I need a new food processor....the blade just broke...I had a kitchen aid before, this one was a

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marsha-tbay

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wolfgang puck model from home shopping. It has a powerful motor, I've happy with it. Today I was mixing heavy 'cookie' dough with nuts and seeds, dried fruits....it was really given a work out and the blade broke. Before this I put a few things in at a time but didn't even think about that today.

What processor do you like? Looking on finer kitchens I see Bosch, I didn't even know they had one. Consumer seems to rate kitchen aid and cuisinart about in the same league.

looking on finer kitchens they have the metal cuisinart with an induction motor with sounds better to me......what are your thoughts?

 
Here's Cook's Illustrated opinion, Marsha...

The winning food processor from our November/December 2004 test, the KitchenAid Professional 670 (model KFP670, $279.99), has been discontinued. In its place are two larger models--and they cost less. We brought them into the kitchen for a test run. Both the 12-Cup Ultra Wide Mouth Food Processor (model KTA KFP760, $229.95) and the 12-Cup Food Processor (model KTA KFP750, $199.95) performed as well as our discontinued winner--and better than our original runners-up--in core tasks such as chopping, pureeing, and making pie and bread dough. The difference came down to the size of the feed tube. Ironically, the larger tube (that is, the Ultra Wide Mouth) was more limiting in terms of what we could process, thanks to the safety interlock system, a plastic "pusher" that guides the food down the tube and activates the power switch. For example, a large russet potato will fit into the large tube but must be laid on its side for the pusher to engage the slicer. Not a deal breaker, but the regular-size feed tube on the regular 12-Cup Food Processor (which is 2 inches by 3 inches) doesn't have that nagging safety feature; what's more, it costs less.

 
I'm very unhappy with my newer Cuisinart. They're not what they used to be. Can you replace

your blade? Maybe culinaryparts.com would have it.

 
Thanks Charlie & Joe...I ordered theKitchen Aid mentioned, Charlie. Joe, found out someone else who

had the machine I had, had many blade replacements on her machine. So I decided not to bother staying with this machine. I've already thrown it out.

 
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