Vitamix 12-Cup Food Processor Attachment with Multi-Use Blade and Two Discs

This is a must-have for those people who want a little bit more flexibility on their recipes without missing on the quality Vitamix delivers. I use the food processor attachment every time I am making salsa (it produces a "chunckier" salsa) or whenever I need to slice or shred anything! I also prefer to make my pasta/pizza dough here than in the blender, it gives me more control over the pulse part of the recipe.

Love the smaller size to make small batches of nut butter and salad dressings. I hesitated to buy these because of all of the reviews saying it was hard to get the base tight enough onto the cup for the blender to recognize the attachment. I did watch a You tube video prior to using them, but have really had no problem. And I haven't had to match up the arrows as recommended, I just screw the base onto the cup the way you would any threaded top. I wish the small container was a little bit larger, or for the price paid I wish that it came with a second cup that was mid-sized.

So far i absolutely love my food processor! I've used it for mostly baking, scones being my number 1 reason for purchasing. It does great with the fruits and veggies i've needed diced up as well! Only con is it does take up a good bit of space when not in use. Pros it is very easy to break apart for cleaning, lots of options for blades for any occasion, the food processor its self holds a large amount of ingredients so i don't feel limited or like i have to make things in small batches, and finally it is easy to use whether you are a beginner or a professional in the kitchen!

I bought it because some receipe was a little hard to make in the blender. Sometimes I found the tamper on the blender annoying , so the food processor allowed me to made tofu spread, nuts cookie dough and hummus without tamper. I also saved a lot of time cutting veggies for soup and to shred meat (for chicken salad). The only thing I don't like, or maybe I didn't found how to use it properly, is the large pusher. I tough I could use it like the small one, but it's not working when it's not in place. So I have to cut potatoes or other veggies to fit in the small hole to slice it. I tough I could had bigger slice with it. Like put a whole potato under it. (sorry for my english, It's not my first language!)

I am VERY happy I ended up with this attachment. I had originally bought the Vitamix blender (2 years ago) with the rumors of the food processor coming soon (2 years prior) in mind. But when the processor attachment came out, the reviews weren't amazing; many said that it doesn't perform as good some other popular brands. So I ended up purchasing a different brand, and yes - I was happy with it's performance, but I couldn't get over the weight of the extra base PLUS the extra storage base required to find a place to keep and move it (it wasd far too heavy to keep in an upper cabinet) as often as I planned to use it. Finally, I decided to try the Vitamix food processor attachment to try it out because my blender is my all-time favourite appliance and the convenience of not having another base to store was very attractive to me... and I am SOOO HAPPY I DID! I love this thing just as much as the blender! As a home cook who prepares meals, snacks, condiments, etc. from scratch at least twice a day, it performs great! The blender base lives on our countertop, so when I need the processor, I simply grab the processor attachment stored in my upper cabinet and swap out the blender and am ready to go (rather than having to pull out another heavy base, move something to find an outlet, etc.)! In response to the negative reviews I read about it not being as good as others for the price: Yes, purchasing the attachment for a very similar price as I could get an entire new appliance for was a hard pill to swallow. And yes, there are a few times (see below for example) when I find uneven/inconsistent peices after pulsing or processing. However, from my research, this is due to the fact that Vitamix is a multi-purpose motor, whereas other processors are designed specifically for processing (not blending). But as a home cook, this is MORE than sufficient for me, its awesome! The only reason I gave it a 4/5 is for the following 2 reasons: 1) The attachment comes with small and large shredding/slicing blades; I don't feel the large is that much larger than the small. But I bought the julienne attachment and it is awesome! 2) The regular processor blade performs great, except for in extra-large (3/4 full) large batches; however, as I mentioned above, I know this is due to the fact the motor (being multipurpose between blenders and the processor,t he "pulse" is not a even, but hardly noticeable in 80% of the tasks). When I try to process 4/5 medium onions together, for example, I do end up with a few larger pieces. But I can always pick these out and quickly chop (or throw in the freezer with veggie scraps to male soup!)

Honestly an EXCELLENT product, with the only exception that it doesn't have any speeds. There should have been at least two settings: low and high, given the price of this attachment. Nevertheless I don't regret it because the blades are incredible and I'm thrilled to not have to have a separate appliance base.

I bought this to use for chopping and slicing foods, hoping to make my cooking journey shorter and simpler. I found the blades provided were just too thick for what I was looking for and I will have to buy the thinner slicing blades. Another problem I have with it is when I use it to slice things. What I found is that the last few inches of the item would get turned sideways and then instead of say sliced carrots I would have long pieces of carrots in with the short and I would need to take the time to cut them up. I also found that when I was doing cabbage I couldn't do it in long strips I would have to cut the cabbage up small to fit it in the curved hole provided to make it fit and again there were large leaves that just didn't get chopped up. Same with potatoes. If the potato is a large one I have to cut it up and I just find it easier to do on a cutting board then to use the food processor and then clean the food processor. (I have chronic pain and can't stand for too long. 20-30 minutes at a time. Doing a 20 minute recipe tends to take me 2 to 3 times as long as they say and then taking breaks in-between to have a break from the pain). I still haven't learned to use it for other things as I find it more energy consuming to use and clean it then to use some of the other tools in my house. I need to take sometime to explore the ways it can be used so that maybe I can get it to work for me and that I will not have wasted my money. I am disappointed with how it works in those respects. Otherwise it works well to chop and dice foods up quickly, very quickly. I was a little surprised at how fast the machine grabbed things. I didn't have a chance to push the food pusher down it moved so quickly. I learned to just leave the food pusher sitting on top of the veggies and not bother to hold it.

It's been a couple months since I purchased the food processor. I've made pumpkin pie filling in it from fresh pumpkins and grated mozzarella cheese (there were balls left on top of the grater and jammed into two areas on the lid). It is powerful and does the job, though the sticky mozzarella balled up a bit. I would still recommend it as I am thrilled to have removed one appliance base from my counter, but I hope Vitamix will read this and do something about this cheese issue... I am frustrated with how finicky the base is about acknowledging the different attachments though... I have the cups, bowls, food processor, and blender.

I know it says it works for nut butter or sesame seed but it just does not. I tried all the different possible ways: blending high speed quick, using the tamper, using different nuts or seeds, cooked, uncooked, nothing worked it overheated within 2 minutes everytime. I started with a lower grade vitamix and it started fuming so I bought the best one I could hopping it would work. Never did. I tried everything vitamix asked me to do. I looked for so many online tutorials. Honestly I got super discouraged and don't use it other than for soups. Blends very well vegetables but its just so expensive for what it is... if at least it worked for nut butter I would feel it was worth it but..it was not...

I am a big fan of Vitamix. I have got all their attachments till date. I was one of the first one to purchase the food processor. I was very excited to get it. But one of the grinder blades has got damaged. The pieces from the grinder has come out. I have hardly used the new product. Not a Vitamix I have got to know.