Cuisinart Food Processor, 14-Cup Vegetable Food Chopper for Mincing, Dicing, Shredding, Puree & Kneading Dough, 720-Watt Motor, Stainless Steel, DFP-14BCNY | Mince, dice & shred with this stainless steel food processor, 1 blade, 2 discs, dishwasher-safe parts, DFP-14BCNY

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.

"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!

Just received it and thus far it’s great and solid . The package was missing the spatula which Cuisinart is shipping. Great addition to our kitchen. Manual is poorly written .

Certainly the most powerful, clean, and efficient food processor I have ever used. I regret the time spent just cleaning the cheaper ones I tried. If you are considering this one, I highly recommend the Youtube video from, Food Processors Equipment Review - Cook's Illustrated - Cuisinart Custom 14 Food Processor. Even so, it is not quite perfect. Pros. If it proves dependable, it is certainly worth the Amazon price of, at this writing, $145.39. Motor reasonably quiet, well balanced, and surfaces smooth and easy to clean. Blade reaches almost to the edge of the container; almost nothing escapes it. Powerful enough to knead dough easily. Locking mechanism has easily cleaned cavities. Slicing and grating discs heavy and well-balanced. (See “Cons” below.) Cons Grating disc cutters are blunt-edged, essentially square edged; they should have been sharpened. (Cheaper processors seem to use thinner metal, my old one measured 0.020” thick, thus much sharper; this one is 0.045” thick.) Lacks simple cover for use with blade. Instead, one has to use the complicated chopper lid with chutes, pushers, and the associated, intricate, fragile power lockout mechanism. These “Rube Goldberg” safety features are intricate, fragile, and an insult to the user. To wit: Fragile, slender, 2.5” “T-beam” affixed to a molded protrusion on the back of the food chute on the lid enters a T-slot at the top of a tube molded on the back of the container, and its angled end deflects a roller. The roller, attached to a metal stamping hinged inside the tube, upon defection, causes the stamping to pivot, forcing a bar at the opposite end of the stamping to move downward. The bar on the hinged stamping pushes a spring-loaded rod, centered inside a small tube by a black (rubber/plastic?) bushing, to move downward, pushing on a plastic flapper hinged at the bottom of the tube on the back of the food chute. The flapper is pressed downward, and a molded ridge on the flapper enters a matching slot on a tube molded to the back of the container, where it presses down on a spring-loaded rod that exits a hole at the bottom of the tube to protrude below the bottom of the container and engage a safety switch in a cavity on the top of the motor. Though the opportunities for foreign objects to enter this complicated mechanism are minimal, they are nonetheless real. It’s only a matter of time before some aspect of this mechanism fails. The weakest component likely the T-beam at the back of the pusher slot. This component is highly vulnerable to breaking at its attachment to the protrusion at the top of the chute. For that reason alone, the Youtube video from Cook's Illustrated, which was the most convincing, and seemingly objective, review/comparison I found, now seems a bit suspect - no mention of the safety mechanism. That could be a good thing, but I wonder. My guess is this lockout mechanism will soon be re-engineered to a more reasonable configuration, rendering this model obsolete, and I doubt that when that happens, this model will be recalled. Even so, I suppose I will keep it; all other aspects seem excellent.

This thing rocks!!! It’s now an essential in my kitchen and I have wanted one for so long. Got it on prime day!! If you get a chance definitely buy it.

This is my 3rd food processor over the last 40 years and by far my favorite one!! I waited several months before writing this review because I wanted to see how it would do with our fresh garden veggies. It is extremely quiet and powerful which makes chopping basil leaves, grating cabbage, mincing veggies, etc. a breeze. It is also super easy to take food with a rubber spatula because there isn't a "lip" where food gets trapped. Cleaning the processor is also quick and easy. I am no longer aggravated when using my food processor!!!!

