Cuisinart 13-Cup Food Processor & Dicer

I purchased a refurbished Cuisinart FP-13DSV Elemental 13 Cup Food Processor and I am very happy with the considerable savings on this very high quality product. I've only had the machine for a couple of months but have already become accustomed to using it for a variety of tasks. I use the large bowl to make pie dough, various types of hummus, and to slice and shred vegetables for salads and soups. I use the small bowl to chop nuts, mince garlic and ginger, make salad dressings and pestos. However, I'm still deciding whether or not the dicing attachment is worth the effort. I really wish the unit came with more than one dicing grate size; the one that comes with the kit is quite small. On the plus side, you can process chunks of vegetables very quickly and it is nice to end up with perfectly cubed bits, but I found I needed to stop and unstick debris on the dicing grate several times while processing. It comes with an attachment to push through bits stuck in the grate, but this downgrades the time-saving element. The dicer works especially well on onions and white potatoes, but hard vegetables, such as beets or sweet potatoes are really too much for this device; I will keep experimenting. All-in-all, having this wonderful machine has made cooking more efficient and enjoyable.