Can anyone tell which are the top three food processors according to
Cook's Illustrated?

Michael_aw wrote:
> Can anyone tell which are the top three food processors according to
> Cook's Illustrated?

Kitchenaid KFP750 12cup
Kitchenaid KFPW760 12cup
Cuisinart Pro Custom 11 DLC-8S

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Michael_aw wrote:
>> Can anyone tell which are the top three food processors according to
>> Cook's Illustrated?
>
> Kitchenaid KFP750 12cup Kitchenaid KFPW760 12cup Cuisinart
> Pro Custom 11 DLC-8S
>
> nancy


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

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:00:18 -0800, "TammyM" >
wrote:

>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

Duly noted. I'll keep an eye out for La Machines at the thrift store.
Sounds like a nice piece of equipment.

Carol

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:00:18 -0800, "TammyM" >
> wrote:
>
>>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 edamned
>>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
>
> Duly noted. I'll keep an eye out for La Machines at the thrift store.
> Sounds like a nice piece of equipment.

It is indeed. But, as Kay Hartman pointed out to me, it was made 25+ years
ago. I realize that planned obsolescence was in effect at that time too,
but some things were just made better in the old days. Like me :-) And the
La Machine. The capacity is significantly less than the Cuisinart but I
don't care - using it (amongst other measures) will allow me to forestall
surgery on my hand for a long time. Maybe forever? I don't relish the
thought of carpal tunnel surgery!

TammyM, watching "A Christmas Story" for the 95th million time and fixin' to
go over to cousin Lisa's for the festivities. My offerings are a pumpkin
chiffon pie, a cheesecake (plain with a gingersnap crumb crust), a walnut
pie (like pecans only with walnuts!) and a plain pumpkin pie for little
13-year old cousin Brent who won't eat any of the other desserts

"TammyM" > wrote in message
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>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Michael_aw wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell which are the top three food processors according to
>>> Cook's Illustrated?
>>
>> Kitchenaid KFP750 12cup Kitchenaid KFPW760 12cup Cuisinart
>> Pro Custom 11 DLC-8S
>>
>> nancy
>
>
> 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

"Theron" > wrote in message
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>
> "TammyM" > wrote in message
> ...
<snip>
>> 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, thank you kindly for the benefit of your experience. I found a site
which sells the "pusher/sleeve" for my model Cuisinart and ordered it. I'm
happy to know that the motor continues to work after 25 years! Mine is a
14-cup capacity and the part only cost me (including s/h and tax) $37. A
far cry from what a new FP would cost.

Thanks again,
TammyM

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:32:17 -0800, "TammyM" >
wrote:
>
>"Theron" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>
>> 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.
<snip>
>
>Theron, thank you kindly for the benefit of your experience. I found a site
>which sells the "pusher/sleeve" for my model Cuisinart and ordered it. I'm
>happy to know that the motor continues to work after 25 years! Mine is a
>14-cup capacity and the part only cost me (including s/h and tax) $37. A
>far cry from what a new FP would cost.
>
Darn. Now I wish I'd kept my first FP. It was a 9-cup Cuisinart.
The plastic spindle finally detached after at least 15 years of use.
The place in town where I used to get my appliances repaired was out
of business, and I'm not sure how much was advertised online at that
point. It was before the advent of Google.

Anyway, I upgraded to an 11-cupper and I have it to this day. The
plastic has turned cream colored and it's American not French, but
it's still going strong (nothing broken and no crazed plastic)... so I
guess the American models aren't too shabby.

My wish is to find a dome lid to use for dough like I had with my
9-cup model.


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