“why the fuck is this information not in the manual”

86% of 44 verified owners recommend the Cuisinart Custom 14 DFP-14BKSY, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
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Synthesized from what Cuisinart Custom 14 DFP-14BKSY owners say — not a spec sheet.
Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.
“why the fuck is this information not in the manual”
“Now I want to replace my old, secondhand processor, which has very dull blades and is rarely used because of that.”
“No other food processor (aside from a commercial model like a Robot Coupe) is remotely as good. This is the one model Cuisinart makes that is definitely still BIFL. Get the 14 cup model even if you don't think you need that size. The 11 cup model has a different lid latch design that isn't as sturdy. I accidentally dropped our demo model like 5 feet onto c”
“I love to cook and see that the 14 cup Cuisinart is used all the time on America's Test Kitchen”
“I tried this one but i love the Breville more because of the adjustable slicer and build quality.”
“The instruction book was totally useless.”
“The food processor is great, but the instruction booklet is the worst I have ever seen.”
“It is immediately obvious that the Cuisinart is better in (almost) every respect. The Vitamix certainly works fine enough, but it is so clear to me that the Cuisinart is truly a top-level purpose-built machine and that the Vitamix attachment is a clever design but nowhere near as strong a performer.”
“I read the manual and it is terribly written, I had the same problem as you the machine would not turn on”
“I love that it can make dough”
“Piece of junk impossible to get the lid on.”
“It seems like it’s not very user-friendly. I’ve been wanting one for a long time and don’t know if I have the patience for this one.”
“I give it 4.9 stars. Excellent! My only small wish is that the food chute was a little bigger - I was doing more cutting by hand than I expected in order to fill the chute.”
“Just received it today and was so frustrated by no assembly instructions!”
“My old cuisinart was so much simpler.”
“I absolutely love this machine.”
“Therefore, I do not use it much. I used yesterday but it cut my cucumbers too thin. Faster to get out a good knife!”
“Pity about the handle trapping food.”
“you have sold it to me”
“You are definitely right about the manual being helpless to understand proper assembly!”
“it now has a larger gap at the very bottom, so some things do not get incorporated as well as they used to. It also does not perform well with small batches of things for this reason.”
“I think this processor is the one for me, except… why oh why don’t they do a glass bowl or stainless if they must? I worry about the microplastics”
“Ive tried everything, been fighting with it allll day..ready to throw it away”
“The Cuisinart Custom 14 is like half the price and does all the same shit with the same precision. Don't get me wrong, I'm a breville fanboi, but the Cuisinart is the 'budget baller' food processor IMO.”