[Update] After using this item for a few months, I've found it quite good. However, there are two major issues which I hope Cuisinart can fix in the next model. First, the safety locking mechanism is pretty complicated making it difficult to clean. The lid and bowl both have a small hollow column which houses the shaft that comprises the safety locking mechanism. These elements are very annoying to clean if anything gets inside. I've found this to be more and more of a downside every time I wash it. Second, and this was a surprising and more serious issue, but I was recently finely grinding about 2 cups of lean meat for beef meatballs, and occasionally the blade would jump out of the shaft, stop moving, and get stuck. Most likely some meat got lodged under the blade and caused it to lift up. This caused the blade to cut a deep scratch in the bowl. Unlike some other models there is no spindle or other mechanism to hold the blade in place. It's only held in place by the tight fit between the shaft and the blade. If this keeps happening I think eventually it will damage the bowl/blade beyond repair. I'm not even sure if any plastic got in the food. Although this happened with meat, I'd imagine it might happen with any similar thicker food. With the locking mechanism for the safety lid being so complex, maybe some better locking mechanism could be created for the blade. [Intro] I’ve always wondered if I really needed a food processor since I already have a stand mixer and blender, but with the reviews of the Cuisinart Custom being so good, I decided to give it a try. [Build Quality] The base is very heavy and feels very sturdy. The plastic used in the blade assembly is also very dense and hefty (this unit came with the improved blade that won’t crack). The motor is very high quality as it’s insanely quiet in operation compared to any kitchen appliance I’ve used. I have seen reviews showing cracked units, so I’ll update if I encounter that. Most of the unit is made of plastic, except for the thin brushed metal wrapped around the base. Measurements: The large chute measures 4.5 in x 3 in. The small chute has a 2 in diameter. The bowl interior has a 7 in diameter, and is 5 in high. The entire bowl is 10 in at the widest (including handle and locking mechanism), and 9.5 in high including the chute. The base is 10.5in x 8 in x 5.5 in (L x W x H), and the post is 2.8 in high. The lower blade is about 1 mm from the bottom of the bowl, and there’s about 2-3 mm of clearance from the blade tips to the edge of the bowl. [Features] The unit comes with the base, blade, container, large pusher, small pusher, medium slicing attachment, medium shredding attachment, and spatula. It’s disappointing it doesn’t come with an adjustable slicing blade or dicing kit like the 13-cup Cuisinart Elemental, but that one is not reviewed as well. I don’t think such options are even available for this model. I hope Cuisinart can release a bundle with this machine and accessories similar to the Elemental in the future. Buttons: This has an on button that stays depressed when pressed, and an off/pulse button that pulses the motor and turns off the motor if on was pressed - simple and elegant. The tactile feel of the buttons is quite nice, and their large size and travel is very helpful compared to tiny touch buttons or a touch screen, especially if your hands are a bit greasy/wet from working with food. [Use] Chopping: Although it doesn’t dice, it does chop food quite uniformly, as long as you don’t overload the container with large chunks. The motor has a braking function after you let go of the button that immediately stops the blade so you’ll never over-process. It’s a lot better than my blender, which doesn’t stop immediately. It’s also harder to take food out of the blender and clean since it has a non-removable base. I’ve used the Cuisinart to make salsa and it excels at it. The large capacity is also great. Slicing: Slicing creates nice and even pieces and food rarely gets left on top of the disc. It’s insanely fast at slicing vs a mandoline, but maybe not as accurate. One annoying thing is that the chute requires the pusher to be inserted to work, which prevents you from slicing longer foods without cutting them. Shredding: Shredding is as good as slicing. It gives great results and is especially useful for hard but slippery foods like beets or potatoes (for making borscht and hash browns). Compared to a box grater, it’s a lot faster and you won’t mix any of your blood with the food. I also can’t shred at all with my blender or stand mixer. I’m not sure I’d shred soft stuff like cheese though, as the cleanup vs a box grater doesn’t seem worth it. Dough: Since I have a stand mixer already, I don’t really use this to mix or knead dough, since it creates a mess. I’ve used it to cut butter into flour, which it excels at compared to a stand mixer. The instruction manual warns you not to mix dough that you would have trouble kneading by hand. Meat: A special note about meat. The Cuisinart doesn’t grind meat per se, but rather purees it. However, this means it’s great for making stuff like tartare, beef meatballs for hotpot, baby food, etc. With a blender, if you try pureeing meat, you’ll get strands of collagen wrapped around the blade shaft, and it’s almost impossible to get rid of, but with the Cuisinart it’s a cinch to clean up. Nuts: This doesn’t work as well for nut butter compared to my blender. The blender is so powerful that it just outclasses the food processor on speed and creaminess of the result. I’m also worried that the blade will dull after using it a lot with nuts, while the blender’s blades are dull to begin with. Washing: I only handwash the machine. While the inside of the container and lid are very simple and have no nooks and crannies, food can definitely get stuck in the other parts. The attachment disks are crimped on the bottom edges with a deep groove that could collect food. The worst design is that the pushers have holes on the pushing side. It’s really hard to cram any scrubber into the pushers to clean these areas. The locking mechanism is also not sealed and so if you aren’t careful you could splash food into it. Assembly: Assembly is quite straightforward. I haven’t had any issues with the locking mechanism. It does have an additional feature where you cannot remove the container if the lid is locked onto the container, as the lid pushes a small rod down into the base which triggers a button that allows the motor to function. I could imagine that someone twisting the container off could possibly break this plastic rod. [Conclusion] Overall I’m quite pleased with this device and I think it deserves the top marks it’s gotten from other reviewers. Pros include quality and consistent results, very quiet operation, and good user interface design. Cons include lack of included accessories, locking mechanism of the chute, and some parts being quite difficult to clean. It definitely beats out a blender or stand mixer for quite a few applications. 4/5.

First, now that I have been educated on the nuances of using this machine, I love it. The four stars is because the manual lacks a thoroughness required for success. I resorted to a third party ‘how to’ video on YouTube in order to attach the slicing blades to the stem and also how to get the machine to run while using the large funnel hole. The machine is quiet and very powerful. The pulse option is often the only one needed. The Floral Apron site on YouTube offers a great video that covers all the trouble spots.

La amo. Es una excelente procesadora. La uso principalmente para salsas tanto líquidas como espesas. Corta zanahorias, limones, pimientos, lo que sea! He hecho también mantequilla de almendras y las trituró en segundos! Tiene una potencia excelente. Se complica un poco para lavar a mano pero es lo de menos. Hay que tener mucho cuidado con la cuchilla que es extremadamente filosa.

Me encanta su color, su forma de trabajar , los discos rallan perfecto . Es sencillo de usar, tiene gran capacidad. Lo uso para hacer salsas, picar verdura, hacer pasta. Es un aparato y una marca que desquita lo que vale.

Excelente e ideal para las cremas de semillas

Utilizo éste producto prácticamente a diario y funciona perfectamente para todo lo que ha sido necesario. Puedo recomendarlo al 100%, no hay duda alguna de la calidad del producto.

me hubiera gustado un tercer disco más fino, de ahí en fuera muy buen producto. me encanta.