Hamilton Beach 10 Cup Food Processor with Compact Storage

 (7 customer reviews)

I happened to find this food processor on sale at Target. I have owned only 3 food processors in the 18 years of my marriage, this one being my third. The first was a hand-me-down, a Cuisinart that was probably from the 1980's. I didn't use it daily because I found it not very reliable. Things would get caught in the blade when chopping, or stuff would leak over the middle part below the bowl, or cheese would cause the shredder appliance to stop all together, and it was hard to clean. The second one was a cheap loss-leader Black Friday buy that wasn't even worth the $20 I paid for it. So, I was accustomed to not even using a food processor for everyday cooking when I bought this Hamilton Beach processor. Several things made me buy it: the sale price ($39), the Hamilton Beach brand (my mother used this brand for mixers when I was growing up in the '60's,) and the fact that it had a simple, not-too-complicated interface. (I think too many features leads to repair needs.) Well, I could...Read more

This past summer I bought the Hamilton Beach 10-Cup Food Processor for making home made salsa. I make it in very large batches, almost one gallon per batch, giving away some of it to friends or family. I like that the switch is on/off/pulse only, it works so quickly that I wouldn't want to set it to running and then walk away from it, only to find that my chopped onions or bell peppers are now liquefied- I only use it in pulse mode. The motor is very powerful and the chopping blade very aggressive; I have not had it bog down at all even when chopping onion and other dense vegetables. A friend bought the same machine on my recommendation and he's been very happy with it as well.

We got this yesterday and in that short time, we have used it for minced parsley for paella (better than anything I ever did), sliced dandelion greens for a lentil salad (again, beats me), all the components for a szechuan hot garlic sauce, the shredded carrots and chopped onions and lettuce for a large batch of potstickers - everything worked like a charm. I have made large batches of pesto in the past to freeze but it has been painful. I foresee a much happier basil harvest and many more vegetables in our future. Lovely machine.