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| Cuisinart DLC-2011BKN Prep 11 Plus Food Processor, Black | 
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| Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $325.00
Buy New: $179.00
You Save: $146.00 (45%)
New (4) Used (1) from $165.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 27967
Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 9.5 x 14.8
MPN: DLC2011BKN
Model: DLC-2011BKN
UPC: 086279110671
EAN: 0086279110671
ASIN: B00004WKHZ
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 11-cup Lexan work bowl virtually shatterproof, dishwasher-safe | | • | Speed automatically adjusts to ensure proper dough consistency | | • | New, simple-to-use feed tube and pusher assembly | | • | Extra-large feed tube is 4-1/4 by 2-3/4 inches; small feed tube inside pusher | | • | Dough blade, slicing/shredding discs, spatula, recipes, how-to video included |
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Product Description
Another of Cuisinart's "next generation" of food processors, this is not as large or quite as powerful as the 14 cup model, but it will perform the same functions and is more than adequate for most families' needs. The large feed tube means less pre-chopping and the dough blade and function ensure you get the perfect dough consistency. Like its bigger sibling it has a new stream-lined design and a longer warranty than the original 11 cup Cuisinart, but is compatible with any 11 cup specialty discs or blades you may already own.
Amazon.com Review
Equipped with an extra-large feed tube, a small feed tube, a dough blade, and slicing and shredding discs, this 600-watt, 11-cup, full-size food processor provides all the power, versatility, and capacity needed by any household. The motor automatically adjusts the speed to ensure proper consistency when mixing doughs. Cooks experienced with Cuisinart food processors will welcome the new feed tube and pusher assembly, which is easy to use and conveniently located at the machine's front. At 4-1/4 inches by 2-3/4 inches, the large oval feed tube accommodates whole fruits and vegetables. The small, cylindrical tube is located inside the pusher assembly and has its own hollow pusher, which removes with a twist. On the bottom of the small pusher is a pinhole for dribbling oil into the bowl while making mayonnaise. The Lexan work bowl is virtually shatterproof and impervious to heat or cold. There's the familiar stainless-steel chopping blade and a dough blade. Stainless-steel slicing (4 mm) and shredding discs, a plastic spatula shaped for the work bowl, a recipe booklet, and an instruction video showing basic use, tips, techniques, and preparation of some recipes from the booklet complete the package. (Existing Cuisinart blades and discs also fit this machine.) Cuisinart warranties the motor against defects for 10 years and the remaining parts for three years. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
Good machine January 7, 2009
I changed over to the Cuisinart from a Kitchen Aid processor (which has been a very good and reliable machine) in order to get the new larger and wider feed tube of the Cuisinart, and to experiment with more available blade sizes. The standard blades that come with the Cuisinart all perform well and really speed up food prep. I haven't used the dough blade yet. The only disappointment so far is the feature that prevents the machine from engaging until the pusher-assembly is pushed down into the feed tube far enough to reach the switch mechanism. This prevents processing foods taller than the wide feed tube (such as two potatoes upright, two or more zuchinni, etc.), so that even though the tube is wide enough to accommodate more food, any item(s) that the whole pusher assembly has to be on top of to push down through the feed tube, have to be cut down to the heighth of the feed tube before the processor will engage. This requires more labor, more time, and, at least for me, significantly diminishes the effectiveness and enjoyment of having the larger feed tube - but I would still keep it for the wider feed tube. If you're using the small opening inside the pusher assembly (like for a single carrot, zuchinni, etc.), that is not the case, because the pusher-assembly is already engaged before you insert the food to process. Expect the processor to be a little stiff to engage, and to have a little "kick" when turning on. This seems to be standard in the heavier processors I've used. The 11-cup size is probably the handiest size to have in the kitchen unless you're working with large quantities of food. It's small enough not to feel too big to use most of the time, but large enough to prepare a boxed cake mix in much less time than using a mixer.
