Perfect Size and Easy To Clean for Family of 5
We have a family of 5 (two adults and 3 kids) and use a chopper/food processor at least two times per week. We had a larger 8 cup processor that always seemed too big, had many faults, and was tricky setup properly. We were excited to try out this Oster 4-Cub Chopper.
It didn't take us long to fall in love with it.
It's so simple. Rest the blade in the bottom, add vegetables, put the top on, sit the motor on top and press down. You choose how coarse or fine you want to chop your veggies.
There is no need to perfectly line things up nor need to twist the cap on to secure it and no need to line up the motor to pass a safety mechanism.
It is QUICK & EASY, QUICK & EASY, QUICK & EASY.
Is it less safe? No. As soon as you let pressure off the button on top it stops spinning the blade.
It is easy to clean. Simply remove the motor and place the items in the dishwasher. I always put plastic on the top shelf of the...
Perfect size, excellent chopper
Sometimes you want to use a chopper but don't want to drag out the big food processor- nor wash all the parts afterwards, when you just have a few things to process. I got a smaller version chopper by another manufacturer which I love, but it only holds 1 cup, so using it meant I had to do batches to get the quantity I needed. When I saw that this had a 4 cup capacity, I was very interested! It came in yesterday and I got right to work with it.
It does a very nice job of chopping. Depending on the result you want, you might have to pulse it rather than hold down the top. It does not have more than one speed, but pulsing effectively handles that. My smaller, older one did have two speeds but I found I pretty much always used the higher one, so that doesn't bother me. This chopper is not especially quiet - but it's not so loud it becomes annoying.
One of my favorite things about this chopper is the way the motor sits atop the bowl with an additional piece of molded...
GREAT gadget!
There is much to like about the Oster 4-Cup Chopper:
The top/motor is a gorgeous garnet red and the whole thing is just well, pretty. It won't be the end of the world if space constraints mean it has to live on the counter.
It's reasonably easy to clean. Though it's top rack dishwasher safe (except for the motor) it's the work of a moment to wash in the sink. More about that below.
Here's what's to love about this gadget:
It's BIG. It can handle a couple of large onions at a time. Peel, cut in eighths and no more tears. The whole onion operation takes less than a minute.
It's powerful. I chunked up some large carrots--the kind you could use for stair stringers--and the Oster made them into lovely soup bits in five seconds. There was only one unshredded bit in the bowl.
There's no struggle to lock the top to the bottom, the way there is with the Cuisinart. The clear top fits easily on the bottom container, the motor goes on top of the clear...
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