Should you’ve already acquired a blender, stand mixer, or juicer, it’s possible you’ll really feel such as you’re all set for prepping for meals, however—as the most effective cooks will agree—no kitchen ought to be and not using a respectable meals processor. The proper multitasking software for slicing, dicing, chopping, and extra, with an excellent meals processor you’ll at all times really feel such as you’ve acquired an additional pair of arms serving to you within the kitchen.

The newest home equipment can chop, shred, slice, grind, grate, cube, knead, and puree on the contact of a button. A meals processor is especially good for shredding greens to boost salads and for smoothing selfmade sauces reminiscent of pesto or hummus. You can too use it to puree components for no matter stage you’re at in life—be it for weaning a 6-month-old child or making champagne Bellinis for a Friday night time.

In our choose, we’ve included a variety of tall and small designs to go well with each giant and petite kitchen cabinets. To evaluate the efficiency of every meals processor, we used them to arrange hummus with chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, tahini, and sea salt. We additionally used them to cut carrots evenly to cover in Jamie Oliver’s Versatile Meat Ragu recipe, which is scrumptious in pies or served with pasta and rice. We’ve additionally rated every meals processor on versatility, design, and what number of helpful attachments the set consists of.

For extra of WIRED’s kitchen guides, take a look at our Best Stand Mixers, Best Blenders, Best Air Fryers, Best Electrical Kettles, and the Best Gear for Small Kitchens.

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