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Cuisinart DFP-3 Handy Prep 3-Cup Food Processor

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Brand Cuisinart
Special Feature Chute Attachment for Continuous Slicing and Shredding
Color White
Bowl Capacity 3 Cups
Wattage
300 watts
Material
Stainless Steel
Item Weight
9.05 Pounds
Voltage
1.2E+2 Volts (AC)

About this item

  • Chute attachment for continuous slicing or shredding
  • 3-cup work bowl with feed tube; stainless-steel chopping-mixing blade
  • Comes with slicing disc (2 mm); medium shredding disc
  • Ejector disc directs ingredients through chute attachment
  • Product Built to North American Electrical Standards

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Cuisinart’s 3-cup food processor boasts many convenient features. The ejector disc directs ingredients through the chute attachment, which allows for efficient, continuous slicing or shredding. This unit comes with a 2-mm slicing disc, a medium shredding disc, and a stainless-steal chopping/mixing blade. Save time and get the results you want with Cuisinart’s 3-cup food processor. Spatula and recipe and instruction book are included.

Features:

  • Chute attachment for continuous slicing or shredding
  • 3-cup work bowl with feed tube; stainless-steel chopping/mixing blade
  • Slicing disc (2 mm); medium shredding disc
  • Ejector disc to direct ingredients through chute attachment
  • Includes spatula and recipe and instruction book

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Customers find the food processor effective for food preparation and has a small footprint. They find it easy to use, store in smaller spaces, and make meal prep easier. Many customers appreciate its ease of cleaning and utility. However, some have mixed opinions on value for money, blade cutting ability, and build quality.

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123 customers mention "Functionality"109 positive14 negative

Customers find the food processor effective for preparing food. They say it works well for chopping small items like garlic and onions. The motor is powerful and the machine has been working for almost 5 years.

"...This mini Cuisinart is a powerhouse and a great little workhorse. It has the same controls as a classic Cuisinart: on, off and pulse...." Read more

"...I can think of to describe this little workhorse...'small, fast and efficient.'..." Read more

"Review after 1 week of ownership:Pros:1. Very powerful. I totally underestimated how powerful this machine is.2. Tiny footprint...." Read more

"...It is extremely powerful, effective, efficient, and fun to use. The set-up and clean-up couldn't be easier...." Read more

111 customers mention "Size"96 positive15 negative

Customers appreciate the food processor's compact size. They find it easy to store in small spaces, perfect for a family of up to four people. The smaller footprint is worth it, and it's the right size for making cream cheese dip that gets lost in larger processors. It can make small portions of pizza dough and more.

"...innumerable small tasks like chopping, making pesto, can make small portions of pizza dough and so much more....all the things you might want to do..." Read more

"...the best 3 words I can think of to describe this little workhorse...'small, fast and efficient.'..." Read more

"...I totally underestimated how powerful this machine is.2. Tiny footprint. Hardly takes up room on the countertop3...." Read more

"...Very easy to clean, takes up a small amount of space so I just keep it out most of the time. Got pretty much what I wanted." Read more

43 customers mention "Ease of use"37 positive6 negative

Customers find the food processor easy to use. They say it makes meal prep easier, is quick to assemble and disassemble, and handles everything they need it to, including chopping onions and blending pie crusts.

"...It is easy to assemble and disassemble on subsequent uses though.In general a very useful and a powerful machine." Read more

"...I've been able to process soups, smoothies, juices, etc. SO easily. I actually look forward to using it everyday, multiple times a day...." Read more

"...most domestically inclined person in the world but this thing is super easy to use. Can't wait to make homemade salsa and pasta sauce in it...." Read more

"...Makes meal prep a lot easier for me now that arthritis makes it difficult to hold knives safely...." Read more

41 customers mention "Ease of cleaning"38 positive3 negative

Customers find the food processor easy to clean. They say the parts are washable by hand and it's easy to take apart, clean, and put back together again.