 Returned Unopened January 7, 2009
My wife didn't even open the package. She decided that since cooking is not something she does very often anymore that this would be overkill.
 Given as gift--recipient very happy. January 6, 2009
I gave this to my mother. She says that it is updated and she loves it. She was surprised and pleased with all it can do.
 Are blades stainless steel? January 4, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is a good product & it did simplify our cooking. The recipe book is nice too. The part of the product which I do not like is that the blades are not stainless steel but made of metal. Put a magnet against the blade & it will stick. After a month of use, one of the blades developed a rust spot.
Remember to dry the blades such that no water spots remains on it after washing it else you will have rust spots on your blades."
Big plusses, little minuses December 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife has been cooking up a storm lately (in a good way) for me and our four small children. We changed our diet a couple of years ago and have been eating a lot more fresh foods, which of course involve more preparation. This year for Christmas I came up with the idea of a food processor to save my dear bride a lot of effort chopping and slicing.
The big plus is that I think this Cuisinart Prep 11 Plus model is a fine piece of machinery and is well thought out. I'll get into more detail on that later.
The big minus is that I was somehow expecting a food processor to do more. Note that I'm not taking off any stars for my false expectations, but potential buyers should know these things. Before you put most things in to be chopped, they have to be pre-chopped. If I'm going to spend the time to cut everything into 1" squares before putting it in the food processor (FP), I'm pretty sure I haven't saved that much time. And there are some shapes the FP just can't make. For example, my wife made a roast over the weekend in the slow cooker. For the potatoes, she had to chop them up by hand since there is no way for the FP to make small (") cubes out of them. Then when you're all done, you have to wash everything - a blade, a disc, a small feed tube, a large feed tube, the bowl cover, and the bowl. Oh yeah, and the spatula, too. So just be sure and think through your cooking needs to see how much time and effort this will actually save. The bigger the meal, the more time it will save. I'm not saying we'll regret getting a FP and we'll certainly find it very useful for some things, but it's not the end-all super gadget that I was unrealistically hoping for.
Now, back to the actual performance of this unit as a food processor...
This Cuisinart 11 cup model has not failed to impress this engineer as a machine. The motor is very strong and the working bowl and feeders all snap into place solidly (the bowl maybe a little too solidly, as my wife is still getting the hang of snapping it all the way locked). Things are as they should be for a well-thought-out design. The small feed tube locks into place in the large. The blades slide easily onto the keyed drive shaft. The buttons have a great feel and are the membrane-type, which doesn't allow food to get in the unit. This thing cuts through stuff with ease. We haven't used the dough blade or shredder disc yet, but the slicing discs works great, as advertised. The chopping blade does pretty well.
One annoyance is that when chopping, bigger pieces tend to stay on top and not get chopped further while little pieces keep getting chopped smaller. With some items (like garlic) you can avoid this by pulsing the machine, which bounces the contents around and mixes them up pretty well. But other items like tomatoes just turn into puree on the bottom and chunks on the top. If you watch the included DVD, you'll notice that this happens in the video, too. But Cuisinart is sneaky and skips forward in the video to after they've opened the top and mixed the tomatoes manually to eliminate the chunks on top. You see chunks on top, then a slow fade, then magically uniform chopped tomato. I think we'll get used to doing this, but I wish Cuisinart would just 'fess up that it is a fact of life and say that you have to take a break and mix things up with a spatula.
The other big downer is that you now have all of this stuff to store, and nowhere to put it. Two blades, two discs, and that disc adapter. They're sharp, so you can't just throw them in a drawer. You could get Cuisinart's caddy (Cuisinart Blade and Disc Holder), but I would argue that it should be included with this processor as I'm not sure what Cuisinart expects you to do with the discs and blades when not in use.
All in all, I think this is a great food processor. I would recommend this model to someone who knows they want a food processor. I can't speak about longevity or customer service yet, and hopefully I won't have to. It does carry that substantial warranty.
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