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Out of stock | | | | | | Ideal for making bread, this model combines medium capacity with full-size power and includes a dough blade that mixes and kneads yeast dough for pizza or bread. Powerful, high-performance induction motor. 9 cup work bowl. Finely chop fresh herbs and nuts, mince garlic, or puree small amounts of food with the exclusive 4 cup mini bowl and mini blade. Process long food items with the tall feed tube and food pusher. Continuous chopping capability. quickly and efficiently chop, mince, blend, mix, or emulsify foods with the precision, stainless steel multipurpose blade. Produce thin slices with 2mm slicing disc. Shred firm fruits, vegetables, meats, and cheese with 4mm shredding disc. Mix and knead bread or pizza dough with included dough blade. CleanTouch control pad easily wipes clean. Dimensions: 10-1/2" D. x 14-1/2" H. x 8-9/32" W. White. | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 21.5 inches | | Product Width: | 15.8 inches | | Product Height: | 10.4 inches | | Product Weight: | 22.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 16.3 inches | | Package Width: | 14.6 inches | | Package Height: | 10.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 20.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 53 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Kitchen aid is worth the money Sep 24, 2009
I bought one of these in 96 and it went kaput. I loved it so much I had to get another one. This one is about as close as you could get to it. All the other utensils go with the new one. They are interchangeable. It was a good buy [...]
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Serious usabiity flaws Sep 21, 2009
I got a similar design KFP750 food processor and now regret that.
When the chopping disk was used for the first time, it has play enough to touch the protrusion under the feed tube. So it shaved quite a few plastic shavings off it. My son was unpleasantly surprised when he found what resembled fingernails in his soup!
But the bigger flaw is the disk design and the feed tube position. The disk has the raised edges. They rise up and hold any stock that is on them. My previous Cuisinart processor had disks with the edge down. Now, the feed tube is positioned 1/4" from the disk edge. When the food is chopped (for exampe, cabbage), some shreds get stuck on the top of the disk. Normally, it would not be a problem, because any new stock would push it onto the knife. BUT, because I mentioned that the tube is 1/4" from the edge, the shreds that stick in that 1/4" will stay. And that causes BIG vibration! NEVER had such a problem with Cuisinart.
Because of that? I give it the lowest rating. It looks for me that appearance trumped engineering; nobody gave a thought.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Food processor adequate Jun 17, 2009
I bought this food processor because it was highly rated by Consumer Reports. I was a little hesitant after reading some of the reviews on Amazon.com but decided that I could live with the problems indicated. As the reviews had noted, the slicer is very thin, and I wish another, thicker, slicer were also available. It is difficult to get all the food in the feeding tube sliced -- some of it usually remains unsliced and whirling around the top of the slicer. I had to learn to handle the processor with a bit of force to attach and loosen it. It is not for those with weak or arthritic hands. The tiny bowl on top is of limited usefulness and I usually end up using only the large bowl. The blades are very sharp so be wary. All in all, though, the machine is a good one and I use it almost daily because, even with the hassle of washing all the parts, it saves much time and energy.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Can't wait to replace it Apr 08, 2009
I'm in the minority here when I say that I do not care for this machine. There a few design flaws that I've encountered that really hinder its performance for me. The most serious is its inability to effectively shred vegetables using the shredding disc. After about two wedges of cabbage or even a few medium sized onions there is so much buildup in the gap between the disc and the bowl it starts to heat up due to all the friction. The shredded material that does fall to the bottom tends to pile up on only one side of the bowl, making it necessary to empty it often. My other major complaint is the design of the bowl. It has a very short tube in the middle that goes over the rotor on which the blade sits. Above this tube the bowl is no longer watertight when the blade is removed. To remove the bowl from the machine, you have to take out the blade, which allows liquids and finely ground foods to spill out around the rotor.
Both of these problems could be solved by making the bowl taller and slightly wider. My mother's food processor is designed this way and she has none of these issues. She also paid less than $30 for her machine at Wal-mart.
As far as quality goes, it is well made and will probably last a long time. If you do buy this machine, try to get the largest capacity you can afford. It may say it has a capacity of 9 cups, but they probably do not take into account the space the blades occupy and the fact these machines do not operate well filled to capacity. You'll be surprised how small 9 cups appears in person.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Pretty good but flawed Mar 08, 2009
I am a pastry student and KitchenAid devotee. That said, I have to agree with some of the reviewers who pointed out the design flaws in this food processor. I previously had the Cuisinart Duet blender/food processor unit, but ended up giving it away (twice! after I gave one away, I got another for free, and then eventually gave that one away, too). The construction felt flimsy, and several of the plastic parts broke within the first few uses (the bowl, the lid, etc.), ultimately requiring me to clutch the bowl and/or lid for dear life and hold it down while hitting the buttons and simultaneously trying to add ingredients into the feed tube. I upgraded to the KitchenAid 9-cup food processor, which is much sturdier and more powerful (which, unfortunately for me, also means heavier and bigger, so it takes up much more counter space) and doesn't need to be held at all. It's also much quieter and smoother. The first of the major design flaws I've noticed is that, like other reviewers have noted, the central tube is waaaay too short, so you can't process more than about 1/2 inch of food in it before it floods and drips into the motor unit, threatening damage and making a huge mess. Cuisinarts have a central tube that extends higher, and I wish KitchenAid would follow suit. The second major design flaw is that the cutting disk does not align very well. I kept chopping vegetables and noticing little shards of what I thought was glass and couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Finally, I figured out that the slicing disk was slicing off pieces of the top/external feed tube along with my vegetables! Not good! As I said, I love KitchenAid products, but would implore the company to remedy these issues.
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