Cuisinart Custom 14 vs KitchenAid 3.5 Cup Food Chopper

Specifically the Cuisinart 14 cup. I make pie dough, pizza dough, pate a choux, etc. with a food processor. It makes things super quick and easy, and the Cuisinart is super quiet compared to other food processors out there

It's the perfect size and does a FABULOUS job doing what I need it to do. The thing I love the most is that it saves me SOOOO much time! I can chop a week's worth of veggies in 10-15 minutes. It's so FAST! And cleanup is a breeze. For the easiest cleaning, do not allow food to dry onto it

We started a plant-based lifestyle and realized quickly that we needed a 14 cup capacity processor! My mom had this Cuisinart in the 80’s and used it frequently. So I knew Cuisinart was the way to go & we are happy with that decision!

I SUPPOSE - if you took out the blade assembly - you MIGHT be able to fit 3 1/2 cups of AIR in the thing, but thats a ridiculous way to measure. Who uses a food processor without a blade? I didn't expect to get 3 1/2 cups of usable capacity, but I really didn't expect this to top out at less than 2 1/2. The instructions list the capacity as: up to 1.5 cups of liquids / emulsions up to 2

The chopping/mixing/dough blade sits too high in the 14-cup work bowl of the new model, which results in incomplete and inadequate mixing of certain foods. The s-blade of my old Cuisinart food processor rested flat in its bowl. In the new 14-cup model, for example, blending flour, butter, and milk together for a quiche crust has resulted in overly wet and lumpy mixtures that require additional adjusting outside of the mixing bowl (a problem I never had with my old Cuisinart food processor). When making salsa in the new Cuisinart, large pieces of vegetables are left unincorporated because the chopping/mixing/dough blade rests too high in the work bowl

I have a lot of KitchenAid appliances and it’s unfortunate that something like a chopper can make you second guess further purchases. I liked using it, but I guess it’s now useless.

This bad boy has some power and is sharp! Me and my wife meal prep and we use this to chop our onions and slice our carrots. It comes with everything you will need and makes cutting veggies easy. We were able to cut 4 large peppers for fajitas into thin slices in about 20 seconds. This will cut down your prep time and make your life simpler!

I love this chopper - no need to bring out the big one for smaller items - lots of power!

I no longer have to process my falafel mix and many other recipes in batches. But small batches work fine as long as they aren't tiny. I made about a ...

it isn’t large enough for lots of tasks. For example, if you plan to make pie dough in the food processor, this size will not suffice unless you don’t mind dividing your recipe in 2. Most recipes make 2 crusts and while you may be able to force all of the butter and flour inside, it ends up too crowded to actually pulse it and blend the flour and butter (or shortening) together. I thought I’d be able to make pie crust and am disappointed that I have to split each recipe in half and can only make one pie crust at a time