The new KitchenAid 13 Cup Food Processor is now
available at CHEFS Catalog and Amazon
!
In this week leading up to October Unprocessed, I wanted to do a killer giveaway that goes above-and-beyond. I enjoy a good bit of irony, too, so what could be a better choice than a food processor?
I contacted my friends at KitchenAid, and they happily suggested their brand-new 13-cup ExactSlice™ Food Processor. The very first ones are just starting to come off the production line!
To make sure that this baby was truly worthy, they shipped me a demo unit last week to test out. (full disclosure: I get to keep it! woohoo!)
My verdict? This thing is a beast.
I mean that in a good way, of course. Upon unpacking it, I was quite surprised at just how big this machine is. It’s clearly designed to be a multi-tasking kitchen brute. The main bowl has a huge 13 cup (3.1L) capacity! Thankfully, it also comes with a 4-cup “mini-bowl” insert — which makes it convenient for smaller recipes, too.
Designed to be versatile, it can slice, shred, chop, purée, and even knead. It includes two multi-purpose blades (one for each bowl size), a dough blade, a shredding blade, a slicing blade, and, thankfully, a storage box for all those little parts.
What’s really revolutionary (get it?) about this particular food processor is the new “ExactSlice” system. Unlike a typical food processor that may have a couple of different fixed-width slicing blades (if you’re lucky), this one allows you to change the thickness of the slices on-the-fly, without even opening the bowl, just by sliding a lever. You can even adjust it while it’s running.
The dual speeds make it easy to control. I especially like how the “pulse” mode gracefully ramps up, rather than just kicking into high-gear right away. Just tap the button and it’ll gently spin a few times around, but hold it down and it’ll come up to full speed in a just a second or two.
It also has a 3-in-1 Ultra Wide Mouth™ feeding tube, so it can accommodate large fruits and veggies without much prep work (you’ve still got to wash them, though!). Another thoughtful touch: If you keep all the plungers nested together, the smallest one has a tiny hole in the bottom. To drizzle in oil, or any other liquid, you can just pour a measured amount in the cup and it’ll slowly feed into the processor on its own. Precise and easy. Nice.
I had hoped to include some recipes with this post, but I’m a little behind because of all the work in putting together October Unprocessed. Stay tuned, though — soon we’ll be sharing some great recipes that you can make easily in a food processor (I’m thinking in particular about the ones that are far cheaper to make from scratch, like hummus and pesto, and super-easy if you have a food processor!).
Okay, so I’m guessing by now I’ve convinced you that this machine is pretty sweet. Enough of my rambling — head over to CHEFS Catalog or Amazon to buy yours today!
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Huge thanks to Rachel, Jessica, and @KitchenAidUSA!
(This post originally included a giveaway, now finished, for one of these new ExactSlice Food Processors.)
Hi. My name is Andrew Wilder, and I think Eating Rules! I write about three of them, and everything in between.
October 4, 2011 at 9:16 am
And the winner is… Helen H.!
Congratulations Helen, and an enormous Thank You! to Kitchen Aid USA and everyone who entered.
If you’d like to get one of these new “beasts” for your own kitchen, they’re now available (in four colors!) at CHEFS Catalog.
A note on my methodology, in case you’re interested:
I exported from the database all the comments from this post, then imported them into Excel, with one comment per line. I then de-duplicated the list (Awesome Excel add-on: ASAP Utilities) so there was only one email address per person. I re-sorted the list by e-mail address, removed the extra comments at the bottom, and then headed over to Random.org to select a number. I matched up that number with the row in the spreadsheet (#99), and found Helen’s comment.