Food Processor Attachment with Commercial Style Dicing Kit for your Stand Mixer

I had an opportunity to purchase the KitchenAid Food Processor Attachment using some rebates that I'd gotten from an earlier KitchenAid promotion and when i saw a sale for this i decided to give it a try. I'd been looking at it for some time because it was the only item on the market that would dice and not just slice items like my Cuisinart. I'd been looking at the various videos that KitchenAid had on-line as well as independent reviewers and had seen some really impressive results and listened to some very negative comments. It appeared that individuals that bought or reviewed the attachment either found it very helpful or totally hated it. Being an engineer i was curious to see the construction and worried about the mechanism's quality. So when i received the attachment I had to run it through some tests. The first thing I noticed was how heavy the attachment was. It's not a lightweight piece of equipment! So my first concern was about the stress the weight would place on the mixer. I'm still worried about that after several hours of use. Like any of the KitchenAid attachments it's a little noisy when running and there is some vibration. I attribute that to the causing what some reviewers said about the attachment 'falling off' the mixer. I don't believe that's an issue if one keeps in mind that vibration in any piece of equipment tends to loosen fasteners over time, particuarly friction secured fasteners like KitchenAid uses to hold their attachments to the mixers. My advice? Check the fastener for any sign of loosening if you're going to use it for a lengthy period of time. So on to the tests. First was a twenty pound bag of russet potatoes, peeled and sliced to fit the hopper. I found varying advice on the speed setting. What i discovered was that in general the harder the item to be sliced and diced the faster you want to set the speed. Potatoes took about a seven to eight setting while larger carrots I set to ten. Apples worked fine at lower settings. Tomatoes (I used Roma) worked well and seemed to do better at a medium speed. That surprised me at first, I was expecting them to do better at a lower speed because of their firmness, but I think it's because of the skin. I did not try any skinless tomatoes - that might be a test for another time. Cucumbers were best at a low setting (Note: I peeled the cucumbers in my testing and the softer they were the worse the results - English cucumbers worked the best for dicing). Another thing that I found interesting was that i got the best results when dicing if I DID NOT use the pusher to force the vegetables into the hopper - letting their own weight and the angled blade pull them in worked just fine. A big WARNING - don't try to use the attachment to dice meat - that was a disaster! I have not tried cheese yet and if (when) I do I'll add to this review. So the dicing aspects of the attachment worked better than i anticipated. Since that was my primary reason for purchasing it I was very happy. I moved on to the slicing blades and was interested to note the adjustable thickness setting on the slicing blade (KitchenAid calls it their ExactSlice System). That's an interesting touch and i wonder how long that's going to last. Endurance is just as important to me as functionality since I tend to keep my technology until it expires! I would have preferred a metal mechanism, but that would have necessitated a price increase that probably would have made the overall cost a nonstarter. It worked fine as did the shredding and julienne discs. I typically prefer my Cuisinart for those functions (so many more blades and options) but if I'm going to do dicing as well as slicing and julienne cuts the KitchenAid is my tool of choice. Next was cleanup. How labor intensive was that going to be? I found that cleanup was actually easier than for my Cuisinart. I should note that i clean my tools immediately after use, no matter which brand or device. I've learned my lesson from letting debris dry in hard-to-reach places! The KitchenAid came apart as easily as it went together. Most of the pieces came clean in just a spray of warm water and a quick dip into a soapy bath and rinse. A nice scrub brush gets almost anything off easily and KitchenAid has thoughtfully provided a small tool for clearing any food stuck in the dicing grid so you don't end up with bloody fingers. I also like that there is an insert that lifts out to protect the mechanism from any food particles or fluids that go around with the blades. That was a feature I hadn't really considered important until it came to cleanup - then that made things a breeze. The included storage case is nice, but I have two concerns. The first one is a little picky, but I had a difficult time in getting the blades back into the case so it would close properly. Turns out that the adjustable thickness slicing has to be in placed into the storage case with what I'll call the plastic sweeping tab rotated so it's located to the right of the case or it interferes with the closure. A picky concern, true, but I was beginning to think I'd lost my mind when the case wouldn't close the first time. Second, the location of the hinge for the case means that in the open position it does not rest on the surface, but is slightly elevated. I've seen the same design on other cases and the failure mechanism is when left in that position for too long or if there's an impact it damages the hinges. A very small design change would have alleviated the possibility with zero additional cost in either materials or fabrication. Overall I think this one's a winner! Concerns? Well, like all bladed kitchen tools how sharp they are tends to make a huge difference. I am concerned about how well the dicing grid retains its edge since there's really no way to resharpen it. I didn't look into the cost of replacement, but i suspect it's not cheap! The other blades? Well, they seem to be the same quality as the Cuisinart's, and I've used those blades for at least ten years without issue.

