Bosch Universal Plus Food Processor Attachment for Universal Plus Mixer

I bought this to process the ingredients for salsa and other recipes. It did the job, but opening up and unloading is surprisingly a lengthier process than one might imagine. Because of the safety features of its design, you must remove the whole unit from your Bosch before you can take the top off. And because some types if veggies like to get caught under the lid instead of get processed, which leads to a mess when the top is removed. Other than the torque you get from the Bosch to power through anything, I couldn't recommend this over a food processor that costs $50 and doesn't trap food under the top. A huge disappointment from Bosch's otherwise fine engineering. I'm wondering how this could have made it past their quality controls and testing when this product was designed.

Don't buy unless you got money to blow.

I've only owned a few low-end food processors before, so this is a major step-up for my kitchen. I love that it harnesses the power of my Bosch Universal and makes it a true multi-function machine and workhorse.

I've made creamy-smooth hummus, chopped chickpeas for falafel, and will make salsa with it tomorrow why dice by hand for something like salsa when I'm going to cook it down in the end anyhow?

The only reason I've given it 4 stars and not 5 is that the first time I washed it, I noticed two little rust spots on the regular blade. I need to call Bosch about that and see what to expect I don't expect a food-processor blade to rust after its first use. I have no doubt that Bosch will make it right, but it was slightly disappointing to find it on the blade to begin with.

EDITED: 11.21.12

The rust spots are now completely gone. I have no idea what happened to them or what made them go away (they weren't on a blade's edge), but they are gone now. So 'yay!' but it's also vaguely weird. I'm not complaining, I've just never had rust spots disappear before. ;)

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I love my Bosch mixer, and most of the attachments for it. Unfortunately, this one is a loser. This is the issue. It is designed so that you can not put the processor on the base unless the lid is on and secured into the latched position. Once you put the lid on, and then mount the unit to the mixer, you can not take the lid off without removing the unit from the mixer. As you know, when you are using a food processor you often need to use a spatula to scrape things off the sides. This turns into a tedious and time consuming process. Also, when the unit sits on the countertop, not mounted to the mixer, it is very unstable and easy to turn over.

I really wanted to love this as much as my other Bosch products, but am sad to say that it is so cumbersome to use that it is really useless. I am going to get rid of it, and go back to a stand alone unit.

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I bought this unit to be able to chop vegetables with, like green peppers, tomatoes, onions. I was teaching a class the other day and used it for the first time. I was so disappointed. I wish I would have bought something else. We ended up chopping the vegetables by hand. It is great if you just want things shredded though.

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It is big but it replaces several stand alone products. My wife ask for this as a gift and she was not dissapointed. She has used it several times and has no complaints

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