Plus, its features are similarly well-conceived: It has a wide-mouth feed tube, reversible shredding disc and an adjustable slicing disc with similar wide-ranging thickness capabilities. It disassembles and cleans as easily as the competition. It offers high and low speed button options as well as pulse, though I found myself basically using just the high and pulse. It has a classic bowl and lid that twist to click into place rather intuitively if you already know how to use a food processor.

The onion dices were uniform, the butter was evenly distributed in the pie dough and the carrot shred was fast and painless. The Elemental 13-Cup Food Processor performed extremely well on all tasks, making this the best machine for most home kitchens.

Capacity: 13 cups | Motor power: 550 watts | Blades included: Chopping and dough | Discs included: Adjustable dicing, shredding and slicing