"...The set-up and clean-up couldn't be easier. I will continue using this food processor daily even after my husband is off the liquid diet...." Read more

"...Very easy to clean, takes up a small amount of space so I just keep it out most of the time. Got pretty much what I wanted." Read more

"...It lives on the counter. It is easy to use and clean. The blade is still very sharp, but I am not chopping up hard foods very often...." Read more

"...Additionally, I was surprised as to how quiet and easy to clean it is. I'm certain that I will use this machine for years to come...." Read more

36 customers mention "Utility"36 positive0 negative

Customers find the food processor useful for small tasks like chopping and pesto. It's a handy kitchen tool with multiple useful pieces included.

"...It is perfect for innumerable small tasks like chopping, making pesto, can make small portions of pizza dough and so much more....all the things you..." Read more

"...What a difference. This is one is super heavyweight and has all kinds of bells and whistles that the other one didn't have...." Read more

"...There are several handy pieces that it includes which is helpful, though the slicing disc is more along the lines of a pulverizing disc...." Read more

"...I am partial to this 3-cup variety, useful and effective for so many things in the preparation of food in the home kitchen, when the job does not..." Read more

51 customers mention "Blade cutting ability"31 positive20 negative

Customers have different views on the food processor's blade cutting ability. Some find it useful for making salsas, slicing up food bits, and grating vegetables. Others mention that the slicing disc cuts in pretty thin slices and they wish they could order a medium thickness blade. The biggest problem is uneven chopping of large portions.

"...chop chocolate from small chunks (not from whole bar, though). chop nuts beautifully...." Read more

"...The DFP-3 made short work of the Russet potatoes, but the slices were a little too thin for my taste...." Read more

"...It has the same type of feed tube, blade, etc. it aso has a grater blade and slicer, with a cool attachment that allows you or grate or slice..." Read more

"...Doesn't restrict you to 3 cups. Cuts very thin slices.Cons:1...." Read more

51 customers mention "Value for money"30 positive21 negative

Customers have different views on the food processor's value for money. Some find it worth the price, with reasonably priced additional attachments and great quality for the price. It blends functionality of more expensive models with a handy size. However, others consider it a waste of money, not as good as expected, and comes with several drawbacks, including not being able to use it with liquids.

"...I'd recommend it as a basic food processor...definately worth the price of 48 bucks I paid for...." Read more

"...It will just kind of spin it around all sad-like with no choppin' action...." Read more

"...Pros:-Size, Price, Comes with chute(which I have not tried yet)Cons:-Uneven chopping of veggies. This is the biggest problem...." Read more

"...So, I decided to try this small one because it was inexpensive, compared to the other models. Plus, it had slicer and shredder blades...." Read more

44 customers mention "Build quality"29 positive15 negative

Customers have mixed views on the food processor's build quality. Some find it well-made and appreciate the design and packaging. Others mention it's flimsy, lightweight, and fragile. The plastic looks vulnerable and some customers experienced issues with the product breaking after a short period of use.

"The unit is super-solid. Very powerful motor... you can tell by the weight of the base and the sound of the motor during operation...." Read more

"...is one of those companies that stands out amongst the others with product quality, design, and warranties -I'm a firm believer in the old adage &#..." Read more

"...It was a flimsy lightweight little machine. It only had one button--the pulse button--and it stuck so I ended up sending it back...." Read more

"The quality is amazing. Easy to use, easy to clean. This was my first Processor and I'm hooked...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2012
    I have been using my Cuisinart 8cup model(older version) for many years and I love it, however, I don't feel using it when I chop or slice only one onion, and large machine is not good at handling small quantity food. So I bought mini prep chopper for these small jobs and liked it for chopping and mixing but it doesn't slice or grate. Mini prep was small and light and it was not good at heavier jobs .Then I purchased this Handy Prep 3cup and it was perfect solution for my purposes. With little more investment, you can have same powerful motor as the larger models and you can have many accessories for chopping, grating and slicing . It has much heavier motor base than mini preps and because of its powerful motor, it sounds quiet. Here are what it does:

    Chopping: choop onions, parmesan cheese and other vegetables with ease. chop chocolate from small chunks (not from whole bar, though). chop nuts beautifully.

