beast of a food processor, but is almost double the cost of my Cuisinart.
Breville 16 cup
I had a Kitchen Aide that after 5 years the mixing adapter broke. Replacement was nearly the price to buy a new food processor. I then turned to Cuisnart and and won’t ever move back to a Kitchenaide food processor
In Germany, anyone have a suggestion?
The whole concept of food processors seems lost on Germans and Cuisinart doesn't sell a mixed voltage 14cup (~4 liter) food processor here. Their underpowered 3 liter (~8cup) overflows and is simply a bad product.
I don't have personal experience with their food processors, but Bosch's ones seem to be well-reviewed and their household products are typically very good.
Kenwood appear to sell in Germany
My Kenwood Chef is approaching 15 years old, used regularly and is solid as a rock. I mix dough in it, make pastry, meringues, cake mixes, mashed potatoes, anything. You can get various attachments like blenders, pasta makers, and so on and all of those I've used have been excellent quality as well. It's worth buying the upgraded stainless steel beater/dough hook if you use it a lot, they're significantly better than the stock ones.
I'd also recommend Kenwood devices to anyone outside Germany as well. Spare parts are available for all models, even going back decades and are supposedly easy to fit - but I've never needed them.
I bought a Ninja processor earlier this year and I've been making hummus and pizza dough with it weekly like it's my job.
The Cuisineart was my top choice but the cost made me pass on it.