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Overall Impression: A well-built, powerful food processor with smart, cook-friendly layout and
easy cleanup. On the high end pricewise, but a value if you expect to use it frequently.
In my view, the best food processors are the ones that keep the lowest profile. No jumping and
Diving, no burning motors, no variety of buttons. No play, mama. It might not seem good to specify a
Instrument by its negative (here's what it isn't) but I think that in this case, this is precisely the right way to
1 major thing: No fuss, no hassle.
The Review
Robot-Coupe is a French company that has been making food processors for more than 40 years. In fact,
the style for food processors from then until now. Their tools have a reputation for being solid and
Well-built; you'll discover Robot-Coupe processors in many restaurant kitchens.
Made in France, and the motors come with a 12-year-guarantee. Many of their fans are rabidly
Devoted; I have heard from people who've been using their Magimix for 20 years or more.
But they have been quite expensive and sometimes difficult to find here in the States. Now, though,
processor.
Characteristics and Specs
There are also two
21 pounds.
Even
The motor is very powerful,
and very quiet. It just does its job; you don't even have to scrape the bowl down between adding
ingredients.
I really like how the bowls stack inside one another, too. When You're using the smallest bowl to process
Something (herbs, nuts, pesto, for instance), you stack it right inside the large bowl. This makes
Changing out bowls very quick, and it lets the processor work without an extra spindle; it just works
With any bowl that's on at the moment. It's like Russian dolls -- food processor-style!
Additionally, there are only three buttons here: Off, On, Pulse. If you turn it ON the motor runs until you hit
OFF. Pulse just pulses the blade as you're holding the button down. Easy peasy; no decisions to
make about speed and power.
I was also struck by how easy it is to clean this food processor. The bowl washes out easily, without
too many nooks and crannies for food to get stuck in. The handle is often the stickiest spot (literally)
As the spring in the handle, which controls operation when the lid is on, can get gummy or wet. I
Thought it was smart here how the handle is pierced by plenty of large holes (see above), letting it be
rinsed out and air-dry more easily.
Potential problems: The elephant in the room with any food processor is a large one: Size. How
much space will this thing take up, and is it worth lugging it in and out of the cupboards every time I
want to shred some carrots? The Magimix is in a similar league with its Cuisinart and KitchenAid
Cousins here; it is a substantial tool. But the blades do come in a convenient storage case, and the bowls
Stack inside each other, so it has a slightly smaller footprint than the other food processor I'm
currently testing. Still, though -- the sheer size of this food processor, or any full-sized food
Processor, will make many cooks in small kitchens think twice.
This issue only multiplies if you get any of their (admittedly very fine) attachments, like one that will
turn the Magimix into a juicer, or the additional grating blades.
Additionally, another quibble is that I do not think the little bowl is rather small enough; I had difficulty using it
To make banana ice cream in small batches, for instance. I'd prefer to have this replace my little
chopper, with its three-cup bowl.
Splurge-worthy? Perhaps. Purchasing a food processor is a very personal decision, and it depends a
Wonderful deal on what kind of cooking you do every day. For years I got by easily with a 3-cup small
Food processor, finding it easier to pull out and clean up. I used it for small batches of pastry,
grinding nuts, and for making sauces and salsas. A bigger food processor just seemed cumbersome.
Now, though, I have been making bigger batches of bread dough and pastry in this machine, and
using it for spice pastes, grinding meat, and quickly shredding cabbage for slaw. Some others might
Use this food processor daily, for convenience and for speed. Others of you might never touch it.
It really depends upon your style of cooking, your time, and the size of your household.
If you are indeed in the Marketplace, though, for a workhorse food processor, in my opinion I don't think
you can do much better than this one!
Good for smaller kitchens? If you do want and need a full-sized food processor, then yes, this one
Will be just as good for a small kitchen as any of the others on the market, especially given its nicely
stacking bowls.
easy cleanup. On the high end pricewise, but a value if you expect to use it frequently.
In my view, the best food processors are the ones that keep the lowest profile. No jumping and
Diving, no burning motors, no variety of buttons. No play, mama. It might not seem good to specify a
Instrument by its negative (here's what it isn't) but I think that in this case, this is precisely the right way to
1 major thing: No fuss, no hassle.
The Review
Robot-Coupe is a French company that has been making food processors for more than 40 years. In fact,
the style for food processors from then until now. Their tools have a reputation for being solid and
Well-built; you'll discover Robot-Coupe processors in many restaurant kitchens.
Made in France, and the motors come with a 12-year-guarantee. Many of their fans are rabidly
Devoted; I have heard from people who've been using their Magimix for 20 years or more.
But they have been quite expensive and sometimes difficult to find here in the States. Now, though,
processor.
Characteristics and Specs
There are also two
21 pounds.
Even
The motor is very powerful,
and very quiet. It just does its job; you don't even have to scrape the bowl down between adding
ingredients.
I really like how the bowls stack inside one another, too. When You're using the smallest bowl to process
Something (herbs, nuts, pesto, for instance), you stack it right inside the large bowl. This makes
Changing out bowls very quick, and it lets the processor work without an extra spindle; it just works
With any bowl that's on at the moment. It's like Russian dolls -- food processor-style!
Additionally, there are only three buttons here: Off, On, Pulse. If you turn it ON the motor runs until you hit
OFF. Pulse just pulses the blade as you're holding the button down. Easy peasy; no decisions to
make about speed and power.
I was also struck by how easy it is to clean this food processor. The bowl washes out easily, without
too many nooks and crannies for food to get stuck in. The handle is often the stickiest spot (literally)
As the spring in the handle, which controls operation when the lid is on, can get gummy or wet. I
Thought it was smart here how the handle is pierced by plenty of large holes (see above), letting it be
rinsed out and air-dry more easily.
Potential problems: The elephant in the room with any food processor is a large one: Size. How
much space will this thing take up, and is it worth lugging it in and out of the cupboards every time I
want to shred some carrots? The Magimix is in a similar league with its Cuisinart and KitchenAid
Cousins here; it is a substantial tool. But the blades do come in a convenient storage case, and the bowls
Stack inside each other, so it has a slightly smaller footprint than the other food processor I'm
currently testing. Still, though -- the sheer size of this food processor, or any full-sized food
Processor, will make many cooks in small kitchens think twice.
This issue only multiplies if you get any of their (admittedly very fine) attachments, like one that will
turn the Magimix into a juicer, or the additional grating blades.
Additionally, another quibble is that I do not think the little bowl is rather small enough; I had difficulty using it
To make banana ice cream in small batches, for instance. I'd prefer to have this replace my little
chopper, with its three-cup bowl.
Splurge-worthy? Perhaps. Purchasing a food processor is a very personal decision, and it depends a
Wonderful deal on what kind of cooking you do every day. For years I got by easily with a 3-cup small
Food processor, finding it easier to pull out and clean up. I used it for small batches of pastry,
grinding nuts, and for making sauces and salsas. A bigger food processor just seemed cumbersome.
Now, though, I have been making bigger batches of bread dough and pastry in this machine, and
using it for spice pastes, grinding meat, and quickly shredding cabbage for slaw. Some others might
Use this food processor daily, for convenience and for speed. Others of you might never touch it.
It really depends upon your style of cooking, your time, and the size of your household.
If you are indeed in the Marketplace, though, for a workhorse food processor, in my opinion I don't think
you can do much better than this one!
Good for smaller kitchens? If you do want and need a full-sized food processor, then yes, this one
Will be just as good for a small kitchen as any of the others on the market, especially given its nicely
stacking bowls.
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