On Monday I went to Target and bought my very first food processor. After reading a lot of reviews, I chose the Hamilton Beach 6 cup food processor for just under $35. I've had a week to use it and so far I'm pretty impressed. The bowl is large enough to handle all of the jobs I've thrown at it so far, and the motor is powerful enough to make pie dough in just a few seconds. My only complaint is that the person who designed the machine was left-handed and didn't actually know anything about cooking. The controls are on the left side of the machine, so you have to cross over the bowl to operate them with your right hand. It's also a sort of rounded knob that you twist versus a button like most food processors. I find that most of the time my hands are too wet/gunky while I'm cooking to be able to grip the knob. I would have preferred buttons. However, the cheap price more than makes up for the poor design and I'm willing to wipe my hands off in order to save a little money. Lastly, the food processor comes with a slicing/grating disk. You may as well just throw it away, because there's a good 1/2 inch between the food chute and the disk, so most of the food just bounces around in that half in space instead of getting sliced/grated.
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