Cuisinart - 14 Cup Food Processor FP-1400

Cuisinart pro 14c especially for nut butters

14c is the standard has been around forever and recipes that use a food processor (pie dough and such) assume 14c

Cuisinart 14cup It’s a classic and a beast Get the vitamix immersion blender to replace your big blender no food processor will work well as s blender too

You should probably specify a budget. I have a vitamix, at least 15 years old now, and love it. It can blend anything and if the blending gets too hot, it kicks in a safety switch that turns it off. Probably what gives it its longevity. But it’s a $500 blender. I like my Cuisinart 14 cup. Also quite expensive at $250. But I cook every meal at home. I use the blender every day and I use the food processor every time I meal prep, at least once a week. Edit: I looked up the wattage. The food processor I use is 750 watts. The vitamix is about 1500.

Agreed. My 14 cup is going on 23 years old. It's not even that hard to clean compared to some others. And it's never once jumped around on the counter while being used, I'd wait for the 14 cup sale also.

I've been using the 14-cup Cuisinart for a few years now and I do have issues with smaller batches of things. Sometimes it will just fling everything onto the sides and it never makes its way back to the blades, which is really annoying. No matter how much I scrape, it just flings it all onto the sides. I think being able to start at the lowest speed and work my way up would be helpful in this case. I have learned to use my food processor attachment that came with my immersion blender instead for these smaller batches. It's great for normal/larger batches though, and I don't see any need for a speed adjustment in this case.

Cuisinart 14 cup. Nice capacity and the short pulse allows for good texture without completely liquifying everything.

I have a Cuisinart 3 cup mini-prep processor and the Cuisinart 14 cup model. I use the small one about 10 times more than the big one, though I'm glad I have both. It's just my wife and me in our household, so the small one works for 90% of our needs. The big one is indispensable for pie crusts and larger parties, like Thanksgiving. The fact that neither one has variable speeds is not an issue at all. The Breville processors are quite a bit more expensive than the Cuisinart, and I've never found a job the Cuisinart wasn't up to. I'd say it's the industry standard, certainly the one that most cooking shows, like America's Test Kitchen, use.

Cuisinart is the benchmark for a reason. I’ve had my 14-cup model for about 10 years at this point, never regretted it.

I have both. I think you’d be happy with either machine.

The Breville one I got, I was able to add additional blades. The dicing blades are very cool. The Breville one feels more powerful and smoother. I think you’d be happy with either one. If I had to pick one it would probably be the Breville. When I was considering purchasing the Breville I watched a lot of YouTube video reviews to help me decide in case that is of any help to you. Happy to answer any specific questions you have.

Either machine can do any food processing task you throw at them. The motor power is noticeably better with the Breville. The Breville has a blade specifically for dough; it does just fine with dough. The Breville has optional blades for making diced cubes of vegetables that are not an option with the Cuisinart.

I bought the same one in 1995 for $50 on clearance at Mervyn's Department Store. 30 years later you have to fiddle with the lid to get it to lock on. Picked up a NIB 7-cup pro classic for $20 at Goodwill last Thursday. Now I have one set up to chop and the other to grate. I'm living the life here lemme tell you.

To tell the truth, I rarely use the upright jar blender. Mostly i use an immersion blender. But I'm not a smoothie person. Get the 14 cup Cuisinart food processor. That's going to take most of the budget.