Powerful little work horse Cuisinart mini prep

I purchased this item confident that it would live up to the Cuisinart name. Wow-am I disappointed!! This processor won't even chop walnuts uniformly. In order to get a uniform chop you have to "pre-chop" even the nuts! Why would I want to stand and cut all the walnuts in half before I drop them in the processor bowl? I have adjusted amount, speed, time, you name it. It is the same dismal failure with onions, celery, anything I put in it! Part of the onion is ground to mush and there are pieces the same size as they were when I put them in still flipping around in the bowl! In my 40 plus years of cooking this is one of the most disappointing kitchen appliances I have ever owned. Tonight I was mashing bananas and had to take them back out and mash them with a fork! I did not pay a lot for this appliance but it was not worth even what I paid for it. I am contacting Cuisinart and if they don't want to refund my money or replace it with a different model, its going in the trash and I am going to buy a different brand. This is the first time I have ever slammed an appliance in a review.

It's a little smaller than I expected. The Amazon product features section says it is 24 oz. capacity but that is incorrect. I thought I had made a mistake when I read the description but it was Amazon that goofed! It says right on the box it is 21 oz. capacity but what you are working with is more like about 16 oz. If you try to put in more than that it is just too full. Even so, it still comes in handy for all the little jobs. This is great for chopping up small amounts of veggies for my personal size salads and salsa. I even manage to make some hummus in this. Just be careful when disassembling and cleaning the blade! I'm saving for one of the bigger ones for the medium to large size jobs but this will be handy for the little ones. Cleans easily and tucks away nicely.

I bought mine new, and have regretted it since the first use. It does not chop the food evenly beyond the first half cup, and that becomes cream before it is chopped evenly. Beyond a half cup, everything else just sits on top of the blade and hardly moves. It seems like the blade width should taper, and the widest part should be close to the center; this one does not taper at all. Also, the volume is two cups (not three) with the blade in.
Today the food processor finally stopped working, after about 40 uses. I was trying to mash some very well-cooked potatoes, about 3/4 cups at a time, cubed into 1/2-square inch pieces, and the thing began smoking and smelling of burning electronics. Shortly after that, the motor stopped working completely.
I strongly recommend against buying this product, even for those who seldomly cook.
The only advantage is that it has a very efficient design for storing the cord.

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