To be honest, if they did not knead bread so well, I'd've never bought one.
I really dislike the "safety" off when the motor is under the bowl. It's annoying and impractical, forcing you to do part of the prep (to chop veggies so they'll fit in the tube lengthwise).
I *much* prefer the style that has the motor to the side, so the chute is large and free of safety switches that get in the way, and you can just put the entire carrot, apple, potato, cucumber etc in and be done with it.
Still love my Braun Multipractic or whatever the name was, but had to stop using it because a housemate broke the slicing blade, which is basically the thing one uses the most besides the knife, and Braun stopped selling replacement parts in US long ago.
And the thing is, it was one of the first food processors to have varying speeds and one disc with a varying thickness knob and then you just attach blades to the disc, which is much more compact and practical than having over a dozen discs like I was forced to have with the Cuisinart.
I should bring it back from the basement, because it's much more useful and easier to use than the Cuisinart, and maybe I should go to the basement just when I need something kneaded or sliced.
And, not to press on yet another economics/political issue, but yeah, the problem is not so much that the current Cuisinarts not made in America, it's that they *thought* they'd save some money making the blades in this new way, and instead now they not only have to re-make them all but pay for the administrative costs (shipping, handling etc) to fix the problem. They should have either never changed from a tried and true design or tested the heck out of the new blade before releasing it.
