Black & Decker FP2500S Wide-Mouth Food Processor-500 Watts, Stainless Steel

First I am not a professional cook nor do I strive to be. I assume that anyone reading reviews for a Black and Decker food processor are in the same boat. I just enjoy cooking and preparing healthy, and usually easy, meals for my family.

Out of the box I was pretty impressed with the unit. The base is solid and heavy and each piece, albeit most plastic, feel substantial as well. So without delay I will list the pros and cons I see with this unit:

PROS

- Looks good sitting on the counter, no reason to hide it (unless you ARE a professional chef).
- Every little nook and cranny that can get food in it is accessible through the dishwasher or hand washing.
- Safety feature of needing to lock the workbowl AND the wide-mouth attachment for the unit to operate is a nice feature for those of use with kids.
- 10-cup size is ample to prevent overloading
- Workbowl fits snug into base once locked and the teeth on the base have...Read more

This is a really great little food processor. We've used it for mostly basic tasks, such as dip-making with a dash of vegetable slicing. It's got a lot of power behind it, handling hummus and guacamole with ease. All the components are fairly sturdy and seem like they'll hold up to fairly frequent use well.

The only reason that it's not getting 5 stars is a lack of speed control; it's on/off and pulse. It's not a game breaker by any means, but it'd be nice to have.

Bought this about a year ago on sale at Target. Never owned a food processor before and thought I got one over buying this one at a sale. I have to say, this food processor does a great job. The safety locking mechanism is a great feature. You can't run the food processor until the bowl, lid and top feeder have aligned in the lock position. The motor is pretty good, and the blades are SHARP (I handwash them using a large sponge and keep my fingers away from those.) I have gratered cheese, pureed soups, shredded carrots with no problems... until today. I was gratering hard cheese (cheddar), which I cut into small pieces and had sitting at room temp for close to an hour (as instructions state) while I did other prep work. When I went to take apart the bowl, I realized that the large removable plastic pin in the middle of the cup had a crack. Unfortunately this pin interacts wih the motor, slide though the cup and attaches to the gratering disc, dough kneader, blades- necessary for...Read more