Review: Hamilton Beach Food Processor: Amazing. Versatile.

Food processors are like an extra set of hands when it comes to help in the kitchen. They can do everything from slice and grate, to chop, mix, stir and even knead doughs. Once upon a time, food, processors were large, heavy, and bulky, so have things changed much? I recently received a sample of the Hamilton Beach food processor to try in my home and see what it's good for, what it can help me with in the kitchen. It's a very inexpensive food processor that’s also got one unique feature that seems to deal with one of the troublesome aspects of using a food processor and that's scraping down the sides constantly. So has Hamilton Beach got it nailed when it comes to the best food processors in 2023? I'll find out in this review and let you know if I think I can recommend this gadget to you.

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What’s in the box?

What you get in the package is simple and straightforward: there's the motorized base of the food processor which includes a non-removeable motor shaft. Many food processory make this removable but not here. Then the processor itself consists of several parts:
Bowl
Chopping/Mixing blade
Lid with pusher
Reversible slicing/shredding disc
Bowl scraper

This food processor has a surprisingly small footprint, but at the same time it looks like it will hold a decent amount of food for prep.


If you're looking to chop vegetables, you can simply drop large chunks into the bowl. During my review I used onions. When you're ready to chop, just align the lid with the handle of the bowl. That creates a safety lock that allows the blade to begin when you turn the control knob. Amazingly this machine is extremely fast and the blade is very speedy and powerful. It makes quick work of pretty much any type of vegetable.

There are two speeds and a pulse option.

The only caveat I'll make here is that there is really not a lot of speed control and doesn't seem to be a way to truly slow it down or chop more slowly or more gently. The way to get a course or chop is to simply run the machine for last time. In the recipes I tested out I mainly needed finer dice so the machine did quick and excellent work of it for me.

Important to note is that you should add the bowl scraper before you process any of your ingredients. Otherwise you'll be trying to wedge the scraper in amongst a bowl full of food; not ideal.

I also used this machine to mix a dough to make bread. The recipe I chose is specifically duck designed for a food processor or a blender, so it worked great in the Hamilton beach food processor. Despite the fact the blade is a cutter it didn't destroy my dough and made quick work of the kneading for me.


Using the bowl scraper

The bowl scraper is actually pretty genius, and I fell in love with it from the first use. While your Hamilton Beach food processor is doing its work, you can use the small lever on the lid to manouvre the scraper to scrape the bowl as it works, carving stuck-on food back into the bowl for further chopping. It actually does an extremely thorough job at scraping the sides and getting wayward bits back in front of the blade.

Next up was a homemade hummus. Here the Hamilton Beach food processor really shines. It made a perfectly uniform dip and managed all the ingredients really well. The bowl scraper was brilliant here since when I make hummus with another older food processor, I have to stop about four or five times to scrape down the sides. Here, I was able to simply toggle the scraper around the sides of the ball while it was mixing and everything finished up extremely quickly. I was left with a perfectly textured hummus.


This tool is so simple yet so smart I can't believe I haven't seen a food processor that does this before now.

Slicing & Shredding

The Hamilton beach food processor will also manage both slicing and grating. The cutting disc that does, this is reversible; so whichever action you want, you turn that side of the disk up and then set it over the motor shaft where it will click into place.

I tried it with carrots, and made uniform slices for a soup. The only thing on note here is that there is really only one thickness option so you can't get fatter or thinner slices. Even so the slices were uniform and worked just fine for my recipe.


Overall review

Overall, I'm extremely happy with the results of the Hamilton beach food processor. On the pro side, it holds a lot of food while taking up relatively little real estate. It feels substantial but it's not heavy making it easy to store away or get out for a quick recipe. It makes fast work of a lot of tedious kitchen tasks, and can handle everything from slicing to grating to chopping and mixing with ease.