Yesterday, I was reading review on Amazon. com where a person was
saying how she even shred some chicken in food processor that wasn't
pricey. I forgot which one she was talking about.

I am interested in getting a FP that is not too pricey that can shred
some small amount of meat (for Chinese stiry fry) as well as chop
onions, not puree, grind nuts (small amount). I want to chop red
onions and dry them in a dehydrator. Is there such a thing? I want
something that doesn't take up space.

Note: I have a Braun hand belnder (200Watt) that comes with a beaker
and a bowl that I use for onion, garlic, tomatoes.

How much do you want to spend? I have a Kitchen Aid I am going to
review in the near future.



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> How much do you want to spend? I have a Kitchen Aid I am going to
> review in the near future.

I don't know. I guess it would depend on the watage of the item,
feature, etc.

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wrote:
> How much do you want to spend? I have a Kitchen Aid I am going to
> review in the near future.

I don't know. I guess it would depend on the watage of the item,
feature, etc.

The wattage you need depends on what you are going to do with the machine.
If you are going to make dough, then you need more watts. For most jobs,
450-600 watts will be fine, and that is the general range of what you will
find in the market place. My old 400 watt Braun FP worked for years, even
making bread dough. It was still working OK when I replaced it, but was
starting to make ominous sounds when I used it for dough. I got a Wolfgang
Puck FP as a gift. It is 900 watts. I like it, but there are problems and
I can't recommend it. I think if I were to buy another FP, I would get the
KitchenAid wide-mouth unit. The WP FP needs a bit of redesign, in my
opinion, but it gets wonderful review on the HSN website. Sometimes I think
that the 900 watt unit is a bit too powerful. I wish it had a variable
speed control.

Vox Humana wrote:
> The wattage you need depends on what you are going to do with the machine.
> If you are going to make dough, then you need more watts. For most jobs,
> 450-600 watts will be fine, and that is the general range of what you will
> find in the market place.

Wattage is largely a marketing gimmick. The true power of an appliance
would be rated in horsepower. Unfortunately, manufacturers rarely
provide this information.

In Cook's Illustrated's November issue, they bring up this point in
their review of stand mixers. You'll also find a discussion of this at
<http://forum.kitchenaid.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2378>.

In article >,
Andy Boze > wrote:
> Wattage is largely a marketing gimmick. The true power of an appliance
> would be rated in horsepower. Unfortunately, manufacturers rarely
> provide this information.

Sure they do, since Watts is directly converted to horsepower: 749 Watts
is 1 horsepower. In the case of a food processor, you'll only have the
few % losses in the gearbox to derate it from the advertised wattage to
useful work. Given the supply voltage, the current drawn, and the power
factor or the load you can work out how much energy is going into that
appliance to be converted to useful work.

Maybe you mean torque (foot pounds or Newton metres) as the important
non-provided information. A graph of torque vs speed may be useful to
work out where your appliance does its most efficient work, or if it
even suitable for some tasks.

Bill

Andy Boze wrote:
> Vox Humana wrote:
> > The wattage you need depends on what you are going to do with the machine.
> > If you are going to make dough, then you need more watts. For most jobs,
> > 450-600 watts will be fine, and that is the general range of what you will
> > find in the market place.
>
> Wattage is largely a marketing gimmick. The true power of an appliance
> would be rated in horsepower.

HP is directly proportional to wattage (9th grade Physics).




>Unfortunately, manufacturers rarely
> provide this information.
>
> In Cook's Illustrated's November issue, they bring up this point in
> their review of stand mixers. You'll also find a discussion of this at
> <http://forum.kitchenaid.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2378>.