Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor Review (DFP-14)

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#	Product	Best for	Score	Price
01	Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor (DFP-14BCNY) The default full-size processor for a reason: a big, simple, 720-watt workhorse with the shortest parts list to go wrong.	Most full-size kitchens	8.7	$319.95Amazon

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The Cuisinart DFP-14 is the machine we recommend to most people, and its appeal is almost entirely about what it does nothave. There is no bank of buttons, no nested bowls, no dial, no accessory tray. There is a 14-cup bowl, a lid with a wide feed tube, a chopping blade and two discs. Fewer parts means less to wash, less to store, and less to go wrong — and after decades on the market, this design has proven it lasts.

What the 720-watt motor handles

The 720-watt motor is comfortably into the range where power stops being a limitation for the everyday jobs and starts to matter for the hard ones. It chops, slices and shreds without a thought. It kneads pizza and bread dough — not effortlessly, but genuinely, where an 8-cup budget machine strains. It grinds nut butter with a few rest breaks. It is not the 1,200-watt Breville, and if you make dough several times a week you will feel the difference over years; for the once-a-week baker it is plenty.

Who should buy something else

Two kinds of cook. If you cook for one or two and mostly do small jobs — a bit of herbs, one onion, a small dressing — washing this 14-cup bowl every time is a chore, and the Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus (DLC-2ABC) will make you happier for a third of the price. And if you slice vegetables daily and want to set an exact thickness, the adjustable dial on the Breville from the main roundup is worth the premium. For everyone in between, this is the buy.

In detail

The full spec

Most full-size kitchens

Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor (DFP-14BCNY)

Work bowl:14 cups Motor:720 watts Discs & blades:Stainless slicing disc, shredding disc, chopping/mixing blade

Big-batch capacityOnly 3 parts to wash

8.7/10

The default full-size processor for a reason: a big, simple, 720-watt workhorse with the shortest parts list to go wrong.

Capacity: 9.5
Power: 8.5
Versatility: 8
Ease of clean: 9
Build & warranty: 8.5

What it gets right

Genuinely large 14-cup bowl handles a whole batch of dough or a full head of cabbage without stopping to empty it
Only three washable parts — no fiddly interlocking accessories to store or lose
720-watt motor pushes through pie dough and hard cheese without bogging down

What it doesn't

No smaller nested bowl — dicing a single shallot in a 14-cup bowl is wasteful and messy
Tall footprint does not fit under most upper cabinets when assembled

What it costs to run

About $2.29 a year in electricity, at 3 minutes a day, 365 days a year and 17.45¢ per kWh.

720 W, the figure Cuisinart publishes for the DFP-14 series and shown on the listing. The full arithmetic is published.

Skip this if…

…You cook for one or two and mostly do small jobs — a 14-cup bowl is a chore to wash for half an onion, and a mini processor will serve you better and cost a third as much.

$319.95on Amazon

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How we picked

Tools we claim to have lab-tested: 0

Every site in this category tells you they ran twenty machines through a lab. We have not, and we say so. Here is what we do instead: read the manufacturer's manual and spec sheet, record the published bowl capacity, motor rating, blade and disc counts and materials, cross-check the warranty against the manufacturer's own warranty document, and cite all of it so you can check the work. Prices come live from Amazon's API and disappear rather than go stale.

The scores above are judgments from that documented research — not test results. The full rubric, including what disqualifies a product, is published in full.

Questions

Frequently asked

Is the Cuisinart DFP-14 worth it?

For a full-size kitchen that wants one reliable machine, yes. Its strengths are capacity, a capable 720-watt motor, a sealed bowl, and a very short parts list that makes it easy to live with. Skip it only if you mostly do small jobs (get a mini) or need an adjustable slicing dial (get the Breville).

Can the Cuisinart 14-cup make dough?

Yes. The 720-watt motor kneads pizza and bread dough in the 14-cup bowl. It is not as effortless as the 1,200-watt Breville on very stiff doughs, but for a weekly baker it handles the job well.

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