Does this do as good a job as a food processor in chopping and blending food?
293138
It's really awesome! Obviously, you just have to get used to how long it takes to chop the food from larger pieces to small, but the plunger on the top makes it easy to hit and gauge as the food is chopped into finer and finer pieces. I'm very happy with it.
293139
Yes. I use it to supplement my 12 cup FP when all I need is a blade that can handle about 3 cups of veg and herbs. I find its main advantage is that the bowl can be fully emptied, easily, because there is no blade in the way of fingers or spatula; its main disadvantage is that when I am not mindful of what I am doing, it can take me 3 or 4 goes to "seat" the top into its housing... but that is not the chopper's fault! Seriously, though, it is a good thing.
293140
This food processor is designed to allow you to chop, shred and grind with ease, and offers a 4 cup capacity work bowl.
293141
Hi April, it's a good machine for basic chopping and some blending, some vegetables do need to be chopped into smaller pieces in advance of going in, overall, a pretty good unit for the money, hope that helps!
293142
Yes, but within the smaller scale. It's not as powerful, but need not be for a smallish bowl. It also lacks the attachments of a full sized FP, such as grating and slicing disks. If I only require a chopping blade and the job fits in it, I always use this instead of the large FP.
567378
not better then a blender. But awesome for when you are traveling or out to dinner. You can grab a banana to mash up on an airplane, in a car etc. or order some steamed veggies at a restaurant and puree them right there. But I definitely still use a food processor or Blender at home.
359906
Yes - we have used the blender for carrots, turnips, and making tomato paste from our own vegetables. The process takes a while at several speeds. My wife also has a dedicated food processor that she prefers for "soup work".
2106914
It will not dice, it will do a an uneven chop to a puree. This machine is great for baby food, home made salad dressings. Because of well the oils blend slowly there is no separation between liquids.
778492
Yes it will...not a big amount at a time....but it does such a great job......and you can get alot done quickly!....it will chop veggies coarsely or fine...
1333914
It probably has enough power to do it but the food processor bowl part is very small and can't handle anything of substance. Mine broke just making hummus.
31777
Not that kind of food processor. Perfect for pureeing foods and removing skin and seeds at the same time, for such foods as applesauce, tomato sauce, pumpkin puree etc.
295145
I have only had mine a couple of months and so far am very pleased with it. I also have the small Ninja chopper and have used it consistently for two years so I do think the blender should equal the performance of that and more.
1216839
I definitely would NOT do that with a food processor. It's really best to use a mixer that explicitly says it's made to handle that (whether a hand mixer or the pricey type with an included bowl that works on its own).
1696202
Yes and it does much more! I bought it for my mom and she is in love with it! It chops and stuff too
1715541
I haven't tried it. I got it primarily to blend Hormel meals for my son. I have chopped onions and ice and it did great with those. Sorry.
1806443
Sorry, I don't know. I do know that I made a mistake when I wanted to grate carrots and had the blade at the bottom running also and just about had baby food in seconds. I don't think it's designed to be a blender but I bet it could do the job for you.
1362297
Yes this chopper works well on foods. The more fine you want it the more you chop...the blade changes direction with every chop so it rotates the food easily.
1092097
I have a chopper and a food processor. I like using the chopper when I chop a small amount such as a bowl of slaw but I use the processor when I have a large amount. Also the chopper is small so it does not take much space and it does a good job. I use the chopper much more than I use the processor. I do not about the ability to emulsify because I have never tried. C. Dale
1790144
I don't think this food processor is a good fit for using it to mix cookie dough simply because it doesn't have the blades very close to the bottom of the container you are likely to have partially mixed cookie dough with flour & other small remnants left over on the bottom. I haven't tried using this machine for this particular activity but for chopping I have some not so fine pieces of food that sometimes needs a hands on approach to remedy the situation.Hope this helps :-)
1092096
It is only meant to chop and to run for a few seconds at a time. The small motor is not cooled so it should not be ran for extended periods like a typical food processor can.
345377
yes this is a very powerful little piece of equipment.. it chops ice, frozen foods, purees food and altho I hv a smoothie maker which I purchased prior to this I hv used it for smoothies and gotten to correct consistency with a bit of added juice or water. For the $$ this is great value IMO!