# Food processor recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205 "2001-06-09T20:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/1 "2001-06-09T20:31:20Z")
I have a huge crop of basil coming on this year, and I want to make a lot of pesto. Last year I made it very awkwardly with a blender… had to keep pushing everything down with a wooden spoon. I need a food processor, clearly. What do people recommend? I don’t want to spend a fortune, I don’t want a million parts I have to clean each time, etc. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/2 "2001-06-09T21:14:34Z")
I just bought a basic Cuisinart (model DLC-5) for the purposes of making homemade mayo and salad dressings. It has a 7 cup bowl and the three most basic blades (mixing, slicing, shredding). I got it for $100 on sale at a department store that sells small appliances. It’s totally uncomplicated, cleans up easily and makes a few cups of mayo at a time with no problem. I highly recommend it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/3 "2001-06-09T22:08:10Z")
I have a Krups food processor that I also got on sale (around $80, I think). I think it’s the basic model. It has three or four speeds, and blades for chopping, slicing and grating. I love it – it’s been nothing but wonderful. Easy to clean, nice big buttons. Definitely get a food processor, though. Making pesto in the blender is the worst! (I had a friend grate the tip of a wooden spoon right into the pesto, while using a blender. He picked out the big pieces, but it was still very woody tasting – I don’t recommend it.) ---
**Author:** ![Chinaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Chinaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chinaco)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/4 "2001-06-09T22:10:21Z")
I second the Cuisinart. I bought mine on sale at Williams-Sonoma. I paid $105 for the DLC-10, which came with a 7-cup bowl, and all the attachments (discs for shredding & slicing, a chopping blade, and a dough blade), plus an extra bowl, a spatula, and an extra large chute in the lid - big enough for a block of cheese for shredding. Full price, I believe, was $150. But if you want something a little cheaper, they have similar models of the Cuisinart with the smaller sized chute and the chopping blade, disks, and spatla for $100 full-price. There’s really no matching the power of a Cuisinart. I get a rush every time I use it. It’ll be a good investment, in the long run, too. good luck ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/5 "2001-06-09T23:18:38Z")
I’m getting a rush just reading about these! And mmm, pesto! Thanks. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/6 "2001-06-09T23:26:22Z")
Yeah, geez, **Jill,** if you want a cuisinart, buy a Cuisinart. You don’t buy Puffs Brand Facial Tissues when you’re shopping for kleenex, do ya? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/7 "2001-06-09T23:33:18Z")
Ike! I love obscure brands. And if you recommended one, I’d buy it. That’s how I am. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-processor-recommendations/68205/8 "2001-06-10T00:58:02Z")
I have a handi-chopper from “The Pampered Chef” that I use for chopping fresh herbs. Less clean-up, too. My food processor is a Philips, and it’s a food-processor and blender, both on one base. You can’t use them both at the same time, though.