Cuisinart - Elite Collection 16-Cup Food Processor

I used a food processor to teach my bagel baking classes. They work really well for dough. For classes, I’ve assembled a collection of Cuisinart 14 and 16 cup Elite Food Processors. They are discontinued as far as I know, but I found all of them on FB marketplace for under $100. I fully expect them to outlast me on this planet given my 7cup model C from the late 1980s is still going strong. The key to food processors is getting ones with an induction motor, no gears. The telltale for that is, no speeds, just on and off (and pulse) and a very heavy base. I do use a FP for dough at home, but I also have a tilt head KA stand mixer, a KA bowl lift, and an ankarsrum at home. Far too many machines that I’ve bought, in theory, to test for classes mostly. At least I can speak about them when asked! If you don’t have a need for what stand mixers do well like whipping egg whites or batters, then a FP will do well for you. For bread dough, is do the entire process in the machine. I do the same for Chinese dumpling dough, dough for scallion pancakes, even bao dough. I do use the stand mixer for har Gow dough but it’s a non-gluten dough that doesn’t need to be worked, mostly just mixed well. For breads, it really depends on my mood and type of dough. For a high hydration bread I’ll likely do that by hand. But for a sandwich loaf, I’ll use a machine. The FP is the quickest, but the ankarsrum is the easiest to clean.

I have the big momma cuisinart too. Works great when i lug it out.