Cuisinart Pro Classic 7-Cup Food Processor, White

This is my first full size food processor. (I have a mini one). I am so pleased with it so far. It is so much quieter than I thought it would be, and powerful, while the footprint is smaller than I would expect. It does the work so fast it surprises me every time! I thought the 7 cups was going to be a lot, but I find that I would have bought a larger one if I knew then what I know now about my use of the product. I have used it to chop veggies, grate cabbage for making sauerkraut and slicing raw potatoes for scalloped potatoes. More capacity wouldn't have been bad. Still it is fine, it just requires emptying sooner than I expected. Plan ahead so you have a place to store the sharp discs, and the extra lid, that is one thing I had to figure out because I didn't think of it when purchasing.

I love this food processor! I still have my mini Cuisinart processor - I have to say that after 30+ years (I got it for my bridal shower), it still works! I just needed a larger capacity. As my oldest son loves to cook, I will gift my mini to him. Cudos to your company for producing top quality (an understatement) products!!

I recently purchased the Cuisinart Pro Classic 7 Cup Food Processor. This was a necessary replacement to my 39 y/o Cuisinart Food Processor that recently started failing. This workhorse is valuable in my kitchen. I use it regularly throughout the year but abuse it during the fall as I process my garden crops. I was ecstatic to find I could purchase the same model.

This was a replacement for my original Cuisinart purchased in 1996 (I think). I am so pleased that the new one is at least the same quality and had the added alternative cover for use for just bowl chopping. Works like a charm. Very smooth action. Blades sharp as they should be.

Love this machine. I could use it straight out of the box, after a wipe down. Love the flat lid as an alternative to the feeder tube lid. Brilliant. Attaching the stem on the cutter disks had me puzzled for a while but I checked out the online video and that showed me. I was tempted by the 14-cup but the 7-cup is plenty large for all my needs. Pastry and crumb bases are a breeze. I will buy an extra slicer disk to produce thinner slices than the one that comes with the unit. The only reason I bought a new processor was because the bowl and lid on my old Cuisinart DLC 10 needed replacing for the second time after 25+ years, and I wasn't sure if the replacement ones would fit. Delighted with my purchase. And it arrived in record time, a day earlier than scheduled.

I am a widower living alone and this mid-size food processor is just right for my needs. When my previous 25 year old processor destroyed itself because of poor blade attachment (subsequently recalled), I shopped for a replacement with a simpler & up-to-date design. The Pro Classic 7-Cup has a small footprint with direct-drive vertical power train, is well thought-out for use with various food types/sizes and is not difficult to clean. Cuisinart quality is obvious throughout the device. I am very pleased.

I like to use the work bowl with the chopping blade and flat cover to make hummus or dips. Making pizza dough with the same tools works well too, but you have to remove the dough before it rises, or it will spill out of the bottom cylinder of the bowl. I had ordered (separately) the fine grating disc to grate carrots or celery root for salad. When fed through the narrow feed tube, the grating works moderately well (because the disc grates mainly near the periphery, not where the tube ends). The contraption to avoid hand injuries via the large feed tube seems overly complicated and almost needs to be cleaned in the dishwasher; handwashing is somewhat unsatisfactory. What I miss: the knife blade should have a lid to facilitate cleaning, the spatula should have a flat edge that can readily be used to get pureed food out of the flat bottom of the bowl, and the Instruction Booklet should be written in a more user-friendly fashion.

It is very hard to separate the pusher to be able to load food into the shaft. I have only been able to get it apart once to add more food to the shaft. Will try to find a video as the instructions are not enough figure it out.

I purchased this reasonably priced model of Cuisinart to replace an ancient DLC7 that finally went to food processor heaven after several decades. This model is slightly smaller and seems much less robust than the DLC7. The plastic parts are thinner and I assume I will not get decades of service from it, but it does the job about as well as what it is replacing.

Our last Cuisinart food processor lasted 22 years. It was replaced because one of the two locks on the processor “bowl” broke and the other one was cracked. However, this new replacement processor is a poor substitute. 1. The feeding tube lid is far too complex and hard to clean. The older model was much simpler and easier to use and clean. 2. The requirement to switch the blade attachment is absurd and requires more handling of the blades than the older model at the risk of injury. 3. The short feed tube bowl lid (presumably for mixing) is an unnecessary piece of equipment that just takes up space. The older model did not need such a component. 4. The instructions for use of the processor are far from adequate. We are seriously considering returning the processor for a more useful one. This is unfortunate as our kitchen is equipped with a number of Ciusinart appliances (a toaster, a convection toaster oven, a coffeemaker, a griddler and a mini food processor. This new processor is the first Cuisinart appliance that has not met our expectations.