13-Cup Food Processor with French Fry Disc and Dicing Kit (KFP1320CU)

I will just say good luck with the minimal plastic.    Have you looked into kitchenaid food processors?

Yes.  That was the one I was thinking about.   I know they also used to make a food processor attachment for the stand mixer.  

I have the KitchenAid 13 cup food processor with the dicing kit and I use it very regularly. I hate small dicing by hand and the processor does a better, more consistent job in like 5 seconds. Of course, I use it for shredding and grating cheeses and potatoes, but another awesome use for it is slicing. I have a mandolin, but sometimes I just don’t want to do that by hand lol I use it for pie dough all the time in the fall and winter. It is definitely a well used countertop appliance in my kitchen. If you really plan to use it as much as you say, I believe you’ll appreciate it as well.

I have the 13, too, and I love it! It has so many great functions, too. I like to bulk chop onions, because I hate chopping them by hand. The fixing attachment has been a game changer for me.

It depends on your needs. My Blendtec high-speed blender saw the light maybe once a month for years. Then I developed some dietary restrictions and a need to eat a great deal of cooked vegetables. Now it's in constant use for making pureed soups, sunflower cream, and no-mato paste. Similarly, I went 50 years disliking food processors as noisy and not worth the cleanup. I found knife work satisfying, peaceful, and part of what I love about cooking. Now, though, I have health problems that bring fatigue, poor stamina, painful knees, and so many food intolerances that I have to cook nearly everything I eat. I've finally gotten a food processor, and I really like it. It's fast, quiet, and versatile, and it can shave fennel translucent- thin. Sure, the dicing kit isn't as precise or flexible as knife work, but it's fine for most things and it's terrifyingly fast. It lets me do more, and that's what I need right now. I like the food processor for its flexibility. I got a Kitchenaid 13 cup with adjustable slicing thickness and a dicing kit. I can use it for chopping, dicing, shredding, mixing dough, and slicing a good range of thicknesses. If you're looking for the most bang fit your buck, it's not a bad choice. But really, think about what you most want to do in the kitchen and what would best help you achieve it. For the past 50 years, what I wanted to do was cut things by hand. I got a good knife and I was set. Now I want to stand less and cook more, so I have a shiny red prep chef friend.

It is the small KitchenAid but a few years ago. I have two, a big and a small and I love them.