For marinades and soups look into getting a blender instead.
Also, for what it is worth, I've had very good luck on the used market. I picked up a 12 cup Kitchenaid food processor with accessory kit for $50, and there are always a good selection of blenders in my local thrift stores.
I just ordered a bigger KitchenAid food processor (9 cups) as I had a small one (750mL) and I was finding it not powerful or big enough to process purées. I don’t puree everything as my son loves BLW but pasta sauces, purées, dips (I made a beetroot hummus for sesame allergen exposure), even just blending a tonne of veg into a sauce or puree I needed something bigger! I still have a stick blender but will keep that for soups!
I use mine for pizza dough all the time, it’s an approx 4 cup/650g of bread flour recipe. I also finish with a couple minutes of hand kneading, same as when I use my stand mixer.
I have an older large (12? cup) kitchenaid but I’d replace with a cuisinart or breville if I was replacing it.
My cuisinart died after 20+ years, replaced it with a kitchen aid (they had a sale, cuisinart was more expensive at the time) and I like it just as much as my cuisinart. They do the same thing so for me, they’re interchangeable
I wondered if I would use it very often, but after I got my food processor, I use it all the time, for all kinds of things. I have had a Cuisinart (with a French-sounding name but made in China. I usually have nothing against things made in China, but in this case, there was a big difference) and a Kitchenaid. I much prefer the Kitchenaid.
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