"TammyM" > wrote in message
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>> Michael_aw wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell which are the top three food processors according to
>>> Cook's Illustrated?
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>> Kitchenaid KFP750 12cup Kitchenaid KFPW760 12cup Cuisinart
>> Pro Custom 11 DLC-8S
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>> nancy
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>
> OK, finally I can get my gripe in. Cuisinart sucks. I've had my FP for
> about 7 years, and the plastic locking thingie broke off on Thanksgiving
> Day. Very bad timining indeed. This breakage rendered the damned thing
> useless as it is a "safety mechanism". I wrote to their customer service
> department and complained, pointing out that my previous FP was a La
> Machine which has lasted 25+ years. I gave it to my mom when I got the
> Cuisinart. Customer service has NEVER gotten back to me. Dirty buzzards.
> I have a repetitive motion injury which has rendered my right hand pretty
> lame, and chopping anything hurts like hell (as does stirring, hell, even
> brushing my teeth hurts my wrist!.). My mom gave me back the La Machine
> and I'd forgotten how great it is. No heroic measures required to get the
> damned lid off. It's a LOT smaller than the Cuisinart but it's very well
> constructed - no flimsy plastic locking thingie to break off.
>
> I'm going to use this bad boy until it gives up the ghost; then I'm going
> to buy a Kitchenaid.
>
> And Cuisinart can go screw themselves!
>
> TammyM, bah humbug
>
We've used two Cuisinart DLC 11 processors for 25 years. At some point the
plastic parts attached to it fail. I've never had a problem repairing this
by just finding the part at a local parts vendor and replacing it. The
motors never fail. They're tough to begin with and processor motors get very
low hours of use. I'd buy another Cuisinart. I'd be leary about a Kitchen
Aid product. Two of their mixers work marginally in our home. They put
plastic parts here and there which tend to fail. They bounce off the counter
if you don't hold them down. I use the kneading component of my Breadman if
I simply want to make bread. My Kitchen Aid "Pro" burr coffee grinder works
just great, though it has the same plastic parts inside just waiting to
fail. Finally!!! Cooks Illustrated does not always know what they are
talking about. A Meco smoker, their #1 rated bullet smoker, that we
purchased years ago is an incredible hunk of junk.

Theron