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by Editors of ConsumerReports.org
ConsumerReports.org provides ratings on 27 food processors and eight mini choppers. They also offer expert advice on selecting food processors and choppers. Food processors are evaluated on noise level and… five essential tasks. Two food processors are selected overall, but editors also make recommendations for smaller- and larger-capacity needs. Two mini choppers are recommended with identical ratings for chopping and pureeing, but editors name one a best buy because it costs half as much as the other.
by Editors of Cook's Illustrated
by Editors of Cook's Illustrated
by Kristin Donnelly
Food & Wine evaluates food processors among 76 small appliances in nine categories. We don't know how many food processors are included, but four models receive mention. Kristin Donnelly picks the Oster… 10-Cup 3200 as the winner, calling it "an amazing value." The food bowl is notably easy to remove from the base, but it is one of the smallest models tested. The runner-up is the Cuisinart Prep 11 Plus 11-Cup DLC-2011, described as "the mother of all food processors." The reviewer does complain that purees needed a bit of scraping down to come out smooth. Honorable mentions include the KitchenAid 12-Cup KFP750 and the Viking VFP Professional.
by Melissa Wagenberg Lasher
The Cuisinart Prep 11 Plus 11-Cup DLC-2011 is chosen among four food processors tested by Wired. Testers praise its practical design, multiple speeds, wide feed tube and easy-to-clean touchpad controls. The… KitchenAid Ultra Wide Mouth slices, grates, purees and grinds nuts quickly. However, the vegetables have to be cut small enough so that the feed tube plunger is at least halfway down the chute for the blade to start, and some flour seeps out of the lid seam while making dough.
by Editors of Choice magazine
Australia's Choice magazine puts 10 food processors through a battery of tests, such as slicing vegetables, grinding breadcrumbs, shredding cheese, kneading pastry crust and emulsifying mayonnaise. Testers… also consider ease of use, cleaning and storage. Unfortunately, this recent review includes only one model currently available in the U.S., so it isn't as helpful for U.S. consumers as it is for Australian readers.
by Editors of Good Housekeeping
Editors don't disclose the number of models they tested, aside from the three food processors rated here. Each model gets a one-sentence summary, with no reference to performance testing. The KitchenAid… 7-Cup KPF720 is a powerful compact model. Editors like the large feed chute on the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth 14-Cup, while the Cuisinart Prep 11 Plus 11-Cup DLC-2011 is their choice for "serious cooks."
by Editors of Cuisine at Home
It doesn't appear that tests were performed specifically for this article in Cuisine at Home magazine. The unidentified author provides a good buyer's guide, but recommendations are based on personal… experience rather than a measured comparison test. The author recommends food processors in the $180 to $200 range because "less expensive models just aren't worth the money." Recommended are the Cuisinart Pro Custom 11 DLC-8S and Cuisinart Prep 11 Plus 11-Cup DLC-2011, along with the KitchenAid 12-Cup KFP750 and KitchenAid 12-Cup Ultra Wide Mouth KFPW760.
by Contributors to Cooking.com
Cooking.com is a retail website that lets readers post reviews and comments about kitchen gear. Reviews are well organized, and you can easily see how many owners have rated each food processor. The… KitchenAid 12-Cup KFP750 averages a near-perfect rating of 4.8 stars by about 150 owners, while the Cuisinart Custom 14 DFP-14BCN receives an equivalent rating from about 100 owners. The KitchenAid 7-Cup KFP720 averages 4.4 stars from more than 150 owners. The KitchenAid Chef's Chopper Series KFC3100 averages 4.5 stars from nearly 100 owners and is the top-rated mini chopper.
by Contributors to Amazon.com
by Editors of Which? magazine
by Contributors to Macys.com
by Contributors to Target.com
The reviews here aren't as numerous as those at Amazon.com or Cooking.com, but the posts are still illuminating. A handful of contributors give a perfect rating to KitchenAid's 12-Cup and 7-Cup food… processors, as well as the Black & Decker Ergo EHC650. However, the Black & Decker 10-Cup seems to have durability problems, since two models average a low rating. The Black & Decker FP1510 is now discontinued. Nearly half of the 22 reviews of the Black & Decker Mini MFP200 also receive the lowest rating for durability and user difficulties.
by Contributors to Epinions.com
by Editors of ConsumerGuide.com
Food processors and mini choppers are rated according to value, performance and ease of use. The Cuisinart Pro Custom 11 DLC-8S and Cuisinart Prep 9-Cup DLC-2009 are among the food processors that receive… perfect scores. More moderately priced models with perfect scores receive a Best Buy designation. The Black & Decker Ergo EHC650 receives a perfect score and is a Best Buy mini chopper. Although most of the reviews are fairly recent, we give this source a lower credibility rating because there's no information about the reviewers and no disclosure about how products might have been tested.
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Cuisinart DLC-2011N Prep 11 Plus Food Processor, White
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KitchenAid KFP720OB 7-Cup Food Processor with 3-Cup Mini Bowl, Onyx Black
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Black & Decker EHC650 3-Cup Chopper, White
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