Help! I just burned out my food processor!
After 25 years my trusty Cuisinart just bite the dust. I use a processor a lot for baking but now that I need to get a new one I'm remembering all those commercials showing all kinds of bell and whistles on the newer ones - blending and mixing, although I mostly use a stick blender these days. And I always think it's easier to use my knife to chop things than clean a processor bowl later...so - before I go order another Cuisinart - the 2011 ( i think ) got good review from Comsumer Reports, but anyone like the KitchenAid?
Thanks, I need to do this right away, because I'm on the hook for a wedding cake in two weeks!
onthelam
Nov 06, 2009 01:47PM
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Hope this doesn't mean my DLC Suoer Pro 1984 vintage is about to bite the dust too. Cook's Illustrated gave the KA one their highest recommendation in this month's issue - and it comes with a small bowl that fits in the main one for storage. If I had to I would get either the KA or the great big new Cuisinart (also has the small bowl).
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I don't actually own this but it looks really cool. It's a new cuisinart model called the cuisinart elite. Check out these links:
The 16 cup version sold by williams-sonoma: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/9968082/?catalogId=90&bnrid=3180501&cm_ven=Shopping&cm_cat=Froogle&cm_pla=default&cm_ite=default
The 14 and 12 cup versions on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-FP-14...
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Yikes onthelam, same thing happened to my 30-year old 14-cup Cuisinart while I was grinding peanut butter last year! Over the years, I had replaced the bowl a couple of times and a blade or two, but I thought the motor would last forever.....I guess they all self-destruct after 25 to 30 years. Since I had just replaced the bowl not two months before, and that was not cheap, I ended up replacing my Cuisinart with their new stainless steel 14-cup model which takes the same size bowl and blades as my original DLC-7 model. I used a 20 percent off coupon from Bed Bath and Beyond and the final price for the replacement was $140.
Frankly, the newer model doesn't seem to be the same quality as the original. I doubt this one will last 5 years, let alone 30 years that my original one did.
The Wolfgang Puck processor on HSN allegedly has a much more powerful motor.and seems to have more versatility. I don't know if it's any good, but it's a lot cheaper.
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