Breville Sous Chef 12 Meals Processor, One Dimension, Silver

Amazing appliance
Very heavy and well built. Easy access with top that seals and comes off with ease. Multiple blades and adjustable slicer makes preparation a breeze. Highly recommend!!

Feels solid and sturdy, made to last
I honestly love this food processor. It’s exactly what I hoped it would be! It’s got a nice sturdy feel, user-friendly features and is easy to wash unlike my last one. I’ve owned a lot of different food processors, none of them great, and the Cuisinart I had drove me nuts, because the all the food debris would get trapped in the crevice around the lid! I really enjoy using this Breville and would recommend it to anyone!

Great machine, but…
I have been cooking for about 30 years, went to culinary school, etc. I have never owned a food processor before, though I have used many. In the past, they weren’t good enough to make it worth even using, much less purchasing. With my chef’s knife, everything always came out how I wanted it, and faster, when you consider cleanup (and you have to get the knife and cutting board out/dirty ANYWAY to use a food processor). That all said, it seemed like technology might be advanced to the point where I could use one, so I looked into them a bit.This one had great reviews, and at 1000W, was double the power of some of the cheaper ones. I’m glad I didn’t get one of those! I was able to stall this motor completely (It was just for a second, a few times. I didn’t push it, but it didn’t blow any breakers or shut off) by pushing ham into the grating disc too hard. The 1200W motor of the sous chef 16 might have been better for me, but it was 60-70% more expensive, and I’m sure I could stall out a 3000W motor the same way. 1000W is plenty, I just always want more.First of all, it’s super easy to clean, and it comes apart fast and easily. Don’t listen to these whiners who want to put everything in the dishwasher. The spatula included with it is shaped perfectly to fit into the angles and grooves of the bowl/pieces. If it were 1/8″ smaller, it would have fit perfectly into the smallest food chute to scrape it, but other than that, perfect.It’s maybe just a little delicate. I could see me breaking it if I’m not careful (and I’m often not) because of the brittle plastic, but it clicks together nicely and seems very well made. Not a lot of hard to get to areas where food gets stuck.I was disappointed at first at the chopping blade, and frustrated that I had to cut the stuff into 1″ cubes in order to even attempt to use it. I usually like to have a lot more control over the size/shape of the pieces. After giving it a few more tries, I think is a lot better than I gave it credit for, and much like a knife, there is a learning curve. You will never get that 1/8″ perfectly diced onion, but you can chop them into something pretty close in size. Again, here, the sous chef 16 has a very nice dicing attachment that looks like exactly what I wanted, and again, it would have cost much more, over double, with all the cool attachments, like french fry blade, julienne blade, dicing stuff. Really cool. I might still upgrade in a year or 2. The 12 only has the s blade and the (2 sided) grating bade (and dough hook). They don’t make any other blades for it. I subtracted 1 star for this. Epic fail.A couple other things I don’t love about it are:–no speed control, only off or on. It has a pulse button, but I’d love to also see a dial to turn the speed up or down, or even high/low, SOMETHING.–it’s a petty thing, but the small food chute should be 1/4″ longer, IMO. The bottom of it isn’t flush with the larger two that it is designed to fit inside of.–more pettiness, and this machine leaves very little compared to some, but the ends of whatever you’re grating, the last little bit, is too narrow and you end up with a few little pieces the size of guitar picks, or strips, that aren’t fully grated, sitting on top of the blade. Most people probably throw this out.–it makes sense, but you have to chop the stuff into 1 inch cubes to use the chopping blade. It’s still faster for doing a lot of stuff, but I don’t love it.Overall, the 12 is a great machine, in my opinion, and well worth the money. If you have more money though, and do a lot of cooking, the 16, on paper, seems to be a much better machine, if only for the extra attachments. I wish I paid the extra, but the 12 is so good that IDK if I can justify $600 to replace it now.

Freakin’ awesome. Sturdy, powerful, extremely efficient. Easy to use, clean and adjust. Quiet. Finished product is outstanding. Not a mangled mess, nor shredded as though torn by hand. Makes light work of dough preparations. This machine just WORKS. It is large which may make hidden kitchen storage difficult for some but I’m managing nicely. I’ve had the economy machine in the past and put up with the ineffectiveness, hence a lot of hand work for me. But, this unit is as advertised. If you have a genuine use for a food processor, this is your money well spent.

Easy to assemble. Easy to operate. Very quiet. The motor base is heavier than the others that we’ve which likely reflects quality. Overall the nicest food processor we’ve ever had.However, this unit must be handled with care. The plastic parts seem less durable than the cheap Hamilton Beach unit that we had previously. My daughter accidently dropped the lid while handling it, and it fell to the vinyl floor, and broke. Fortunately, replacement parts are available from the manufacturer.