KitchenAid 7-Cup Food Processor, KFP0718, White

I bought this KitchenAid 7-Cup Food Processor in Empire Red for my mom, and she absolutely loves it. The 7-cup capacity is ideal for her everyday cooking—big enough for chopping veggies, shredding cheese, making sauces, or pureeing salsa without taking up too much space on the counter. The blending and chopping performance is impressive. It handles everything evenly and quickly, and the sharp blades cut cleanly right out of the box, so she doesn’t have to run ingredients through multiple times. She’s had no issues with leakage either; the sealed work bowl and latched lid keep everything contained even with wetter mixtures. Cleanup is a breeze. The snap-and-go design makes it easy to take apart, and she can just add a bit of warm water and soap to rinse the bowl and blades in seconds. Most of the parts are also dishwasher-safe, which she really appreciates. Overall, it’s a great value for the money. You get solid performance, convenient in-bowl storage for the blades and discs, three speed options, and that reliable KitchenAid quality without spending a fortune. She’s been using it regularly and is very happy with it.

This was a great purchase. I decided to upgrade my kitchen appliances and this was one of the first things I got. The KitchenAid brand is reliable, affordable and well built unlike some other brands that I’ve used in the past. They also offer their small kitchen appliances in a selection of standard colors so you can easily get them to match even if it takes some time to collect the ones you need. I liked that it has a nice size base with a decent amount of weight to make it sturdy but not too heavy to make it a pain to move from the cabinet to prep area. The non slip grips on the feet are nice when you get slicing hard carrots at jet engine speeds! The 7 cup capacity is perfect for us. I was worried it might be too small but it’s perfect. It can accommodate several ingredients without having to empty it halfway through. Snap the base into place, make sure the spinning blade (or 2 sided slicing disk) is set to what size you need. Then feed the veggies through the pour top with safety plunger and in seconds you have a side dish. I stopped buying shredded or precut foods because it is cheaper to buy bulk and run it through the processor. It takes more time to slice a brick of cheese into pieces than will fit, than it does to actually shred the block. I love having fast and affordable taco night shredded cheese that doesn’t have any weird coating to prevent sticking and preserve it. Plus it’s a lot more fun than I expected. Something about it brought out the kid in me when I first used it and let’s be honest, we could all use a little bit more fun in our day to day lives. The only con I can really think of is only applicable if you never used a food processor: wash it immediately or you will regret it. (That’s more of a basic food thing, not a con for KitchenAid) Some hot water, drop of soap and turn it to medium for a bit and it gets most of the mess out. Overall I would recommend getting it. As a matter of fact, I often find myself thinking of recipes that I can make just to shred some stuff at high speed.

I’m a KitchenAid fan. This one matches my little 3 1/2 cup chopper, my stand mixer and my hand held mixer - all Empire Red. Beautiful color. Not the garish red of some appliances. I love that it stores all the accessories inside since I recently downsized and would have trouble finding a place to store them. As with all KitchenAid appliances, it works like a charm. My only complaint is that it did not come with a user manual. The only thing in the box was a little pamphlet talking about safety. I also read that it came with a dough blade but there is only one. This one is labeled as a multi blade so I’m assuming it is dual use but as another reviewer has mentioned, it would be nice to get some more information. I thought maybe you could download a user manual off the web but I couldn’t find one.

Light-duty, inexpensive food processor. One comment I have is about the design of the plunger for the food chute. Like the cover it is made of hard acrylic, which is OK, but it fits very loosely into the chute. When you open the hinged cover the plunger and its round insert fall out, bounce off the counter, and onto the floor (tile, in my kitchen). It makes a terrible racket and chips the plastic. Happens every time. For that I give it just 4 stars; otherwise, it is a good value for the money and its intended, light-duty use.

This food processor is GREAT! Easy to use, not too heavy, easy to clean. I love Kitchenaid products.

Pros: Simple On/Off toggle switches, smooth bowl interior that’s easy to get all food out with spatula, all attachments stack inside for storage. Cons: pusher (?) is shaped so that it can fit in chute only one way - not convenient when your quickly inserting food into chute to shred and you grab pusher the wrong way. Pusher comes in 2 parts, including one that fits in center hole for carrots. If blending liquid, you need both parts to prevent splashing up. Would be nice to have additional piece of one solid pusher that can double as measuring cup. The last thing is when you open the hinged lid, the pusher easily falls out of the shoot. The first time I went to use this food processor, I almost broke the pusher twice.

Great price for good kitchen product.

I bought this to replace my older model (and much better) KitchenAid food processor gifted to me many years ago. The top was a bit warped and so it didn't close well and I had a harder time opening it after using. For those who remember how this used to work, unless the top is locked into place, you can't start the machine and you need to unlock it from the base. Very safe, but having a warped top means the chances of the machine not working are inflated. Plus the extension rod bent or something so the grating discs no longer worked. I could pretty much only chop with it (this is important in a minute.) Since I never liked the fact I had to store all the accessories separately, and since I really don't need a 13c food processor anymore, I went with this one. I love how everything stores inside the bowl. Unfortunately, this thing is a piece of junk. It has no power. It's really only good for chopping (and I have a 13c machine in the basement that does that.) Whenever I try to use the shredding disc, it stops working and I end up chopping my ingredient -- usually cheese. Also the feeder tube has too big of a gap between the bottom of the tube and the disc. If whatever you are shredding is smaller than the tube, it falls right into the gap rendering the whole thing useless. My Mom has an early Cuisinart food processor. I remember her using it when I was a kid in the 80s. I was over her house the other day and not only does she still have it, it works great! The bowl is so scratched you can't see through it (and it's a weird tint color anyway) but it's powerful enough to grate even the softest cheese without having to freeze it first (a trick I learned with my old KitchenAid -- freeze for 20 minutes to stiffen the cheese and it grates easier) and it chops nuts like a pro. I think I'll hit the thrift shops and look for one. As for this piece of junk, into the basement it goes. Right next to the 13c. /sigh Update 3/20/22: Threw it away today. The pusher thing got stuck and I can’t get it out of the tunnel. Now it’s worthless. Save your money and DO NOT BUY!!

Works great after many uses no issues. Easy to clean and put back together. I highly recommend this size for most standard recipes! I previously got the smaller size and couldn't make staple meals in the house.

Ce robot culinaire est parfait pour mes besoins. Le moteur a un “beau son” , il a 3 puissances, et le récipient est parfait pour faire mes bouilles d’énergies, ou simplement hacher en quantité. Il se range bien dans ma cuisine compte tenu de l’espace un peu restreint. Il n’est pas surdimensionné. Excellent achat !!

Está excelente, tiene gran capacidad y potencia. Es fácil de desarmar y limpiar.

Otimo

Muy funcionales los accesorios que vienen dentro del juego de piezas. Increíble su funcionamiento! Muy práctico para agilizar los tiempos de preparación.