Introducing the industrial-size DLC-XP Food Processor from Cuisinart. Professional chefs and serious home cooks will love this powerful appliance. Loaded with features, but so easy to use, the versatile DLC-XP slices whole fruits and vegetables, and kneads bread.With its powerful motor and vast capacity, this food processor is suitable for catering and restaurant use and for the serious home chef. The possibilities are almost limitless: it chops and purées fruits, meats, vegetables, and cheese; makes pastry and bread dough; and slices and shreds almost any food, all at the touch of one of its two big gray buttons. In addition to the myriad attachments included with the machine, you might want to purchase separately specialized slicing discs and juicer and whisk attachments. All of the cutting discs slot easily onto the detachable disc stem.

The processor comes with a detailed instruction/recipe booklet that has full-color photographs illustrating the parts of the machine and how to use them to make everything from tabbouleh to curried pumpkin soup to brioche dough. Troubleshooting information is also included. –Jennifer Harris

Editor’s Choice: Cuisinart’s 20-cup food processor is our choice for the best food processor over $300. This processor features a direct drive 1-1/2-horsepower induction motor (which equals about 1,120 watts) and a 20-cup plastic bowl. It comes with one standard blade, one shredding disc, three slicing discs (including a standard 4-millimeter disc and a thick 6-millimeter disc), a dough blade, a spatula, and a cleaning tool, and has one speed plus a pulse function. This is a heavy and sturdy machine–it weighs 27 pounds, the base is 12 by 8-1/2 inches, and it’s 17 inches high with the work bowl. Read more in our comparison of food processors.

Product Features

• 20-cup work bowl
• Includes chopping/mixing and dough blades, shredding disc, three slicing discs, spatula and recipe booklet
• Base: 12 by 8-1/2 inches, 17 inches high with work bowl
• Work bowl and accessories dishwasher-safe
• Three-year limited warranty on entire unit; full five-year motor warranty