BLACK+DECKER 8-Cup Food Processor, Black, FP1600B

Works great, would buy again highly recommended. If you simply want a very simple food processor, here you go lol It doesn't get more simple than this.

This is a great food processor. I use it for dips, veggies, fruits and anything I don't want to chop. It also made a great pesto for pasta. I saves the rest and put it into mason jars and froze it. It cleans up well by hand and in the dishwasher. I would get this as a gift if someone needed one.

I bought my Black + Decker Food 8-Cup Processor in 2008 after I had signed up for a vegetable-only full CSA share and realized I'd be doing a tremendous amount of soup, sauce, and pesto making. Over the years my faithful food processor was also used for other things, most notably: buffalo chickpea dip, nut cheeze, fruit purees for baked oatmeals, and homemade Irish cream. Actually, it was the last of those things that caused her untimely death. However, I paid $25ish for her then, and I whole-heartedly believe I got my money's worth. Went to buy a new food processor and realized... why go with something else? So, for another $25ish (why didn't the price go up in the past ten years? I don't know, but I like it!) I bought another Black + Decker 8-Cup Food Processor. Some things have changed in the past decade, but all for the better, like how it's much easier to clean then it used to be because of the redesign of certain parts. Yes, this is a VERY, VERY loud machine. My significant other won't be in the same room with me when I'm having a food processing party. However, it's idiot proof. There are two buttons: ON and OFF/PULSE. It's easy to assemble. You can easily store the blade, the lock, and the black cover inside the bowl if you just flip everything upside down (so don't listen to those other reviewers, 'cause that's a moot point). And it gets the job done effectively and perfectly time and time again. I admit, sometimes she leaks a little, but I'm pretty sure this is user error ("8-Cups? HAH! I can get 9-Cups in!"). So - if you want a reliable food processor to make your ham salads, macadamia nut ricotta cheeze, or fruit-only smoothies (WARNING: don't attempt a kale smoothie in this unless you like drinking chunks of cruciferous veg), the best bang for your buck is this. My first one lasted me eight years with heavy use, so I expect to be back here in 2024 to buy another!

This has great power, it is super easy to clean, the blades are VERY sharp, the plastic is thick and high quality. I do find that sometimes its a little tricky to turn the handled bowl into the locked position. I always want it to go the different way. I am also a person that always put the USB in the wrong way first before turning around, so if doesn't bother you this is work the price.

UPDATE: The new one is a worthy successor. A bigger bowl, one lid for all the functions, and an improved safety system are great improvements. The Black and Decker Food Processor I’ve used since 1990 – 33 years ago, isn’t working quite as well as it did last year. The motor works fine, but the spindle is off center, so the chopping blade isn’t as effective and the top slicer so handy for grated cheese or shredded cabbage doesn’t work. Sadly, I need to buy a new processor. It was far and away the cheapest model available back then when I couldn’t afford much more. I never dreamed it would grow old with me. So, I took a look at what was available – there are a lot to choose from. When I looked at Black & Decker’s it had the same functions as mine, and it had a more modern look. It also looked to have solved the minor issue I had with its predecessor. The white housing was a little fussy to clean. The new one has a black housing and looks to be molded. Just like mine, all the parts can go into the dishwasher. Several of the reviewers marveled that it has lasted 8 or more years. Well, that’s what they do. Thirty-two years of service out of a machine that I think was about $18 in 1990. And in those 32 years, there was never a recipe it failed me on. While writing this, Amazon sent an alert that my new one has shipped for tomorrow delivery.

I was looking for a dependable yet inexpensive food processor, and this has fit the bill perfectly. I find it much easier to put together and start than other processors I have had (you know--when you have to put the lid on 80 different ways to finally get it to start?!). I love that there is an insert for the tube in the middle of the bowl so I don't have to worry about food getting down into the base of the processor like I have had to with others. Yes, it is louder than more expensive models, but after being startled the first time I started it up, it doesn't bother me anymore. Clean-up is fairly quick and easy, and the couple times I did have issues with food getting up inside the stem of the blade and being hard to reach, I believe it was my fault for adding too much food to the bowl. So far I have only used the shredding/slicing blade once, and it perfectly shredded cabbage for sauerkraut. I have used the standard chopping blade over and over again; for milling fine nut and seed flours, making ground pork and ham into a very smooth paste, coarsely chopping nuts and seeds, combining seeds and dried fruits until they were the perfect consistency for making energy bars or bites, and processing homemade sriracha until it was so smooth that straining it was unnecessary. I have been incredibly happy with its performance each and every time. While function is what's most important to me, I do appreciate that this processor looks nice and sleek, much more so than many other processors in this price range.

I didn’t want to spend a lot right now on a food processor. I had a small kitchen aid that only held 3 cups and I use it to to make healthier dog food for my dogs. The small one worked great except it was too small and I’d have to blend 4-5 times to get all the food blended. I put too much chicken in one day and I messed the food processor up. So I looked and looked on Amazon for a several days and decided on the black and decker because reviews said it was quick to clean and it came with a cheese shredding blade. The positives of this machine are - inexpensive - cleans up easily - holds 8 cups - easily to put lid on and run the machine - has enough power to chop up meat like chicken and steak CONS: Does not chop up consistently. I put a small amount of chicken in and it chops it up OK. If I put a medium amount, it pushes unchopped food upward and chops what’s near the blade to much. So I put chicken and cooked vegetables in together and same thing happens. If I push the on button, it will not rotate the food and blend it all. So what I end up doing is pulsing what I’m chopping up a few times…. Stopping and opening up the lid, try and stir the food still in chunk to the bottom and it ends up a mess. I have to do it several times and still usually end up with inconsistently chopped food. I was so excited to not have to use a manual cheese grater anymore. That was wishful thinking. I cut a block of cheese in small enough pieces to push down the top feeder. I put the blade in and started the machine on pulse…. It took my cheese and some went through and a big part of it got in between the lid and blade and got shoved into a mess that was a pain to clean out. I shredded cheese once and it was a joke. When you put the regular blade on, it fits a certain way. If you blend anything that has moisture, it makes it hard to pull the blade off of the attachment. I have to get a paper towel to get it off because my hand just slips off and half the time I can’t get the blade to turn so it will release and it ends up releasing all the sudden and flicks food on the counter. I started a return but realized the box had been thrown away. So now I’m stuck with a food processor that really irritates me and I don’t like at all. I hate writing bad reviews. I am just really not happy with this purchase and I can’t return it. I missed Prime deal and the one I wanted to buy to replace it is back at regular price.

Worked wonders love it .