Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 4 Cup Mini Food Processor

This is very compact, yet does the job. Good product, good value.

I got this cause it was the least expensive mini chopper with a shreading\slicing blade. It works great. It has a feeder that takes a 21\2 x 1 inch block of cheese n shresds it in bout 5 seconds (for best results put the cheese in the freezer fer 15 min) Best part? no wood pulp in my sauce! Oh n the complaint bout the actuating tab breaking? I can think of several ways to overcome. Thats the problem today. Nobody works with their hands. Throw it out n buy another what a waste fix it damn it!!! That said this is a skookem tool that should last Good purchase

This product is exactly what it says it is, a “mini” food processor, so I will review it based on that fact alone. If you are looking to replace a full size, say 8-10 cup food processor or full sized blender for 100% of your jobs, this is not the appliance for you, so it is not fair to judge it otherwise. This food processor slices small amounts of vegetables, shreds small amounts of cheese, and makes a nice sized smoothie, about 16-20 ounces, and it has a smaller footprint on your kitchen counter. It does all this pretty well, although it does not blend ice very well. It does have one design flaw though, as mentioned in other reviews, the small plastic alignment tab in the lid, which my wife broke off THE VERY FIRST TIME SHE USED IT. This is an engineering design flaw that a safeguard such as this could break so easily. I just took the broken piece and jammed it in the handle to bypass the cutoff switch, problem solved, but the only ding I can call out on this appliance; shame on Hamilton Beach for designing this piece to be so fragile. That's why I only gave it 4 stars and not 5. If you’re thinking well I don’t need a full sized food processor or blender so I’ll just make a double batch, I think you’ll be frustrated and blame the appliance, which again really isn’t fair. It is what it is, nothing more. We owned a large food processor for about a year, using it twice, then packing it away. It was just too much and this is just about enough. Same with my blender, used to make smoothies and now it sits in storage.

The first time I used it, it broke. I was grating an onion and parts of the onion were still big. I stopped the machine and tried to open the top to get them out. That is where the problem started. 1. There are too many parts. 2. The clips that hold the lid to the bowl flop around, are in the way and unnecessary. 3. The gasket is too tight (thick) and unnecessary. It makes the lid hard to get off. 4. The most important element is a plastic "operation tab". It seats into a slot in the handle. This tab makes the machine operate. The tab broke off when I tried to take the lid off. Thus, I couldn’t figure out why the machine wouldn’t start again. As I mixed my meatloaf ingredients by hand I came across a square piece of plastic. That piece of plastic was the “operation tab”. It broke off the first time I used the machine. It broke off when I tried to remove the lid. It could have been deadly in meatloaf. I have a 30 year old Black and Decker Handy Shortcut mini food grater, slicer, chopper, blender that just gave up the ghost. This is not a good replacement. Please someone! Come up with a compact grater, slicer, chopper that is easy to operate and to clean.

I had been looking for a replacement for my old "mini" chopper when I came across this one. After several years of use my old "twist" style chopper became very difficult to assemble and operate. As I cook for 2, the 4 cup HB mini is perfect. PROS: Very easy to assemble and take apart as everything just "lifts off" no twisting required Super easy to clean The chopping blade has two blades in stead of one which allows for a finer 'chop" or blending The feed chute is rectangle which makes it easier to fit food into [my old one had a crescent shaped feed chute which made fitting food into near impossible...go figure!] Comes with two blades that chop, blend, grate and/or slice just like its bigger siblings This unit is tall but does not take up very much cab or counter space The lid fits snugly if properly lined up; you do have to gently push down on the lid so that the seal engages. A few reviewers have mentioned that a tab on the top located toward the handle end has broken off. I took note of this and so am careful to properly line the spout with the top and the tab with its corresponding slot at the handle. So far I've had no problems. CONS Unless you are using a really small block of cheese, the image shown grating a block of cheese is a little misleading! If you are in need of a small chopper this one is a great choice, for its size, usability [being able to chop, slice and grate] and ease of use and cleaning.

About 35 years ago I bought a huge Cuisinart food processor. I was so excited. I paid $300 for it at a time when that was about 25 percent of my monthly income. I used it for a few years and loved it. In one of my many moves it got packed away, and I have yet to unpack it. (I guess first I have to find it in my storage locker somewhere in order to unpack it.) All these years I have been reluctant to buy any kind of food processor because of the guilt I have felt over having that Cuisinart somewhere not being used. I had convinced myself that chopping vegetables and grating cheese by hand is a noble endeavor. After recently hand grating a pound and a half of longhorn cheese for some macaroni and cheese for a group, I decided it was time to bite the bullet. But really didn’t need anything big. Problem is, most of the small ones only chop. Had been looking for one that also shredded… And the fact that it slices is a bonus. Have been using this for a few months now, and it got through Thanksgiving like a champ and just now helped me through a large Christmas party. It’s true because of the size I have to do things in batches, but generally use it only for me so rarely will I have to do big jobs with it. I am so impressed with this little thing. It really works well! It seems to do most of the same stuff that my big Cuisinart did. Even better, it doesn’t leak at the bottom when you put liquid in it . And the blade is superior in that it has several levels so that it chops more than just the stuff at the bottom. The strong suction cups are a huge help. If this thing breaks tomorrow, I’ve more than gotten my money’s worth. And at this rate, I could buy about 10 of them for what that original Cuisinart cost. In fact, in today’s economy I could probably buy the equivalent of 30 of them and still come out ahead!

I'm not a fan of this mini food processor. The chute is so wide and there is such a large gap between the lid and the blade that the produce just falls in that space sideways and doesn't get shredded. I also hate storing it. My old mini-food processor, which I LOVED but after 25 years finally broke, enabled me to store all of the blades and everything side the bowl. This one will not close with the both the chopping blade and the shredding ring on top. It's very clumsy, top heavy, awkward to close, and overall a huge disappointment. I gave it two stars because I can still chop things, but having to store the slicing/shredding ring in a separate drawer from the actual chopper because the blade doesn't fit inside it to store is enough for me to be on Amazon now shopping for a replacement. I'm done with this thing falling over in my cabinet because it's top heavy and just odd. I also hate the waste from shredding carrots or anything because of the huge chute and gap between the top of the shredder and lid. It does not work right.

I guess 3 years isn't terrible for a small food processor if it is fairly inexpensive...however this one is fairly expensive for what it is. It is on the complicated side to use with lots of things that have to fit together perfectly and be snapped in place before it will turn on, a safety feature, I'm sure. However it was one of those plastic tabs on the bottom of the container that failed and there is no way to repair it. Additionally, with all those insets/ridges on the inside of the container, it was always difficult to get the chopped product out; chopped onions had to be removed with a spatula as did most things. It did a pretty good job on all functions and did better on shredding than most but it just has too many plastic parts that can easily fail and a poorly designed container on top of it. I do not recommend...look for one with an interior surface as smooth as possible and one with fewer or no small plastic parts that have to be joined to another.