KitchenAid 3.5-Cup Mini Food Processor vs Hamilton Beach 12-Cup Stack & Snap Food Processor

The KitchenAid 3.5-Cup is a compact alternative to other larger, more powerful food processors, but works just as effectively in many respects. It provides endless options to quickly chop, mix, and puree your food and has even been found to encourage healthy eating. It's particularly suited to small kitchens, where it takes up limited counter space, and to those who prefer preparing smaller portions or meals.

All parts included in the KitchenAid 3.5-Cup (work bowl, lid, and blade) are dishwasher safe, making the user's life much easier.

This mini food processor features an intuitive one touch operation, as well as two speed options.

The KitchenAid 3.5-Cup is one of the more reasonably-priced food processors on the market at a retail price of $40.00.

While the KitchenAid 3.5-Cup is great for everyday meal prep, it's particularly suited to the creation of sauces, dressings, and other liquid mixtures. And when it comes to serving, the bowl's handle and pour spout make this easy and mess-free.

At a weight of 3 lbs, this appliance is lighter than many of its food processing counterparts, meaning it can be easily moved from A to B.

Thanks to its S-blade and reversible slicing/shredding disc, you have many options when it comes to using the Hamilton Beach 12-Cup. The S-blade can be used for chopping nuts, meat, garlic, onions, peppers, celery, herbs, bread (for crumbs), and crackers. It can also be used to mince/puree vegetables and fruits, mix salad dressings, puree soups or sauces, and to grate cheese. The slicing disc, then, is great for slicing cucumbers, apples, mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, pepperoni, peppers, radishes, and firm cheeses. Finally, the shredding disc is particularly useful for shredding cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and cheese.

The blades, bowl, and lid of this food processor are all dishwasher safe, which greatly reduces the workload of the user when it comes to cleaning after use. Other parts of the processor, then, can be simply wiped clean.

This machine comprises a hideaway cord that can be neatly wrapped away, helping to keep your countertop space free of clutter when you are working.

The Hamilton Beach 12-Cup features a safety lock system, meaning the appliance won't function unless all parts are correctly assembled. Further to this, it comprises a nonslip base that helps to keep the machine absolutely stable when in use.

When creating soups, sauces, or any other liquid mixtures, the Hamilton Beach 12-Cup makes the task at hand that bit easier thanks to a pour spout that helps to reduce messy drips. Also, the processing bowl is completely sealed meaning you don't have to worry about any leaks.

With the Hamilton Beach 12-Cup, the bowl is designed in such a way that it fits directly onto the base (with no twisting required) and its lid can then be quickly snapped on, secured in place by locking clips for safe operation. In brief, the parts of this processor are simply stacked and snapped in preparation for use.

All disc attachments of this food processor are both reversible and labeled; the user simply needs to ensure that labels are facing upwards so to instigate the desired function. Additionally, a "Max Level" indicator is displayed on the bowl so that the user is in no doubt as to the maximum capacity it can hold.

The large feed tube of the Hamilton Beach 12-Cup is capable of swallowing fruits, vegetables, and other sizable pieces of food whole. This saves you time and effort when it comes to preparing food prior to processing.