Cuisinart Food Processor 14-Cup Vegetable Chopper for Mincing, Dicing, Shredding, Puree & Kneading Dough, Navy Stainless Steel, DFP-14BCNYCB

I’ve owned the Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor for more than 33 years, and it’s still performing as well today as when I first brought it home. That’s one of the highest compliments I can give any kitchen appliance. The first time I used it, I actually struggled getting the lid to lock — I pressed ‘on’ and nothing happened. I’m not usually a read-the-manual type 😂, but I finally checked the directions: you align the lid, push down, turn it left to lock, then turn it back right before pressing on. I did all that… and it still didn’t work. Turns out the real issue was that I hadn’t plugged it into the wall 😂. Once I plugged it into the wall, I’ve never had an issue since If you’re looking for one kitchen appliance that will truly earn its place on your countertop, this is it. As a chef, it’s not just another gadget, it’s an essential tool in my home kitchen. Like my KitchenAid mixer, it has become a permanent fixture because I reach for it almost every time I cook. Over the years, this food processor has dramatically reduced my prep time while delivering consistent, professional-quality results. I regularly use it to slice vegetables, shred cheese, chop onions, knead pizza and bread dough, make flaky pie crusts, prepare fresh pasta dough, purée soups and sauces, blend hummus, pesto, salsa, homemade mayonnaise, emulsify salad dressings, grind toasted nuts, make fresh breadcrumbs, and crush graham crackers or cookies for dessert crusts. It has handled thousands of batches over the years with dependable performance. One of my favorite chef tips is making vibrant basil oil. Many people end up with brown basil oil because heat and oxidation quickly dull its beautiful green color. Simply chill the bowl and blade before processing, then pulse fresh basil with olive oil. For an even brighter result, quickly blanch the basil first. Little techniques like this are where a quality food processor really shines. Another reason I love this machine is its versatility. I often finely chop mushrooms or zucchini and blend them into sauces, soups, meatballs, or meatloaf to add flavor and extra vegetables without changing the texture. If I run out of powdered sugar while baking, I simply process granulated sugar into a fine powder in seconds. During the holidays, it’s indispensable for grinding toasted nuts, preparing fillings, shredding vegetables, and handling larger batches with ease. The powerful 720-watt motor combined with the generous 14-cup capacity makes meal prep faster, easier, and more enjoyable. Whether I’m making flaky pie dough, silky hummus, creamy dressings, or fresh pesto, I know exactly what kind of results I’ll get every time. It consistently produces even textures while saving an incredible amount of time in the kitchen. As a chef, I rely on quality equipment because consistency matters. After more than 33 years of regular use, this is one of the rare home kitchen appliances that continues to deliver professional-level results every time I use it. After more than three decades with mine, I recently purchased this same model as a gift because I know firsthand how dependable it is. That’s probably the strongest recommendation I can give. If mine ever stopped working tomorrow after 33 years of faithful service, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy another Cuisinart. Five stars without hesitation.

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!

This is a very sturdy, very powerful and very quiet food processor. I think it’s the third food processor I’ve owned. I am enjoying the larger bowl size for sure. So far I have used it to make pico de gallo and shredded cabbage for coleslaw and cut onions for hotdogs. It did a great job for all of it. I used the chopping blade for the pico de Gallo and the onions. And I used the shredding disk attachment for the cabbage for the slaw. At first, I couldn’t get it to turn on, ☺️ but, that’s because I had the feeder tube too full for the metal spine on the back of the pusher to completely engage the safety feature. The biggest drawback I see is the way the safety feature on the lid is designed. The safety mechanism is sort of open but at the same time closed if that makes any sense. It’s open enough for stuff to get in there and closed enough for you to have a hard time getting food particles out. You may want to just check and be sure that there’s no food particles On the metal safety spine on the food pusher that you’ll push down into the safety channel on the lid. Otherwise, you will play the game of rinsing and turning it upside down and swishing it/ flipping while holding the white thingy open until you can get the food particle to come out of it. There may be a trick to this I haven’t figured out yet. So far, I really like this processor, And, the prices for extra attachments on the Cuisinart website are very, very competitive with free shipping.

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!!!!

It’s simple to use and great machine Had one years ago and bowl deteriorated and I never thought at time to get a bowl

We have ordered the Cuisinart food processor to replace a Kitchenaid processor we bought 8 months ago to replace our 15 year old food processor made by Kitchenaid. Let me tell you, all recent Kitchenaid food processor are flimsy, under-powered and hard to clean products. This Cuisinart is food processor is just like our old Kitchenaid. It is heavy, yeah, powerful and SIMPLE to operate. It comes with one blade and two disk. That is it and that is all we need. Why bother with countless disks and attachments you never use that require complex adjustments of flimsy plastic. Not useful. This food processor is simple, elegantly retro, solid and powerful So glad we bought it. If you look for a food processor built like they used to be built 15 years ago this is the one. Other recent Cuisinart models are not as good as this old model so trust this old design. I think it will last us another 15 years. The motor is also super quiet with a satisfying humming when it run.

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.

La adquirí hace 3 meses y hasta ahora ha funcionado muy bien. Es lo que esperaba,

Excelente producto. Fácil de ensamblar y buena capacidad