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Black & Decker 10-Cup Food Processor - FP1510 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Black & Decker
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $39.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.1 x 0.1
Warranty: Full US Warranty by Black & Decker
MPN: FP1510
Model: FP1510
UPC: 050875526358
EAN: 0050875526358
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| • | Applica #FP1510 400W White Food Processor | | • | APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC |
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Product Description
Power Pro II, 400W, White 10 Cup Capacity Food Processor, 1 Speed Plus Pulse, Easy Touch Controls, Reversible Slice/Shred Disk, Chopping Blade, Replaces Model #FP1435.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 great quality machine for at home chef! November 24, 2008
M. Dinger (lincoln, ne)
I was surprised to see so many negative reviews here, though nearly all of them seem to be the result of user error. The quality of the pieces is fantastic compared to all other machines I've seen in this price range and once I got it home I was thrilled with its performance. It's quick and easy to use. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the safety features can be a little annoying. Getting everything to snap in to place just perfectly the first time was frustrating, though now it is habit and easy to get used to.
my suggestion for the people who broke parts off is to email black and decker and request replacement parts, most of these are covered by the default warranty on any kitchen appliance.
What it comes down to is this: if you are an average at-home chef who will use this a few times a week and doesn't try to pull it apart while it is still running you won't have any issues.
 Poorly Made! July 24, 2008
Happy Chick (san jose, ca)
I used this processor 3 times and the handle promptly broke. Would not recommend it AT ALL!
 Low capacity, no dough blade, not efficient. June 8, 2008
P. Tsai (Chicago)
Mine also was missing the dough blade, even though there was a spot for it in the styrofoam packing.
Also, I was not happy with the capacity. It says 10 cups but I don't think that is right. One reason I got this was to make pie crust. The recipe I use is double size and calls for 4.5 cups flour and 3 sticks of butter/shortening. That should only total 6 cups of volume, but it was over the max fill line.
Additionally, at the max fill line the food processor was not able to incorporate the fat into the flour until I opened it and mixed it partially with a spatula. It had to pulse many many times resulting in over-mixing of the dough, and that was before I added the water. When I attempted that, it just got bogged down and I ended up having to finish the mixing by hand. The result was a crumbly pie crust that broke too easily.
Given the poor capabilities with just 6 cups of ingredients, I was extremely disappointed. This may be ok for small batches of things, but I'd rather pay more for a good all around machine.
UPDATE
I also attempted to make cashew butter and almond butter based on an episode of Good Eats which looked extremely easy in a Cuisinart. This B&D didn't grind the nuts fine enough so they never became a paste. Both attempts resulted in a hard gummy mess that tasted ok but just felt weird.
Lastly I used it with the disc to shred some of the cheese I bought at the 2008 ACS cheese sale (45 pounds of cheese for $50!) in Chicago. That did a decent job, except that the 6 cup capacity meant I constantly had to empty the container. Also, quite a bit of cheese ended up crammed next to the chute above the disc instead of the bowl.
The motor base on this thing is bigger than the container unlike the Cuisinart which has a base about half the size of the container. The Cuisinart base is much heavier and lower which gives it good stability too. To make the B&D stable, they put suction cups on the bottom which are really annoying. It is difficult to slide around on my counter which is invariably full when I'm preparing dinner for guests.
Lastly, the cord conveniently wraps up in the base, but the end of the plug doesn't fit in the compartment and sticks out so it doesn't rest flat. You can get around this by not wrapping the cord all the way, but then as soon as you put it down, it will unravel itself. Who designs these things?
If I still had the receipt I would return this but I can't so i'll only use it until I save up for a Cuisinart. I've always known that B&D power tools were poor quality and now I know their small appliances are too. Stay away and maybe you won't have to worry about fire safety recalls either...
Poorly designed, disfunctional. March 12, 2008
Jon Tyson (Cambridge, MA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is unable to chop carrots without having a malfunction. The carrot gets stuck in between the blade and the circular lid over the blade. Then the carrot will just spin around and around. You have to take the lid off and remove the carrot and try all over again. Some of it will chop, but it's really irritating that it doesn't just go right through.
This is more trouble than it is worth. Black and Decker should have stayed with drills.
 Fairly powerful, but with some bugs March 10, 2008
johnk (Goleta, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
_Good_
I owned one for 2.5 years before it blew out, and just bought another. The price is as good as the absolute bottom models I used to get (e.g. Hamilton Beach), but with a little more power. (Often seen on sale at stores for $30.)
I used it mostly for mixing cookies, cakes, brownies. The stem in the middle is fairly high, so liquids don't leak out as easy as other brands (e.g. my Mom's Cusinart). When I made smoothies with frozen berries, it had plenty of power to chew the berries up. When the mixture becomes too thick, hard stuff added on top (e.g. nuts or chocolate chips) will just bounce around, but I think that's true of most food processors.
It shredded cheese well, only bogging down when I pushed the block down hard. A small amount of cheese gets wedged at the edge of the mouth; not as bad as other processors I've used though.
Originally I thought a suction cup would fall off or stop being sticky, but they were still working and gave the unit a solid feel on our tile counter.
The surface under the bowl is a textured platic that is flat and easy to clean. (Much better than stainless steel, which shows fingerprints!) Same for the buttons. Liquids don't get inside the unit. I know, because I opened it up when I tried to fix it. No food inside.
They've increased the cord length to 3 feet (old model was a little too short before, maybe 2.5'?). It still winds into the base like a blender.
_Bad_
Storage can be a problem, because the unit is _tall_. Even with the bowl removed, the base is tall like a blender jar.
A big point of failure is beginning to rotate the bowl before the blade has stopped spinning. (This is what I believe killed my unit after 2.5 years.) Even if you've shut off when the safety brake engages, there is enough momentum left in the motor to rip the plastic sleeve right off the motor shaft. After the incident, the motor runs, but the plastic sleeve doesn't turn. I can see why the designers would give preference to safety. A rachet mechanism would fix this, but that would of course increase the price and be another point of failure.
There's only one speed. I didn't have trouble with air getting whipped into my smoothies though.
There's no storage tray for the blades. You can store one in the unit. I use a small shallow cardboard box to set the other one in for safety.
As mentioned by many others, there is no dough blade, though it is pictured on the box and there is an indentation for it in the styrofoam packing. I've got a bread machine, so I'm not missing it.
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