Because I can no longer find a replacement lid for my old Cuisinart DLC-8 Food Processor from 1984. Yes! 35 years old and working well except for a break in the plastic lid that prevented the lid from locking in place, and therefore prevented the safety interlock from working properly. I bought this Cuisinart DFP-14CNYC Food Processor as a replacement. Great choice. Size is perfect for my cooking. Motor is super powerful, quiet, and of the same direct drive, squirrel cage induction motor design as before.
What has changed? The feed tube has some minor changes that make it easy to clean some tight corners that were impossible with the 1984 design. The safety interlock seems more complex in that it has more moving parts that are mostly plastic. This causes me some concern that this will not last as long as my old machine. Despite that, I like the way that the new safety interlock works. I just put the large feed tube pusher in place. This means I can pull the feed tube pusher straight up and out, insert something else into the feed tube, replace the pusher and shred/slice/chop it without further removing the lid. With the old design I had to twist the lid to unlock the feed tube pusher. The blade assembly is lighter but seems strong. The body is stainless steel rather than the old white body and the two buttons are black but the design is much the same as before. The new machine has a 2-prong plug while the old one was 3 prong. I have no concern there because the body is really all insulation with a stainless steel outer cladding.
The old Cuisinart came with a special 2-finger spatula for cleaning inside the main blade. The new Cuisinart does not come with this, but the blade seems to have a larger interior hole and so far I have had no difficulty cleaning it. The old Cuisinart came with a dough blade, a smaller plastic blade for kneading larger batches of dough. With the new Cuisinart, you just use the metal blade for dough. I seldom used the plastic one so this is no loss. Cuisinart has reduced the number of accessories for their food processor since the 1980s. Perhaps they learned what was useful and what was not. As with the original, this one came with a 4 mm slicer and a medium grater disk. I intend to buy a 2 mm slicer disk to replace my old 1 mm slicer that I loved for certain things. Unfortunately, the old accessories will not fit the new machine. Perhaps not surprising, given that the old machine was 11 cup and the new one is 14 cup capacity.
Overall, this is the workhorse that I expected, based on my previous Cuisinart Food Processor. I use it a lot, and am happy with it. This one has a more powerful motor than my old model, is a bit larger, but overall looks and functions much the same.
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This Item  Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY 14-Cup Food Processor, Brushed Stainless Steel | Recommendations  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | — | $249.98 | -20% $119.99 List: $149.99 | $189.99 | $392.21 | -10% $89.99 Was: $99.99 |
| Delivery | — | Get it by Thursday, Oct 3 | Get it by Thursday, Oct 3 | Get it by Thursday, Oct 3 | Get it by Thursday, Oct 3 | Get it by Thursday, Oct 3 |
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| Sold by | — | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca |
| material | Glass | — | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel, Plastic | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel |
| number of speeds | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| model name | Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY 14-Cup Food Processor, Brushed Stainless Steel | 13-Cup Food Processor | BN600C | NF700C | DFP-14BCNYC | FP-8SVEC |
| wattage | 720 watts | — | 850 watts | 1000 watts | 720 watts | 350 watts |
| blade material | Stainless Steel | — | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel |
| dishwasher safe | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
Great value in any kitchen
I'm single and a senior with lots of time on my hands so started cooking and baking as a hobby. This machine is so powerful and versatile that I wanted to learn more. Got the paperback version of 'Food Processor Perfection' and I am having a lot of fun. Strongly recommend this over the hand held processor that I plan to give to my youngest daughter as a starter mixer.
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