    Slicing/grating: DFP-3 comes with unlimited slicing/grating disc with chute attachment. This is very clever and fun idea that sliced/grated food comes out from the chute as you on/pulse the machine. You'd better put larger receptor under otherwise the food will fly away all over the kitchen counter. Slicing/grating discs are made of cheap looking plastic and only blades are made of stainless steel. To be honest, the larger model does neater jobs but DFP-3 does OK jobs for daily meals. You need to cut vegetables to adjust the opening. It is useful to have chute attachement as the second bowl besides work bowl. Hard food like carrots or hard cheese easily stack in the blade, when this happens, you'd better turn off tne machine not to burn the motor and re-arrange your food.

    Making pastry & pizza dough: It can knead small dough but for this job I prefer the larger model because 3cup bowl doesn't have enough room for kneading dough. Maybe it can handle 1 cup flour but it can make only one medium sized pizza. When I made pizza dough with 1 2/3cup flour and 1cup water, the dough didn't become smooth and elastic as I expected. As to pie crust, it can make nice pie crust with 2/3 flour, 2oz butter, 50g sugar and one egg york. For carrot cake or brownies, you can do the most part in the processor and transfer the contents into larger bowl for mixing flour because as the volume in the bowl increase, the capacity of the bowl becomes full and it doesn't mix bottom part well.

    As additional accessoried, you can purchase citrus juicer which was originally made for little prep pro (the former model of Handy prep). It comes with juicer attachment with 3 cones of different sizes. This attachment makes Handy prep 3cup more useful, especially, when you make marmalade.

    Hope this helps you. DFP-3 is my cute little power horse for daily jobs and I love this machine highly recommend it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2012
    This is NOT a 'mini-prep', which Cuisinart also makes. This IS a full -service Cuisinart food processor, only small. I own or have owned both Cuisinart mini-preps: the 3 cup and the 4 cup. They don't come close. This mini Cuisinart is a powerhouse and a great little workhorse. It has the same controls as a classic Cuisinart: on, off and pulse. It has the same type of feed tube, blade, etc. it aso has a grater blade and slicer, with a cool attachment that allows you or grate or slice continuously which it feeds into a bowl ( your own bowl).

    It is perfect for innumerable small tasks like chopping, making pesto, can make small portions of pizza dough and so much more....all the things you might want to do in a regular food processor but find it too big. Awesome for a small household as well. I use it all the time and totally love it. i do have a full size Cuisi as well: with this mini around, I find I use the big one less often; i aso have an immersion blender which I use a ton, but find my mini can do some things better that the stick blender (which happens to totally RULE for salad dressings and smooth soups/sauces.) i use it for smaller portions of tabbouli salad so we can eat it freah...excellent!

    One reviewer complained that it was too loud. I heartily disagreed. It makes the same sound as a food processor, only scaled to its size. Nothing weird about that. The Cuisinart mini preps ARE loud, with a hi-pitched whine. This one is not like those. I have only one complaint: it is 3 cups. I keep thinking that they really should have made it 4 cups/1 quart. It is a tad small and that extra cup would have been perfection. But...that preference aside, it s a great, indispensable worthwhile little food processor. Highly recommend!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2013
    That's the best 3 words I can think of to describe this little workhorse...'small, fast and efficient.' My first indication of this food processor's power came when I plugged it in and hit the 'on/off/pulse' switch. The Cuisinart jumped to one side, a good sign of the muscle this machine has. Don't be fooled by the size, the motor has a lot of torque. I decided to try one of the recipes in the owner's manual, Potatoes Au Gratin (page 19) using the slicing disc. The DFP-3 made short work of the Russet potatoes, but the slices were a little too thin for my taste. But it did the job it was designed for very quickly, and without any problems.

    To quote another reviewer, 'J. Janssen':" What these things do well is puree ingredients into sauce bases, tapenades, soups, salsas and the like. Don't buy one expecting to throw away the paring or chef knives. If you are preparing large quantities of sliced vegetables you're better off with a mandolin or a good set of knives."

    Amen. No food processor in the world will ever replace a patient and dedicated cook with a good set of knives. Machines like the Cuisinart will make things a lot easier, but they're not a magic wand. And a mandolin can be nearly priceless when it comes to doing French fries, sliced cucumbers and carrots for salads or other tasks. But for a quick batch of salsa or relish, or if you like veggies sliced thin and quickly, the Cuisinart will be right up your alley. It's rare to find a processor with this much power and with such a small 'footprint' (counter space).
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