The KitchenAid Chef Series Food Chopper is one of the best gifts I've ever recieved! I consider it the gift that keeps on giving, because it has added tons of free time to my day when I'm preparing soups, sauces, or any other recipes that require tons of preparation time. I love to prepare some foods in large portions, and make my own "TV dinners" for when I'm feeling lazy but still want to put a home-made meal on the table.

For all the work that this applicance does, it also takes up comparitively small counter space. I use it so often, that I am reluctant to pack it away, so the compact size is an added bonus.

This is one of the best little appliace that I've ever owned, and always recommend it to friends and family. It makes a great gift!

The MAJOR problem with this processor is the fact that the blade (that does all the work) is completely useless, as it "spins" nearly a full inch above the bottom of the cup! Small batches cannot be blended.

Chops perfectly every time. Holds a lot more than the small Black & Decker that I had been using. Looks nice on the kitchen counter.

This is specially good for making chinese food such as dumpling, wanton and Baozi. Save me a lot of time cutting.

KitchenAid KFC3100OB Chef Series 3- Cup Food Chopper, Onyx Black
I had used this product for nuts, apples, onion, peppers ect and was very pleased. I did not want to get the large food processor out, so decided to try the little one for 5 gallon of tomatoes. WOW Very good, fast and easy to clean. For salads, I think the veggies chop to small, just my opinion. I would buy this again and recommend it to others.

I purchased the KitchenAid chef series mini chopper in onyx black and it's proven to be one of the most useful small appliances I've gotten for my kitchen in ages. It's the perfect size because 3 cups can hold a lot (much more than you may think) but it's not big and bulky like one of those outdated food processors (that are a monster to try to get inside the dishwasher).

I got this mainly for 2 tasks that are otherwise time consuming, chopping onions and making fresh bread crumbs and it does the jobs to the letter. I cannot believe how quick and powerful it minces the onions because within a blink of a eye it pulverizes them and before you know it you're done. I can't begin to tell you how much time this has saved me. I've also used the mini chopper for parsley, peppercorns and garlic and it also chops all of these ingredients precisely and evenly (and there's never any big or uneven chunks).

Before I got this I made the awful mistake of buying a very expensive and incredibly useless chopper from Bamburger's. I barely got 1 use out of it before it just conked out. That is not the case with the KitchenAid. You will have it for years and years because it is incredibly powerful and made of high quality parts that know how to take a beating.

As I mentioned, I really like this chopper because it dices and chops everything so evenly. That is because it has 2 blades of altering sizes that grabs the ingredients from all directions and angles inside the bowl. And, this truly is a kitchen appliance that will save you time because you'll get the job done and you won't have to worry about cleanup nor will you have to worry about any residual mess from the actual task, either.

Besides the power base, this includes the clear bowl, the lid, the blade, a detailed instructional booklet and even a rubber spatula (that's useful for other tasks as well). And everything (besides the base, of course) is dishwasher safe. Don't you hate it when those dimwits say in commercials, "but it's so easy to wash by hand..." Yeah, and so is a Donna Karen sweater. This is not 1885, I'll be damned if I'm gonna wash anything by hand.

This item is also incredibly easy to use. I've had many choppers and food processors that are a huge pain to line up and close. This has little indentations on the base, on the lid and on the bowl to let you know where to line everything up and it all clicks into place easily with a slight locking sound.

I purchased mine in onyx black (for some reason this review is defaulting to the chrome colored item, that is not the one that I got). Onyx black is actually a color that some distributors came up with, it is not a color that KithenAid uses. The true color is black. It is a shiny metallic black that will look great in any kitchen.

Keep in mind not to ever fill up the entire bowl because it could cause the unit to stop (remember this is not a blender or a mixer). If you have a large batch, simply fill it up to the blades and pour into a separate bowl when finished. At times the blades will lock (or shut down) this is a safety mechanism which happens when the unit is overused or overloaded. When this happens generally you're going to need to empty everything out of the mixing bowl, wash all parts and give it some time to rest (at least 10 minutes) and it should be fine again. (I took off 1 star because of this.)

