Cuisinart Elemental 11 Cup Food Processor, FP-11GMP1

I have owned 2 of these machines in the past and use them more than 2 times a week if not more. The capacity of this processor is the largest I’ve ever had. Very convenient when making items that have a lot of liquid. It doesn’t leak! Awesome!!!

Great food processor. But a part broke, and getting in touch with Cuisinart was so difficult that i gave up and returned it and bought a new different brand. On hold with them for 3 times for a total of about 2 hours. Web site didn’t have the info i needed. I had to message 3 times to get a response. Buyer beware

I purchased this to replace an old DC-11 hoping that the bowls would be interchangeable. Didn’t happen; I ended up giving the old one away. This took a bit of time to get used to. My old bread-making technique (water first, adding flour, etc. through the tube) didn’t work with this. The tube was too small and the dough clumped up too dry and didn’t knead properly. Then I tried flour and dry stuff first and liquids through the tube and it worked great. I don’t like the buttons on this one as well as the old one, but it does have high and low settings. I adore the adjustable slicer and the reversible (coarse/fine) shredder. Huge improvement over all the discs I had to have before. This unit feels “beefier” too.

The only thing that continues to bug me is that shredded stuff ends up caught in the rim of the lid when I take it off. I have to run my finger around the groove to get the pieces out.

Otherwise, great product.

I have had Cuisinart food processors since they first came out and loved them for years, only replacing them when I wanted a larger bowl or different features, always giving the old one away to someone I knew because they were always still working fine. The last time I did that I regretted giving my old one away because the newer models have been so unsatisfactory I found myself avoiding using them. I never understand why “engineers” mess with good design only to replace it with bad design — cost reduction, I guess. I researched other brands of processors exhaustively for literally years, and was never inspired by what I learned about them, so kept soldiering on with the Cuisinart I had come to despise. Finally, last year I saw this Cuisinart model a decided to give it a try. I have had it for a year now and can honestly say I am in love with my Cuisinart food processor again and highly recommend this model. Every time I use it I am impressed by the intricacy of the planning and modelling that went into the design to make it work so well. I did experience a learning curve, because there are some significant differences between this model and all the other Cuisinart models I have had and seen, but it works extremely well for all my tasks and, because of these design changes, it holds more liquid without leaking all over the place like other recent models.

I read the instructions, and washed the parts as recommended. When I assembled the product, it never turned on. I experimented with the different bowls and blades, but the motor simply doesn’t work. Others have had similar issues. I ordered this to replace a smaller food processor that I had for years that finally broke. The new Cuisniart, aside from not working, has many plastic parts and doesn’t look as durable. It is much more time consuming to clean and assemble than my previous one given all the bowls, stem adapter, and multiple food tube feeders. I am returning it and will purchase one from a store. It was a hassle to repackage the broken one.

Really, it is perfect .. i am so happy that i got it

Actual processor is great. Easy to use/clean. Fully recommend.
However, the product I got appears to be an open box, resealed box, scratches, marks over the cup, looks generally used. I messaged amazon but they never replied. I finally kept the item as I’d waited so long and I didn’t want to send it back, as I’m trying to be less wasteful, and well, it works, so….

Just wish I’d known it was an open box.
Standards are slipping.