This Food Processor Is Small But Mighty (and Cordless)
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My most prized kitchen appliance is my small-but-mightyKitchenAid cordless chopper. For the past nine years, I’ve used this little food processor to blend, mix, chop, and purée everything without being tethered to an outlet. In fact, I used this five-cup wonder — the standard Cuisinart holds 14 cups, in comparison — to develop every recipe for my cookbook,Big Dip Energy,a few years ago, making at least a dozen dips a week with it.
This machine has about the same footprint as a blender, but it’s shorter and weighs only 2.8 pounds. It can be quick charged in ten minutes or fully charged in less than two hours. The device has a run time of at least 25 continuous minutes — or can chop up to 40 onions, according to the manual — but it seems like it might last longer than that, given that I only charged it once a day while working on four or five recipes over eight-plus hours a few times a week. It never died while I was in the middle of whipping silken tofu and roasted eggplant intoMiso Eggplant Dip, puréeing confit alliums into a paste, or blitzing romaine lettuce into the base ofCaesar Salad Dip. The machine had no issues blitzing hard items like nuts, Oreo cookies, and graham crackers into crumbles in seconds. And when I’m making soup, stir-fry, or salads, I often use it to mince carrots and onions quickly.
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Cleanup is a breeze. Every part (except the electrical base) is dishwasher-safe, including the whisking accessory, which can whip cream, eggs, or custard in a flash. That circular, wavy plastic piece can also be used atop the blade to help push down lightweight ingredients like fresh herbs to make better contact and process them more quickly. Like most food processors, the work bowl clicks in by twisting, then you add the plastic shaft and S-blade before twisting the lid into place. But unlike with a traditional food processor, there aren’t buttons on the base to turn on the machine but instead a push-to-pulse button on the lid, over the handle. There are two simple speeds, adjustable with a sliding button on the base, for fine versus coarse chopping, but I found it was always more efficient to use the higher speed for dip-making. It also has a small pinhole-size chute in the top of the lid to slowly add oil or liquids for emulsifying sauces, dressings, and soups.
The food processor has been a workhorse appliance in my home kitchen, but it has also traveled with me for numerous jobs. I’ve done demos at events, catering work, and even live TV appearances using my trusty cordless chopper. I used a matte black one from 2018 to 2022, then gave it to a friend and bought the Magnolia Table–exclusive teal color from Target in 2022 to match the larger KitchenAid mixer I had from the same line. That one has been with me for four years now and is still going strong. The brand also has a newer version under its cordlessKitchenAid Goline that has a handful of design changes I’ve always wished for. The battery is removable and can charge in a dock so the entire machine doesn’t have to stay on the counter; the base has buttons instead of a slider to select the speed; and the bowl clicks in rather than twisting with a latched lid. Both versions are still widely available at around the same price point (you can also buy the Go versionwithout the batteryin case you already own another appliance from the same line).
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