Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor, 720-Watt, Stainless Steel, DFP-14BCNY

The Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup (model DFP-14BCNY) is a full-size Cuisinart food processor with a 720-watt motor and a stainless steel finish. It is built for chopping, slicing, shredding, pureeing and mixing dough.

Who it suits

It suits cooks who prep a lot of vegetables, or who make hummus, dressings, nut butters and pizza dough at home. At nearly 16 lb, it fits best in a kitchen with counter or cabinet room. For smoothies and blended soups, the Vitamix 5200 blender is the better tool, and a sharp Victorinox chef’s knife covers smaller jobs. See more kitchen appliances and tools.

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Key facts

• 14-cup work bowl and a 720-watt motor (Cuisinart)
• Listed for mincing, dicing, shredding, pureeing and kneading dough
• All parts except the motor base are dishwasher safe (Cuisinart)
• Full 5-year motor warranty and a limited 3-year warranty on the whole unit (Cuisinart)
• Measures 11 x 7.9 x 14.8 in and weighs 15.7 lb (Cuisinart)

What reviewers say

America’s Test Kitchen named it its winning food processor: powerful, quiet and easy to use, with a blade set that stores inside the bowl and a responsive pulse, though its testers noted the redesigned chopping blade leaves slightly larger gaps, and it struggled with a single batch of mayonnaise. Reviewed gave it an Editor’s Choice as its pick for pizza dough, saying it did well at nearly every task and fit under a cabinet, though the chute lock felt a bit awkward and it shredded mozzarella unevenly.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Powerful and quiet in two sets of tests
• Pro: Dishwasher-safe parts and a 5-year motor warranty
• Con: Uneven shredding of soft cheese in Reviewed’s test
• Con: Struggled with a small batch of mayonnaise in ATK’s test
• Con: Heavy at 15.7 lb

Cautions

• Blades and slicing discs are very sharp; handle them by the hub and keep them away from children.
• Keep the motor base out of the dishwasher.