Hamilton Beach Electric Vegetable Chopper & Mini Food Processor, 3-Cup, 350 Watts, for Dicing, Mincing, and Puree, Black (72850)

All around wonderfully designed and very nicely made, i do not know where to begin in describing how practical and useful this appliance would be. It is home kitchen size, not large, and although it is described as having a 3-cup chopping bowl, in practice this chopper was actually designed to chop up to 1 1/2-cups of carrots or onions, etc., carrots sliced into about 1-inch lengths or onions sliced into about 1-inch cubes, for instance, which makes sense because the chopping process inside this appliance needs to have enough overhead free space to flip and overturn what is being chopped in order to regulate the uniformity of the chopping, to not produce a mixture of both finely minced and uncut carrots or onions, etc., and its operator's instruction page includes some useful tips on how to use this chopper. This chopper is about all of what a single person, a couple or a small family could need and if you hit the limit of what a single 1 1/2-cup chopping can produce, then simply cut up some more, put it in the chopper and produce more, in other words it is possible for this chopper to satisfy you, you two, you few, you several and more. It is said fruits and veggies are more nutritious when eaten raw, uncooked, but who wants to chew on chunks of raw carrots or raw onions in their salad? But now, this chopper can reduce those chunks into tasty little, easy to chew, flavorful tidbits. And for those who appreciate what a Chinese wok can do, cook your rice in the wok then put the cooked rice into a bowl at the side of the stove, then cook or sauté your fruits, meats, veggies, or whatever, before putting the rice back into the hot wok along with just enough cooking oil to make everything just a little bit slick and slippery, then, at the last minute, once everything has been cooked, flipped over and mixed up, this is the time to add additional flavorings, seasonings and spices, including finely chopped onion, etc., before giving everything in the wok a quick, mix it up, final flip-over. That same method can successfully be used in any Eastern or Western cookpan or cookpot but Chinese wok design is particularly good at that. Lodge of Tennessee, USA, makes cast iron woks, 12-inch useful, 14-inch even better. Cast iron and carbon steel woks break-in or season in about the same way, scrub them clean in kitchen sink water, but use NO soap or detergent, then put them on a low heat stove to thoroughly dry them, and when cooled down lightly coat their insides with cooking oil. Anyway, this little chopper is very useful, much better and easier than doing such fine slicing by hand, recommended!

This review is for the Hamilton Beach Electric Vegetable Chopper & Mini Food Processor, 3-Cup (ASIN:B06Y2GZWCJ) that I purchased 11/27/24.I've had several of these mini food processors, some from major name brands, and they all had a variety of issues that caused me to continue to look. Things like cleaning. This one is awesome for that. Three pieces and they all go on the top rack of the dishwasher. One major deal killer with the others were all the various safety mechanisms like plastic tabs and such that just break off and then the device is useless. Not in this case. The bowl simply sits on top of the motor base, the blade goes on the inside and the top has no tabs or anything to align. It goes right on top of the bowl. Push down on the top and it goes.The blades are plenty sharp and make short work of chopping food. I've used it with various harder foods and it has no problem. Plenty of power to get the job done.In short, this is the very best mini food processor I've ever owned. I like it so much I'm gonna get a second one as a backup. For reasons I can't explain, it seems like every time I find something I really really like, "they" pull it off the market. I combat that by simply getting a life time supply of the things I like!!! At this point, I doubt I'll need more than one more of these as long as they last a while.

I put off buying one of these for a really long time.I remembered having one of those big clunky ones years ago that took up way too much space, was heavy and also difficult to clean.This one though is just the right size for my “cooking for two” and takes up very little space. The press top chopping feature is the best! I have not run across anything yet that it can’t handle chopping, mincing or crumbing.Cleaning is a breeze. Just lift off the top, remove the blade and lift off the bowl. No twisting or trying to catch a tab to lock anything in place. I’m kicking myself for not getting it sooner. It makes so many things easier.