Hamilton Beach 14-Cup Big Mouth Food Processor

Sorry I cannot review this product as it was given as a Christmas present. However it was shipped right away and my family member did receive it in good condition.

Like someone else here, mine died after limited use. I had it maybe 6 months, used it about 6 times. I plugged it in last week, and nothing. I don't have the receipt can't take it back--had to throw it in the trash. It did work good while I had it, but $60 for 6 months use....think about it, and save your receipt so you can take it back if it dies on yoU!!

First, store associate Jordan was very helpful.
The H B food processor works very well, seems powerful and well made. I don't know how it can be sold for the price. I haven't had any problems with it but I haven't had it long enough to give 5 stars for durability.

Have used this processor before. There is no lever to wear out after a few uses. it is easy to assemble, easy to disassemble, has large capacity bowl, and best of all a wide mouth so you don't have to cut larger veggies lengthwise to get them in the processor.

Bought primarily for slicing varrots for home canning - works great. 5# of carrots cleaned (scrubber v peeler - takes off less) in 12 minutes, sliced into 'pennies' in another 15 or so. Put up 11 pints (processed 25 min at 10 lbs pressure). Bowl big enough to be useful.
Read another review that talked about kneading dough (also on box) but didn't notice in instructions - will check again; hopefully, can mix dough for English muffins - make four loaves by hand each two weeks, but that project too big for this unit; the muffins should be about right. Me, country boy - wife, city girl; guess who does the baking and home canning?
My opinion of this unit - GREAT! has plenty of power, and easy to put together and clean.

Great Food Processor
So far ( I’ve been using it for about a month now) this has been the best Food Processor I have ever owned. The price was with in reason, I choose site to store, so I didn’t pay any shipping, which is great, it looks good on my counter, doesn’t take up a lot of space like some other Processors, it’s easy to use, doesn’t bog down when I grate a block of cheese. It mixes anything I need, such as cake batter, slices great, and it’s easy to clean.
I gave it pretty much a five star ratting all around except for “Meets Expectations”category. Maybe I am being picky, but I believe it should come with all the options included with the processor.
Elfone Says, Buy It!

Hubby and i started the south beach diet and i got tired of chopping up veggies every day. This foof processor is fast. i have yet to use any of the settings for long periods of time , i only use the pulse feature because this little gem does such a good job and fast all you gotta do is pulse the food and it slices and chops the veggies in no time. I have not used it with cheese yet, but i have used it for onions, chopping and mincing garlic, cabbage for soups and stir fries. I think you can get a french fry attachement too. But thats a no no on the SBD! So i haven't ordered one of those...maybe for sweet potatoes. It works great on slicing the sweet potatoes you know how hard those things are to slice! I would recommmend this, just take the bowl off rinse it out and it cleans up great! I don't think you can put it in the dishwasher but not really sure. I dont want to take a chance on ruining my new toy! You won't be disappointed

Love the suction cup feet, wish it came with a larger slicing blade, although they say you can purchase one for it. Easy to use, easy to clean. Love it.

Just bought this machine and am taking it back to the store. I have not used the machine for chopping, but when I tried to grate zucchini for bread, I was very disappointed. I had to pick out the slices of zucchini mixed in with the grated pieces. And seeing as how I bought this machine to cut down on the time I was spend grating, etc., this caused more time and work. The way the blade is designed just doesn't work. It is a reversible blade that is suppose to shred or grate on one side and slice on the other. Problem is, the food still gets cut by the cutout for the slicer even though the actual sharp blade for the slicer is on the other side.
Also, I was not impressed with the "big mouth". You have to make sure the top lid is locked before the machine will turn on. And the lid with the chute you put the food into does not have a "big mouth". (In other words, the actual food chute is regular size, not big). The only way it's helpful is if the veggie or fruit is short (like a tomato). Once again, while trying to grate the zucchini, I had to keep cutting it up because it's too tall to fit in the machine without using the food chute. This would be the same for carrots, celery, etc.
I also did not like the suction cup feet. I couldn't move the machine around at all. It kept getting stuck to the countertop. Not too big a deal, just a little annoying when you're trying to just move the machine over a tad to clean up a spill.