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- Wide-mouth feed tube
- 10-year motor warranty
- Three-year parts warranty
- Mostly glowing owner reviews
- Hasn't been extensively tested
As the littler sibling of the top-rated Cuisinart Prep 11 Plus DLC-2011CHB (*Est. $165) , the Cuisinart Prep 9 DLC-2009CHB should be a good buy -- and experts at ConsumerGuide.com and owners who post reviews on retail websites say it is. It does a fantastic job chopping and shredding in the expert test, and owners largely agree. Like its 11-cup big brother, owners say this 9-cup version is easy to clean. However, the Prep 9 hasn't been as extensively tested by experts as the Prep 11, or as the top-rated compact food processor, the 7-cup KitchenAid KFP715 (*Est. $110) . The Prep 9 comes with all of the same blades as the Prep 11 -- chopping/mixing blade, medium slicing disc, shredding disc and dough blade -- and the same robust warranty (three years parts, 10 years motor), which far exceeds the KitchenAid's one-year warranty.
We found only one professional test of the Cuisinart Prep 9 DLC-2009CHB, at ConsumerGuide.com. This food processor gets mostly rave reviews from owners at Amazon.com and Macys.com.
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"Every task was done to perfection," ConsumerGuide.com says of the Cuisinart Prep 9 DLC-2009CHB. Testers mention chopping onions and walnuts and shredding cheese with the machine. The only drawback they find is that the heavy base could be hard to lift for people who have arthritis, for example.
Review: Cuisinart Prep 9 9-Cup Food Processor DLC-2009CHB, Editors of ConsumerGuide.com, Aug. 13, 2008
2. Amazon.com
Averaging 4.5 stars out of 5 with about 100 owner reviews posted, the Cuisinart Prep 9 DLC-2009CHB is one of the top-rated food processors at Amazon.com. All but a handful of owners give it perfect or nearly perfect scores. The low raters complain that the unit broke or didn't chop consistently; one says the blade broke off, broke through the plastic bowl and flew across the room while in use.
Review: Cuisinart DLC-2009CHB Prep 9 9-Cup Food Processor, Brushed Stainless, Contributors to Amazon.com
3. Macys.com
All but three of the 30 owner-reviewers here give the Cuisinart Prep 9 DLC-2009CHB a perfect 5 stars. Two owners say it nearly purees vegetables instead of chopping them, and one says the motor burned up while mixing cake batter, but others don't report any problems.
Review: Cuisinart DLC-2009CHB Food Processor, 9-Cup Prep Premier Series, Contributors to Overstock.com
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