Cracking The Food Processor Code
PROS / It comes with a high-power 1,200-watt motor.
CONS / It sometimes mashes softer ingredients, such as cheese, instead
of finely shredding them.
VERDICT / The Breville BFP800XL Sous Chef uses its powerful motor
To quickly process all sorts of food with uniformity and few remaining
Food processors we examined. It was fully capable of reducing every type
Of food we tested it on, but in some cases it over-performed and mashed
food together rather than simply shredding it. This was among the
easiest to use of the devices we tested, and it also proved easy to
assemble, disassemble and clean.
and remove for switching between ingredients and processing types.
This is among the best food processors due to how easily it reduces food
to a fully processed state. In our tests, it required few pulses to fully
reduce hard cheeses, chop onions and slice potatoes, leaving very few
nubs from the original food we inserted. Its power is quite apparent in
its speedy results, often taking a fraction of the pulses less powerful
models required. It perfectly sliced mushrooms without causing them to
Crumble, and it even ground almonds to a perfect flour-like consistency.
Although this top-rated food processor touts a tremendous amount of
power with its 1,200-watt motor, this does have the adverse effect of
occasionally mashing the food it chops. For example, when we shredded
cheese, it very quickly cut through the cheese and left very few chunks of
the original block. However, the power of the motor and design of the
shredding disk moved with such power that it practically mashed the
cheddar into a paste rather than into finely-cut shreds.
The general design of this small food processor is quite intuitive. It's easy
To quickly remove or add cutting blades and discs or even fully
disassemble the unit for cleaning. The placement of each piece is
straightforward and requires little referencing from the manual to
assemble or even use. Cleaning all of the processor's pieces is likewise
Quite simple, but it can be time consuming due to the sheer number of
parts that require cleaning.
Summary
The Breville Sous Chef is a powerful food processor -- but sometimes too
powerful. To its credit, the processor is capable of easily reducing any
ingredient you may use it for, whether that is almonds, cauliflower,
potatoes or onions. However, the high power proved too much in our
tests with softer foods like cheddar cheese; it ended up mashing the
Shredded ingredients into uneven lumps as opposed to finely-cut food.
Despite this, the food processor is among the best we reviewed from a
performance standpoint, but ultimately fell short of our top three
Rankings because of its over-performance with softer foods.
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