FP120: Good little kitchen helper (Kenwood Food Processor)

Member Name: Purpledot

Product:	Kenwood Food Processor
Date:	13/05/09 (40 review reads)
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Advantages: Compact and multi-functional

Disadvantages: None

Having chopped, sliced and mixed everything by hand from garlic to cake mix, I figured it was time to treat myself and started looking around for a good 'kitchen helper' which is efficient and does not cost the world. Kenwood food processors came up top at most of the sites that I visited. Needless to say, I quickly narrowed down my choices to Kenwood and decided on an FP120. It was my first ever food processor and it ticked all the boxes for £28. I wanted something which was not too bulky and easy to handle and this was just it! Since buying it, I have sliced, minced, shredded and whisked (13 functions altogether, although I have yet to explore each and everyone). It comes with a 0.8kg/litre capacity bowl, individual blades for grating, slicing and chopping and a whisk. There is also a juicer, a spatula and maxi blend canopy which increases the efficiency of knife blade chopping when used (something about changing the chopping action from centrifugal to a vortex-as explained by Kenwood). There are basically 2 modes; pulse or single speed for finer chopping. It can generate quite a bit of noise but it is bearable; don't know if it will wake the baby though. It's easy to put together and take apart for washing (dishwasher safe) and really does not take up a lot of space on the counter top at all. To get a really fine puree, blender is still the way to go. For everything else, this little compact will do it all. Good quality and good value for money!

Summary: Wise buy