If you're interested in getting this I strongly recommend getting it from Amazon. You can find it for a few bucks less (on QVC) however with the shipping and sales tax you'll pay more. Also I do not know of any other e-commerce site that is as quick or accommodating as far as returns are concerned besides Amazon (although QVC is pretty close). (BTW, speaking of QVC, don't you just love that KitchenAid lady that comes on every couple of weeks for on-air demonstrations? She's so cute, she reminds me of my granny.) Also if the Amazon Web site states that it's out-of-stock, don't worry because they're constantly updating their inventory so I'd still order from them.

It's no coincidence that this mini chopper is a top-rated America's Test Kitchen pick. If you're familiar with ATK then I don't need to tell you how picky and quality-conscience they are. So for this item to be among the small selection of other kitchen appliances that they use is very reassuring for a little at-home cook like me.

I love this!! it is very fast and easy to use! The clean up takes me seconds. I am impressed by it is power, i have chopped ice, made my protein shake fresh fruit 3 times a day, The only thing is that they should make the lid more leak proof.

I needed a new chopper for a long time and couldn't turn this down when I saw it in the Gold Box Deal. I love it. Makes cooking so much faster when I have a lot of chopping to do. I saw on some of the reviews that it quit working because the locks wouldn't lock in, so it wouldn't start. For that reason, I've been hand washing just to be extra careful. I find it easy to keep clean, tho, and have had no trouble with it at all.

I'm so glad I decided to pick up this product when I saw it on sale for $25 on Amazon. It speeds my cooking time exponentially, every time.

This Kitchen Aid chopper is the greatest. I have one and bought this as a gift and had it shipped to a relative in Nebraska. She loves it as well. It chops things very uniformly, and I would be at a loss without it.

Had a little problem trying to attach the bowl, but after reading the directions it was easy. Love having this. Looks great and small enough to store or keep on the counter. Will probably purchase more as gifts when they go on sale!

This cute kitchenaid does everything I need from grinding nuts & seeds to makeing salsa. Cute enough to stay out on counter, and space saving size. I just love it.

I got one of these as a wedding present a few years ago. It was my very first food processor, and I hate it.

The processor is very loud. It produces a high-pitched squeal that from the next room (or apartment) sounds like a woman screaming. When I first started using it, my neighbors got kind of cold toward my husband. Apparently, they thought the food processor was me screaming. I stopped using it when they were home.

The processor is also hard to clean. You have to dismantle everything, and dirty water tends to accumulate beneath the handle, where the little lever hits the button (it's hard to explain).

My anniversary is in October. I plan to celebrate with a new food processor.

I love my minichopper! I use it for chopping small quantities, such as nuts, fresh herbs, onions, and garlic. Great when you don't need a large food processor. I have also given these as gifts. I prefer the one with the handle. It's much easier to use. The container is easy to clean in the dishwasher. I would recommend this item to anyone.

i am so happy with this mini processor. it minces the fresh herbs and onions as fine as i want them which i could not achieve with my old processor. it has made my prep time shorter and after three or four pulsesmy herbs are finely chopped and ready to go. wonderful product.strong motor.

Went through two choppers, one TV brand broke after fourth use, Black and Decker broke after second use. I have had a KitchenAid mixer, my mother's which is over 50 years old and it still works as if it is brand new. So I ordered the KitchenAid Chopper, it should have been my first choice. Have a 3/4 acre garden, freeze green peppers, banana peppers, onions, etc and believe me I have really put my chopper to use. What a pleasure, what a great product, what was wrong with me not buying it first!!!! I love it and it just keeps going and going and going. It is a KitchenAid what can I say except EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just disposed a brand new unit to my gaarbage can after using 3 times in 3 months. Locking mechanism will not drop in far enough to unlock unit so it will start. Not worth the hassle or the cost(shipping) to send back to Kitchen Aid. I thought the safety mechanism was suspect when I bought it bacause it is all plastic. Runs great when you stick a ball point pin into the safety switch. But then you can't get the cannister on when doing this. That's $10/use as I paid $30 at Target on sale. My knife and cutting board are working great though. Buyer beware.

broke the second time we used it. otherwise, maybe it was a good food processor?