This KitchenAid food processor attachment has been a real time-saver for meal prep. It snaps onto the mixer hub, runs smoothly, and the feed tube + pusher keep everything moving without jams. The dicing kit makes quick, uniform cubes for salsa, soup prep, and veggie trays, and the adjustable slicing plus shredding discs cover most other tasks. Parts nest neatly in the storage case and clean-up is easy—most pieces rinse clean and are top-rack dishwasher safe. Only downside: the dice size is fixed on the dicing grid, so I wish it could cut larger cubes for chunkier salads and stews. I work around it by using the slicer for bigger pieces or hand-cutting a few larger chunks at the end. Still, for everyday chopping, slicing, and shredding, it’s fast, consistent, and way less mess than pulling out a full standalone processor. Verdict: huge time-saver with clean, consistent results—just know the dicing size is on the smaller side.

I absolutely love this! I accidentally got the cheaper version and it did not have the dicing tool. I returned that one and got the model I wanted and so happy I did (which is one of the very reasons I purchased this). It works great! Has a nice place to store the disks and I was able to dice 4 peppers and 2 onions in about 5 minutes for a spaghetti sauce.

Bought with the dicer addition. It makes chopping, slicing, and dicing a breeze with a lot of utility. Very fast! Sometimes to it's own detriment-- I have chipped the plastic pusher dicing onions. The dicer plate is a pain to clean because onion and celery bits with get stuck on every corner, and the plastic dicer cleaning device is somewhat easy to damage. I bring this out when I have a lot of produce to process because of the cleaning. If you just need shreds or slides, I'd recommend KitchenAid's other attachment over this one; it is a similar process to clean that one. I do like both, though, and I am happy to have it. Have not tested any of the pieces with the dishwasher and don't intend to.

Quality product

First let me say that I own a very nice food processor with a dicing feature. It is great. Then I saw this KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachment, Food Processor with Commercial Dicing Kit demonstrated and knew right away that I needed one. I am a farmer and every spring, summer, and fall; I spend days processing the summer harvest for the pantry. It takes long hours to prep all of the vegetables and fruit for freezing, dehydrating, canning and freeze-drying, so anything that can shorten the time spent processing is a bonus in my kitchen. This attachment is a game changer. Because it is attached to the KitchenAid Stand Mixer, you can adjust the speed easier (from 1 - 10) than your standard food processor with only high, low and pulse settings. This way you can adapt your speed to the produce you are prepping. Next you can easily adjust the depth of the cuts with a handy slide knob. This slices from very thick to very thin in seconds. But last, but the very biggest benefit, is that you are NOT limited to the size of the food processor bowl to catch your food. No more cutting, stopping to disassemble the cutting bowl, dump the bowl and then reassembling the food processor to finish your cutting. Just place a large or even Extra-Large bowl under the Attachment discharge and cut away. I actually diced a full bushel of zucchini in 20 minutes using this method. And that included washing, cutting the zucchini into chunks that will fit the input tube, and running them through the dicing setup. It was so fast, I was amazed. Now before you think that I am looking at this attachment with rose colored glasses, I will tell you about one 'small' downside to this unit. That downside is that this makes small size dice cubes. These dice cubes are about 1/4 size smaller than my standard food processor makes. I would like to see KitchenAid offer an additional dicing blade with larger size dice cubes. That is my wish - You hear me KitchenAid? Anyway - cleanup is a breeze as the parts, except for the base, is all machine washable. I can't do that with my free-standing food processor either. All parts of that are hand washable. This is a great attachment to have. I am extremely happy with this purchase. Will I give up my other food processor? Nope. See the note on the size of the dicing cubes. Plus, this does not chop like a standard food processor, and it does not make pie crust either. But this works better on the other slicing, shredding and dicing. There is room in my kitchen for both.

