Cuisinart Mini PREP Food Processor Custom, 2.63 Cup, Silver

I bought used in new condition. Everything looked absolutely new. I think the retail box was a little dinged, but everything inside was perfect. I used it for the first time to slice cabbage and shred carrots for slaw. Super fast and powerful and great results with very little wasted food. I wasn't sure I needed the 14c capacity, but for high volume food like cabbage, it saved a lot of effort. I did two small cabbages before I had to empty the bowl. This is a week's worth of salad starter for just me. You don't need to be feeding an army to justify the large capacity. For veggies, I could clean with just a rinse. I expect it'll be a little more effort to clean up from making sauces, but still probably easier than my old processor.

Reviews are so sketchy these days so it's no wonder trying to find a quality product is anxiety inducing. People do not take the time to look something over before trying to assemble it. The user manual and instruction booklet are in the description in PDF format and are printable. I might add they are also quite detailed. This was a common complaint in the reviews, "no instructions". It's been a number of years since there were user manuals included with a product. We had a Cuisinart food processor in 2019 but was enticed away by the bells and whistles of the Ninja all in one and gave it away in favor of the Ninja. Big mistake, less than 8 months later our food processor bowl fell apart, after they sent us 4 replacement bowls that didn't fit they replaced the entire system with the same one they said no longer existed, it was a 2 1/2 month nightmare. Five years later the replacement Ninja was no longer usable the blender jug and food processor bowl was cracked and leaked. We take care of our things and hand washed the bowl and all parts so the Ninja was not something we were about to re-purchase. We just got this food processor this morning, it is an upgrade from the one we bought in 2019. The bowl is large and will help us in our large batch cooking. Simple and straightforward, quiet and efficient. Contrary to the negative reviews about the bowl being difficult to seat and the lid being hard to put on and lock in place we found that it was an extreme exaggeration. If you look at the base of the machine and line the bowl up with the divots in the bowl you will not have an issue putting it on. The blade goes in after the bowl is seated, not in conjunction with it. The same with the lid, there is a specific way to line it up, and it will easily lock into place and unlock just as easily for that matter if you take the time to look it over. There is no need to wrestle with it. My wife made falafel in it this morning and it worked like a champ! Clean up was very easy as well. We cook 90% of our meals from scratch so we actually use our appliances daily. With our medium sized family of 5 we are always chopping, prepping and spend a great deal of time in the kitchen. I feel the quality and power is here and will keep up with our family's needs. I also feel that this machine will last for years if it is well maintained. Take the time to look at things before you try to assemble them and most definitely before leaving a bad review. When others are looking at making a large purchase like this, hasty reviews are not helpful. With inflation and horrible products on the market that are junk it's hard enough to make an informed decision without having to sort through negative things that are most often user error not the product itself.

Made short work of slicing onions for food prep. Blades are very sharp so the storage box for the blades should be a part of the package. I don’t feel like purchasing it and a dough hook separately as neither were included and that drives the pricing point up closer to fancier brands like breville offer storage, especially as I purchases a fine slicing disc separately as well. The motor is heavy, mind you, but it works like a dream.

This food processor is a workhorse! I used it for a lot of baking all types of dough! It’s great for bread as well. It also did a great job for all my canning needs. And it still looks like the day I bought it six years ago. I’m passing down to the next generation.

I bought this processor to replace a 40+ year old Cuisinart classic that finally gave up the ghost. I loved that machine! Simple to operate, just one button (on, off, pulse), easy to clean, powerful enough to easily make dough. I wanted another one just like the other one, and this is as close as I could get. This one works fine, but I had so much trouble fitting the lid on the bowl every. single. time. I used it that I finally donated it today. For some reason, Cuisinart changed the lid design on a number of their processors so that the bowl handle is still in front but the lid secures on the opposite side - away from the user, so you can't see what you're doing. Sometimes it clicks into place, sometimes it doesn't. And of course, if it doesn't, it doesn't work. Yesterday what should have been a 10-minute job took half an hour because I couldn't get the lid to click. Part of what I was doing was making bread crumbs, and I really needed a processor. I finally switched to a mini, which took much longer and didn't crumble as finely, but it worked. That's when I put this one aside to donate. So if you have eyes in your hands this will be an excellent purchase for you. For me, I just ordered an 8-cup Elemental, which has a smaller motor but has the bowl and lid working together on the same side and is very sleek-looking. I don't cook as much as I used to, so I'm hoping the Elemental will be the last one I ever need. Update: the Elemental arrived and had to be returned because of a materials defect. But on ordering again, I noticed that this model now has a lid that secures on the same side as the handle, so that's what I ordered. And hallelujah, that's what arrived. It's the good ol' Cuisinart simple beast, perfect for my needs. Apparently there are still some models that lock the lid on the back. I guess the moral of the story is, look very VERY carefully at the photos and make sure what you're ordering is the version you want.

Excellent choice. Easy to use. Works great! UPDATE: After using this for a couple of weeks, I am fully confident that this Food Processor will be able to handle anything I put into it. The aspect I was most impressed with is that it is VERY quiet. And it has enough weight to stay still on the counter. Also, made mayo, shredded hard parmesan cheese, dough, shredded zucchini, pumpkin, etc. The vegetable intake is large and can accommodate lots of veggies without cutting them into small pieces. Very good workhorse!!!

