Hamilton Beach ChefPrep 72700 Chopper

This is my second processor. I don't remember the first model but it was great. This one works great except for the top coming apart. Why would they screw two pieces together, what were they thinking? The… first one had a one piece molded plastic top. Everytime I grate cheese a large chunk gets wedged between the disc and the top. It has ripped all of the screws out and separated the two pieces so I can no longer use it as a grater, which is why I'm on this site, trying to purchase either a new top or scews to repair the old one

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This has been a great food processor for me! I bought model #70600 in about 1995 and have been very happy with it. It's still kicking. (I really think model 70600 is the earlier version of this 70700. My… 70600 looks exactly like this down to the buttons on the top and the blades.) I use it to slice, grate, and puree. I used it just last week to grate sweet potatoes. I've used it for pizza dough. I haven't had any problems leaving it running (although I haven't tried running it for extended periods with really thick items like bread dough). It may not be the best food processor out there but it gets the job done and is much cheaper than the others. It has helped me make easy work of all my veggie recipes that require a lot of chopping of a lot of vegetables. Plus, after 8 years I just called their customer service and they're sending me a replacement "disc shaft" for free as a courtesy. (I accidentally chewed mine up in the garbage disposal.)

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This design came out about 30 years ago -- it was bad then, it is bad now. The motor uses a belt drive. That is why it is noisy. Although it has a seven-cup capacity, you are only allowed to put 2 cups… of fluid into the bowl. If you put any more in, it will seep up through the cutting blade and find it's way into the spindle. Yuck. If you read the instructions it tells you not to operate it for anything longer than 1 minute -- yet it says you can knead bread. The reason you can not run it for very long is because you will burn out the motor. I guess if you bought 20 of these machines and transferred the bowl from unit to unit you COULD technically knead bread. So, I guess they are right -- kinda'. It is great for mixing chocolate milk for one person. I wish Hamilton-Beach would get off their collective butts and build a real machine for the masses!

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