"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:24:00 GMT, Debra Fritz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:10:32 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Carol, if no one has weighed in about the KitchenAir Professional,
>>>lemme tell ya: It has two work bowls, plus a small prep bowl and all
>>>sorts of disks, blades and other accessories. Does a wonderful job on
>>>everything. My only complaint would be cleaning the top. It has a
>>>slight ridge inside the outter ridge that makes it hard to clean, say,
>>>grated cheese and such. Otherwise, I swear it's powerful enough to
>>>turn rocks into gravel.
>>>
>>
>>I've got the 12 Cup KitchenAid. 3 work bowls, 6 or 7 different blades
>>and an egg whipper gizmo. The thing really can turn rocks into gravel!
>>
>>I used it today to make almond paste, and it had the job done in about
>>60 seconds.
>>
>>Cleaning the top is easier if you use a baby bottle brush. Takes about
>>30 seconds with hot, soapy water and comes perfectly clean.
>>
>>Debra
>
> I just got a new KitchenAid food processor, cause I couldn't see
> lugging around my old Cuisinart, and the little Prep Cuisinart...they
> take up too much space on my counters when I am traveling. Most
> apartments these days don't have much counter space.
>
> Well..I invested in the newer Pro-line model, which is a huge one, and
> the workbowl, and the little prep bowl, which on this model is about
> as big as some regular food processor bowls. It is a heavy model,
> and about a 1000 watts of power. Expensive, but I am already in love
> with it. It does have a smaller footprint on the countertop..even
> though it is larger and heavier than my Cuisinart.
>
> I have made pizzza dough several times in it already, and even though
> Peter Reinhardt says that for most food processors, the dough has to
> be divided into two portions to mix, this processor handles it with
> ease and can do the whole batch at once.
>
> Christine

I have model 670, holds 11 cups, but yesterday making bread with 3-3/4 cups
flour and 1-1/2 cups of water, it seemed as if that was the limit. I was
either wishing for more capacity or thinking I should cut down the volume.
I believe 670 refers to the watts of power.
Dee Dee