Food Processors

Food Processors

A food processor earns counter space by replacing several jobs a knife or a blender does slowly: chopping, slicing, dicing, grating and shredding all run off interchangeable discs and blades rather than one fixed attachment, and a dough blade extends that to kneading bread. Bowl size should follow how much is cooked in one sitting rather than household size alone, since a small bowl run twice takes longer than a large bowl run once. Auto-iQ and preset programmes on higher models pick speed and pulse patterns automatically for a given task, which matters most for anyone who does not want to judge processing time by eye. Motor power matters more on dough and dense mixtures than on simple slicing, where even a modest motor manages fine.

Ninja covers the 3-in-1 Food Processor and Blender with Auto-iQ, the PrecisionPro and the Detect Power Blender and Processor Pro. Kenwood supplies the MultiPro Express, MultiPro XL Weigh+, MultiPro Compact, MultiPro Go and the compact FP120. Bosch completes the range with the MultiTalent multi-function processor. For hand and stand mixers see Food Mixers.

Food processors carry the highest prices in the category and are the classic Christmas kitchen gift, which is why the reductions cluster in November rather than in January when the smoothie machines move. Black Friday and Cyber Monday bring the deepest small appliance cuts of the Irish year, and a reduced multi function processor usually lands at the price of a basic one, which is the moment the discs and the dough blade become worth having. Prices are live all year, so see what is reduced now on blenders and food processors on sale, or the Black Friday blender deals when the November weekend comes round.