"Oh, I don't need a food processor. I love to chop things by hand! And really, my cheap, tiny blender does just about any job a food processor could do. It's not worth the money!" This has been my mantra for years. Oh, what a fool I was. What a fool! A food processor is such a magical device. You can do things with it that are impossible to do without it! Have you heard of cashew cream sauce? It's fabulous. You soak about two cups of cashews in water for 2 hours, drain and rinse them well, and then toss them in your food processor with a clove or two of peeled garlic, about 2/3 cup of water, and about a teaspoon or so of salt, to taste. Press the power on, and in seconds, you have smooth-bodied, flavourful dip that is extremely versatile. From there, it's all up to your imagination! Add some nutritional yeast to make it taste nice and cheesy, with just a pinch of paprika to bring out those cheesy notes, and serve it with tortilla chips. Or how about a bit of curry powder and some basil to serve with pita chips as a sweet, curry-style dip? Or perhaps you'll use some herbs and pour it over pasta, for a new twist on "lazy pasta night"? Maybe you're no fan of that idea. Well then, how about making pesto right in your own home? Those tiny bottles in the grocery are never as good as the stuff as you can get in a nice restaurant, and they can be damned pricey for such mediocre flavour. Make it yourself, and be amazed! Or what about hummus? You can use a method by Kenji Lopez-Alt over at SeriousEats to make tahini sauce with garlic and lemon that makes for a FANTASTIC base for the best hummus of your life (made with, I suggest, the best on the market, and available also here on Amazon: Soom Foods Pure Ground Sesame Tahini 11oz (2 Pack) )! Sabra has got NOTHING on homemade hummus. There's also the sheer joy of buying nuts in bulk, knowing that you're saving quite a bit of money tossing them into your food processor to get chopped rather than buying them pre-chopped. Or you can quickly chop toppings for a salad. There's a lot of chopping this thing can handle that you might not care to handle yourself! Or, how about this: the best homemade ice cream you've ever had? It's simple; make your custard-style base (I recommend Jeni Britton Bauer's method, Google it or pick up her book here: Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home ), freeze it overnight in a big gallon freezer bag laid out flat, and the next day, break it into pieces to throw into your food processor. Then you can whip it to a gorgeous creamy state, add in some flavourings, pour into an ice cream container, and freeze; voila! The best homemade ice cream you've EVER had - guaranteed better than storebought, that's for sure, and a lot healthier, since you're in total control of what goes in it. :) And I'm sure before I even began to write this review, you had your own ideas. Nut butters? Certainly! How about dough? It can do it! Grating cheese? Well, I prefer an old-fashioned box grater, but if you're tired of washing that ol' beast, absolutely, go for one of these! There's just so many wonderful things you can do with this gorgeous machine; and it's outrageously simple to handle. I've seen a great many food processors in family homes; they're awkward, they're cumbersome, and they're very noisy. This isn't whisper-silent, but I can safely use it all hours of the night without losing a finger or waking my sleeping household. Now, I must confess I've had precisely one point of frustration with it since I bought it: I opened it up, threw in an ingredient, put the top back on, hit the "ON" button, and.. nothing. I was dumbfounded. Why isn't this brand new machine working? Turns out, it was a safety feature! I hadn't secured the top, so it didn't come on. And thank goodness! I would've had a big mess on my hands. Knowing that it will simply not turn on if I don't have the top fastened on correctly is a comfort to me; I can get to work and not worry about double-checking that I've put everything back in place just so, and I can trust little ones to put things into it without worrying that they'll get over-excited to turn it on and send ingredients flying around my kitchen! And it's so simple to put together and take apart once you take a few minutes to handle it first-hand. This is a wonderful machine to aid the home cook, and I believe if you've made it this far in my review, you know I'm right. You deserve this. It'll take a special position in your kitchen, just like a KitchenAid; in fact, a KitchenAid and this food processor have a constant presence on my countertop. If you love to cook, and you love to explore new techniques and recipes, then I beg of you; do yourself a big favour and get this today!

I ordered this as a gift for my daughter in Kansas. I live in Idaho. Cuisinart sent only the base, the dough lid, a stem mounted cutter, and the center stem. No directions, no blade, no bowl, no lid, no chute, no pusher. Because it was a gift, my daughter didn't tell me most of it was missing. I only discovered that it was useless 18 months later when she asked me what mandolin to buy to cut veggies. I asked her why she was not using her Cuisinart? That's when I discovered Cuisinart sent her only a few random parts and completely ripped me off for the price of a complete unit with extra accessories. I've been forced to buy aftermarket and used parts in the last month to make the crooked Cuisinart ripoff a complete unit at the cost of $100 above the full price I paid Cuisinart for a complete unit with accessories. And these parts I having to aftermarket are obsolete that are old old parts like the two tab lid and bowl assembly when they are four tab now. So a Cuisinart style screwing I got. More like being cheated on by Cuisinart. Customer/Supplier loyalty just left the building. I had been a loyal Cuisinart customer for 40 years. That just ended. Buyer beware. In the future, I'll find an honest competitor. Good machines if they don't steal your money and send you a few miscellaneous things. If Cuisinart made cars, my daughter would have got a box of junk being an engine, a trunk lid, a front wheel and a drive line for the price and photo and sale of a complete new car. I bought and paid for a complete unit with all the bells and whistles like the photo and description. Classic bait and switch. I can only guess that Cuisinart must have noticed that my billing address was in Idaho, my purchase was a gift going to Kansas, and they had some incomplete box of random parts they needed to unload on some unsuspecting sucker. Well they did and got that incomplete box of junk paid for by an unsuspecting and trusting sucker, me, and Cuisinart unloaded and sent that box of random junk off to my daughter. She wondered why I sent her a box of random junk, but didn't have the heart to ask why I ordered her a box of random junk instead of a useful complete machine. Not only do I pay full price for a box of random junk, I have my daughter wondering why I sent her an incomplete box of useless random junk as her birthday gift? Nicely done Cuisinart. Fool me once shame on you; Fool me twice shame on me. My 40 years of being your loyal - read gullible - customer just ended. As The Who put it, "I won't be fooled again."