KitchenAid9 Cup Food Processor - KFP0921

I would buy this particular food processor and size again! I love this excellent and quick food processor, and the many things it can do so easily. The parts change out quickly and are intuitive for you to add/change out. The bright red is a fun addition to my kitchen counter and doesn't take up a lot of space. It's fast, sturdy, and very quiet compared to my former food processor. This makes cooking preparation fun, quick, and much easier!

My older model broke and while I don't use a food processor all that often, the times I do make it worth it to have one and I'd prefer a decent model over some cheap version that won't perform. My older model was a 13 cup bowl that actually had several bowls nested inside so you could either do the whole 13 cups or size down. These new configurations just have the one bowl. The older models had a box for the accessories; this one has everything stored on board. And that's nice for storage, but it is like a puzzle putting it all back together. They do give you several diagrams showing you how to put it all back, but it is slightly tricky at first. Instead of sliding around to come on and off, the cover pops open and can be taken off the base by pulling on the hinge side.I've used it twice so far, once to pulverize cookies to use as a pie crust and another time to chop roasted vegetables to make salsa. Both turned out great. The pulse is nice and steady and did both jobs equally well. There was no leakage and I think part of that is due to the new design where the bowl snaps down into place rather than sliding back and forth to lock. Also, the new "nut" in the middle of the bowl to hold the chopping blades is sealed so it would be harder for liquids to get inside and eventually leak out.I wasn't unhappy with the older model but this is a nice upgrade. Most of the parts go in the dishwasher but you wash the blades by hand (as always). Takes up vertical space in the cupboard but since all the accessories are on board, you're only taking up that space.

I wasn't very confident about the mixing function to prepare cakes for example, but it's actually really good. I've trying making a pudding and the eggs mixed very well. For the size, functions and price this is all I was looking for, perfect!

I have used this amazing small food processor for a few months, and overall, I am satisfied with it's operation and it works for most of its intended functions. This was a low-cost alternative to me and for it's price, it performs ok.On the plus side, this little processor does most of what it was designed to do extremely well. It's quick to set up, easy to break down and store. It is quick to process the foods it's assigned. This processor is aloso really quiet compared to our old blender, and even our newer smoothie mixer. I really think it is doing it's job well.On the negative side, however, it is not capable of doing a good job with a full-size bread recipe. You might be able to get away with fixing non-yeast breads and other types of batter-type breads in it, but when it comes to yeasted breads, the dough is just too stiff in it. It not only bounced all over the place and caused a ruckus, but even after holding it down (for 15 minutes) so I could proceed with my recipe, its bread paddle kept coming loose and sliding up the pole where it was of no use to mixing the bread itself. A second, but lesser downfall is if you have typical over-the-counter cupboards, the processor is too tall to store under them when it is fully assembled. I do not have lower storage available so I leave larger appliances on one part of my counter and this processor was too tall. I have to store it with the food intake slid behind it vs on top.I believe if you're looking for a mixer that can do bread, it would be best to stick with the wide-based stand mixers rather than this tall, but otherwise efficient, model of food processor. It is just too tall and too narrow to make yeast breadWould I buy it again... yes, because it does most of what it was designed to do. I very rarely make bread anyhow :)

I currently own a larger Cuisinart food processor which is quite heavy and difficult to use. Particularly when you need to attach and detach the food prep bowl. This KitchenAid processor is about half the weight of my current one, and the lid and bowl are very easy to attach and empty. The capacity is still large enough that I feel it fit my needs for years to come. The only part I see that could be improved upon at this time is the locking mechanism for the lid, it seems cheaply made and possibly easy to break. Hopefully time will prove me wrong.