I've recently purchased this item. It is classy looking, small enough for the counter and has worked well for tasks I have tried. I feel it was a good buy.
Linda

First of all, let me state that I am a huge fan of KitchenAid products. I have a KitchenAide range that makes cooking a pleasure instead of a daily chore. That is important to me since I have a full time job.

I work in the food manufacturing industry as a Quality Assurance Director. So food preparation is not just part of my daily household duties, it is also the way I make a living. I am always looking for anything that saves me time in the kitchen without compromising the nutritional quality or asthetic value of meals.

I prefer fresh vegetables and I like to season them with fresh herbs, onions, peppers, celery, celantro, etc. Chopping them is extremely time consuming. I have a 12 cup KitchenAid food processor, but it is so big, I only use it for large projects, like making carrot-raisin salad for two dozen people. It is too big to keep out on the cabinet or to use for small jobs.

My Chef Series Food Chopper is small enough to keep in a corner of my countertop. It is effecient, readily accessible, easy to clean and saves me several hours a week in preparation time. In addition, it is very affordable.

It is like having an extra pair of hands in the kitchen. I love it!

It was great the first two times I used it to make baby food. After the third use it stopped working. It was a baby shower gift so I could not return it having had it for a year.

This is the perfect chopper/mixer for small jobs. I use it to chop onions, garlic, herbs and vegetables for small jobs. Also great for quickly making salad and other types of dressings and rubs. Love this so much I bought it for a friend.

The only thing you should be aware of is that you have to ensure the top mixing unit is properly aligned or the unit won't chop (for safety?). So, be aware of this when you purchase - if it doesn't work, no it's not broken, just not aligned.

After one month of limited use the safety latch or pulse button will not allow the product to operate. I am returning this item.

I've had this chopper for about a month now, and I couldn't make up my mind as to which one to buy, this one or the Cuisinart until I read the recommendation on the Cooks Illustrated website. They tested several different mini choppers and this one out shined them all including the Cuisinart. So off I went to the nearest mall to buy it. As soon as I got home, I washed it by hand and proceeded to chop a medium size onion. Now you have to remember that it only has one pulse button, so if you want large chunks, you have to just barely touch it a couple of times and you will have large chunks. I wanted to mince the onion for a recipe that I was trying. I was very pleased that it minced the onion in no time. I then peeled two heads of garlic and through them in the chopper, along with 1/2 tsp. of salt and a little olive oil because I wanted to store it in a jar for future use. Again, it chopped them up on seconds. So far I was very pleased with this little chopper. Then I needed to mince several vegetables all together at one time, so I cut them into pieces and threw them into the chopper. Only this time, I filled the chopper to the top, so I thought being that this chopper was so powerful that it should mince them all with no problem. I added carrots, onion and celery and began to press the pulse button. It whipped right through the ones on the bottom and in the middle, but the ones that were on the top didn't get chopped all the way. It could be that I may have put too many veggies in at once, so I can't complain too much.

Then I decided to make bread crumbs with some stale garlic bread. When I broke up the bread and put it into the chopper to make the bread crumbs, the bread pieces kept getting stuck to the blades. So I had to keep opening it up and taking the bread pieces off the blades, then starting again. I found it to be al little inconvenient, but I am still happy with this chopper. I haven't done everything I want with it yet, like chopping nuts or crackers, but so far I like it. My meatloaf came out pretty good.

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I got this little chopper to save time on preparing salad vegetables. It is easy to use and takes care of the job lickety split. This is NOT a food processor, only a chopper. So dump radishes in there and you have little cubed radishes, not sliced ones, etc.

It looks great on your countertop, too. Very cute.

