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Enjoy quick and easy meal prep with a food processor. Before you buy, be sure to choose the best food chopper model for your cooking style.
View our ratings and reviews and browse our buying guide to find the best food processors & choppers.
Basic chopping, slicing, and shredding were no problem for most of the food processors we tested. You can spend less if you don't need a large-capacity unit or if you don't bake bread (or if you have a stand mixer for kneading).
. . .Food choppers are handy for tedious chores such as mincing garlic. The differences between food processors and choppers: power, capacity, and function. Smaller, lighter, and less expensive choppers make quick work of cutting up small batches of nuts or herbs that would get lost in a food processor.
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BEST TIME TO BUY: Models from Breville, Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Magimix, Ninja, and Vitamix chop, slice, and shred their way to the top of CR's ratings
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