Has anyone recently purchased a new mini food processor that is any good?

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karennoca

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My wonderful Cuisinart Mini Prep Plus lost a piece to the bowl and it no longer locks into the locking position. It was heavy, shiny chrome, well made, and rather quiet for the applications I used it for. It is still usable, but leaks. I decided to call Cuisinart Customer Service, gave them my model and serial number. They assured me they could replace the bowl. It arrived and was too tall for my unit and could not fit into the locking dock. I sent it back.

I was in Costco and saw the same unit, so I bought it even though the reviews were less than excellent, thinking maybe some folks were just complainers, but did notice the good reports were from six or more years back. I was shocked as I unpacked it, out came a piece of plastic crap, very light (how does this thing stay in place while working) not chrome, but a dull grey, plastic finish. I plugged it in and almost ran out of the room with the high pitched squeal, it was so loud - there was no way I was going to damage my ears with that piece of junk. What a disappointment. I took it back the next day, and am back where I started. I would love to replace it.

 
almost identical experience

I had an older mini and my wife on one of her purges just got rid of it without consulting me a few years back. Since then I have been without a food processor at all. And since I've got a bad reputation (learned that fingertips can actually regrow) with the Mandolin, I'm banned from using them.

I got the full size cuisinart at Costco recently and was also really disappointed. Like you said, it almost feels like a toy it is so light. I like the spiralizer but I wonder how durable any of these parts or the machine will be. I saved the box and will probably take it back which is a nice thing about Costco.

 
I got a 12 cup cuisinart for christmas and the thing weighs a ton. . .

It lives permanently on my countertop. The plastic container seems very sturdy. I should try grating some Pecorino Romano I have in the fridge. Great for bread dough but I need to try it for other things. The basic blade is sharper than h*** too; I don't have a dough blade.

I think the cheapening of the Cuisinart mini preps started a while back. I purchased mine, oh, about 5-7 years ago (?). It has been decent, but I cannot say I have used it very much; not even 1 time a month. I noticed recenly that it has cracks in the plastic that holds the blade. Kinda weird, but I must've processed something hard, like carrots, in too big of pieces--or was it parmesan? Disappointing, as I am sure it would have crapped faster out had I used it more frequently. The motor is still willing but the blade is weakening.

I love my toaster, a Sunbeam of about (at least) 45 years of age. It is the type that automatically lowers the bread and then auto-raises it slowly; it has some type of infra-red something or other to give an accurate toast. And it toasts fast so you get truly toasted bread: brown on the outside but still softer bread on the inside, if you so desire.

My toaster is wonderful, and I highly recommend it but they are getting to be pricey "antiques". It is starting to have troubles detecting when bread is dropped in the "one slice" slot, but I have figured out a couple of little tricks to wake the slice detector up, so we are still using it, though I must give "toaster lessons" to anyone who has not used it before, especially if the bread does not lower at first drop.

Yes, my ancient toaster works, but I do have two back-ups of the same model in storage. . . don't tell my husband. . . ! And I gave my sister one of the same models as she loves mine. She doesn't use it much because she has no counter space and doesn't eat much toast. So I guess I have triple-redundancy for a toaster failure in a toaster emergency!

 
I am truly hoping that my ancient food processor never dies

It goes back to prehistoric times and is a Sunbeam Le Chef.
It is the most faithful work horse in my kitchen and I shudder at the thought of having t replace it.

I do have a Cuisinart combination blender/ mini food processor and they work really well, but do sound like I have a jet plane taking off in my kitchen.

 
Mini is Oster. Not that great, but works for crumbs, etc. For smaller items I use a coffee grinder.

Full size is 37-year old Cuisinart.

 
Seems to be the case with

well...that wasn't supposed to happen.

seems to be the case with new appliances. My old Cusinart needs a crane to get it onto the counter now. Didn't seem like that 20 years ago; how did it get heavier? But I would love to have a replacement bowl for it.

I have a mini bowl for my 1970 Oster blender, that is so handy. Its bowl also needs to be replaced but disgustingly, I used crazy glue to mend it. I'm still alive.

I'm with Judy, confident but just keeping fingers crossed that the old heavy-duty motors will carry on. It's the hard plastic bowls that are the problems. The dishwasher is quite the destructive element in this process. Had I not been putting the Cuisinart bowl into the dishwasher, I know it would have fit perfectly today.

 
And my upper cabinets are somehow out of reach -

did the kitchen fairies renovate while I slept? Thank goodness for step stools and dedicated counter space smileys/wink.gif Colleen

 
I did for "2 cents" at Kohl's! All plastic - except the blade smileys/wink.gif

Toastmaster for $5. Works great for lightweight processing - dishwasher safe. Highly disposable but appropriately priced. Colleen

 
I just ordered replacement parts for my 40 year old Cuisinart DLC7 base. They are hard to

find and expensive. I sure hope they fit well and the purchase isn't a mistake. That machine was one of the first and it is so heavy and sturdy compared to the newer versions.

 
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