I have had my chopper for about a year. I love it for making mayonnaise. Whips it up in about a minute. When my brother visited and had a sandwich with my homemade mayonnaise, he vowed never again to buy store bought mayonnaise. The big negative I have with this one is that when you submerge the container in water, bits of food get inside the handle. I didn't realize that would happen so there are rotting bits of food in the handle. Once it's in there, you can't get it out. That's why I'm looking for a new one. Some liquids will splatter out the top which I don't like either. It works well, just don't submerge the handle in dirty dishwater. Wash it before you wash anything else.

I owned a Little Oscar for years and loved it. My friend gave me this Kitchenaid a year ago and it doesn't chop anything in consistant pieces. I've chopped nuts, celery, onions, carrots, etc with every variety of chop produced...from mush to totally unchopped pieces, all in one bowl. This chopper is just not worth the $40. price tag! Not only that, but I put the plastic cup in the microwave and a small metal piec in the handle (I didn't notice), melted the handle so the lid won't lock on the bowl. I have been unable to purchase a replacement bowl, even from Kitchenaide themselves.

I got this as a gift and didn't think much of it until I opened it up and used it. It's very nice quality and since I'm usually cooking for myself it's just the right size. If I was cooking for more people then I would want a larger unit.

I bought this item for making baby food. It does a great job making the food but is so loud, I try to avoid using it. The only time I have time to make the food is while my son is sleeping but this machine wakes him up unless I bring it to a far room in the house. I'd much rather be able to use it in the kitchen. I would not buy this again.

I bought this chopper because i had stomach surgery and had to chop food before eating it. I bought it online before the surgery so I didnt use it for about 2 weeks. After the surgery I waited 2 weeks until i was allowed to eat solid type food. The product worked great. next time I used it worked great. next time product failed. I figured out what the problem was. It has to many safety features and all are made of plastic. They are fragile and broke off thus making the product not workable. Cheaply made plastic that is over engineered for safety. I will return this one and not replace it.

Gave this little chopper to family members as a Christmas gift. They are happy with the way it chops onions, meat pieces and other foods that take so long to do by hand. Recommend.

I had to get a new chopper and read the reviews here. Sounded like what I needed.....small enough but tough. I am more than happy with it, and find that it is not noisy at all, and does a lovely job of chopping. It is smaller than my old chopper, but I can always empty it and add more!!! All in all, I'm very pleased with this appliance.

I read all the reviews before purchasing this little mighty mite and I couldn't be happier. Compact - strong - sleek looking - easy cleanup - perfect for the quick cut, chop, or dice. I keep it in the closet and can get it out and be using it in less than 1 minute and the clean up couldn't be easier. The cover, blade, & bowl come off quickly and clean up with water. A great little machine.

This is my very first food processor & I am very pleased with it. It's small and very easy to use and clean. So far, I haven't made baby food by mistake - just have to pulse carefully. Today it's going to be chopping veggies for chili. I would recommend it for anyone needing a small chopper.

I bought this appliance about a year ago. It's been disappointing. It's really nice to have a small chopper around for tasks that don't quite require the big food processor. But this particular model isn't quite right.

Pros:
-Compact, taking up little counter or cabinet space.
-Simple to use.
-Feeder opening on the lid is useful for slowly adding liquid.
-Parts are dishwasher safe.

Cons:
-Orientation of the blades doesn't create evenly chopped pieces of vegetables. Some pieces are too big and some are nearly pureed.
-Blades are really high from the bottom of the container making it useless for smaller quantities of food.
-Blades only spin one direction, leafy things like spinach or herbs, require the lid to be opened over and over to readjust the position of the leaves.
-It seems like the food splatters excessively inside the container, so there is a constant need to stop and scrape down the sides of the container.

I used to have a little Cuisinart chopper, which seemed so similar, but just worked better. The blades rotate in both directions, the blades are slightly longer, making the food splatter around less, requiring less scraping, and the chop was more even. The Cuisinart lasted for years, but finally... just... died. Now that I have this inferior chopper, I am finding myself pulling out much less often than the old one.