Extremely extremely disappointed, especially with the name, KitchenAid attached to it. My biggest desire to buy this product was for the dicing attachment as that is always the longest part of any recipe so I felt that this was worth the price if it would cut down dicing time. However, I was extremely disappointed to see that it did not in fact actually have a dicing machine attachment. The machine does no work at all. You’re essentially paying for a giant bulky attachment to your KitchenAid mixer that has no need at all to be attached to the KitchenAid mixer since that does nothing with this part and you have to cut the food pieces small enough to push through a grate with a plastic push piece and you have to make sure that it is properly lined up down to the inch or you are getting plastic shavings into your food that you are dicing. I am extremely lucky that I noticed a large piece of plastic in my yellow bell Peppers to which led me to search more in the peppers and found numerous plastic pieces that I would have eaten had I not noticed the initial large piece. With this being in KitchenAid product, I have never been so disappointed ever, this is not worth the money. You are much better and much safer investing your money into a high-quality Box Dicer so at least it’s lined up and you won’t get plastic particles in your food.

Works well, love the chopping blade.

Este accesorio es ideal si estás buscando un procesador y no quieres que sea un monstruo. Obviamente debes tener una batidora KitchenAid. Revisé muchos procesadores de todos los precios y en general son super grandes y los mas completos complicados y tienen una caja de accesorios que es mas grande que el mismo procesador!!!. Yo estaba buscando algo para picar y rallar (no tanto para rebanar) y que no ocupara mucho espacio para guardarlo. La calidad de todas las piezas es buena y las navajas y cuchillas parece que van a durar un buen rato. Como todo procesador, tiene muchas piezas que hay que saber armar y luego hay que lavar o limpiar pero así son todos los procesadores. El picador funciona mejor de lo que se pueden imaginar, simplemente pica y muchas veces no hay que empujar la comida por el alimentador, solita va cayendo. El tamaño de los cubos es de 8mm por lado y salen perfectos. Yo he picado cebolla, zanahorias, calabazas, jícamas, pepinos, queso manchego (debe estar muy frio), jamón y salchichas sin problema. Los tomates también se pican bien pero no deben estar muy maduros porque se aplastan y salen sin forma los pedazos. La boca del alimentador si es algo chica pero el proceso de picar es tan rápido que vale la pena cortar las cosas a la medida para acabar en un dos por tres! El rallador en fino o grueso funciona bien y ahi si no hay mucha ciencia. Hemos rallado zanahorias, calabazas y sobre todo queso. El queso debe ser duro (como Parmesano) o estar casi congelado para el rallado sea limpio y no se "embarre" el queso en el disco. La función de rebanar es la que menos nos interesaba pero sí la hemos usado y funciona bien. El tamaño del alimentador limita mucho su utilidad. No puedes rebanar tomates para las hamburguesas o un pepino para la ensalada porque hay que partir el tomate en 2 o 4 para quepa y el pepino a la mitad (a lo largo) para obtener mitades o cuartos de rebanada normal. El hecho de que puedas modificar el grosor de la rebanada es muy bueno y util para cosas mas chicas como apio, zanahorias, salchichas, cebolla (en mitades), etc. Trae un disco para hacer cortes juliana que creo es el que menos sirve. Todo sale como si fuera rallado y como el alimentador es chico, el largo de la juliana está limitado y no hace mucho sentido. Este accesorio de la batidora no tiene un depósito en el que haya cuchillas para triturar, moler, amasar, etc. Si estas buscando algo que haga eso y además rebane y ralle, vas a tener que comprar un procesador completo. Yo compré un Food Chopper de 3.5 tasas de la misma marca y con eso tengo para picar finamente cebolla, nueces, hierbas, etc.

Das Zubehörteil arbeitet rasant und kraftvoll, denn es wird von einer KitchenAid gnadenlos angetrieben. Mehrere Kilo Möhren gewürfelt, es war Sekundensache und man kam kaum mit Nachstopfen nach. Einfach sensationell, die Reinigung dauerte etwas länger. Insgesamt ein hervorragendes Produkt, hat meine Frau festgestellt, als sie mich bei der Arbeit beobachtet hat.

Excellent produit

This items works SO well. I was looking for something for dicing and it cuts through hard potatoes with ease. Be very careful though. The blades are extremely sharp! This is exactly what I needed to make cooking prep faster and easier. It is sturdy and having the storage case for the blades is wonderful! Now that I have it, I wouldn't buy anything else! I do wish that there were 2 dicing blades so that I would have the choice of small and large dicing. Maybe Kitchenaid will develop a new blade for the future but for now, I am happy!

Beste