KitchenAid 13-Cup Food Processor

I was very excited to be replacing my 6 cup Cuisinart food processor with this 13 cup KitchenAid model. My Cuisinart lasted for many years. The KitchenAid model seemed well thought out. All the parts and accessories store in the bowl. The top seemed a little flimsy, as it used plastic joints to hold the lid to the bowl. On my 3rd, shredding a block of cheese, the KitchenAid had a catastrophic failure. The entire thing destroyed itself!! Somehow the plastic gears that connect the motor to the bowl sheered off. The gears for the grating disc broke in half and the point of contact between the shaft and lid broke as well. Hopefully this model was just defective. I haven’t seen something so poorly and cheaply made, from a brand that mades many long-lasting, dependable appliances, like my KitchenAid mixer. For $200, I expected a much better product from this product.