| | |  | Food Processors | Home » » » » » Black & Decker FP2500 PowerPro Wide-Mouth 10-Cup Food Processor, White | | | | | | | Description: | | Just how powerful is the Power Pro Wide-Mouth Food Processor? So powerful, that we had to design special heavy-duty suction cup feet to keep it in place while it slices, chops, shreds, grates and purees whole apples, potatoes, cucumbers, onions, blocks of cheese or any other whole foods with ease. With a fierce, 500-watt motor and tons of torque working in concert under its sleek and sturdy exterior, this is one heavy-duty piece of machinery that performs as great as it looks. | | | Features: | |
• 500-watt food processor with 10-cup capacity and wide-mouth feed chute
• Soft-touch Mylar buttons; 2 speed settings, plus pulse; safety-interlock system
• Heavy-duty suction-cup feet; cord storage; dishwasher-safe parts
• Includes stainless-steel chopping blade and a slicing/shredding disk
• Measures 11 by 9-3/5 by 16-3/5 inches
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.63 inches | | Product Height:
| 16.63 inches | | Product Weight:
| 7.9 pounds | | Package Length:
| 16.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 8.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 28 reviews |
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104 of 104 found the following review helpful:
 Solid workhorseJun 08, 2010
By J. S. Carr
First let me say this is not a $200 processors. When I say 5 stars, I don't mean compared to a $200 processor. I'm comparing it to the handful of other food processors I've worn through near this price point. This machine, in my mind, sets the gold standard for this let's say class of food processors.
That said, this thing is a real workhorse. We use it primarily for shredding cheese, usually full pounds of mozzarella at a time but sometimes harder cheeses, and it does so beautifully. We've used it to shred some other things and it's done fine, but I think it's safe to say that the real test of any processor is cheese and I can tell you unequivocally this processor shreds cheese with no problem. If anybody has an issue with parts breaking I can only guess maybe they're forcing it? Any time you're using a power tool, whether it's a food processor, table saw, or weed whacker, you have to let it do the work. If you force it, it will break. If you want to shred a pound of cheese in 10 seconds go look at $200 processors. If you just don't want to have to do it all by hand, this thing is great.
This processor's lid, chute, etc all fit together much more easily than similar processors by other brands I've used. I don't have to slam anything into place to disarm the safety shut-offs. It just works as it ought to.
I also like the extra large chute, and ability to safely/easily add things to the chute and (gently) tamp them down without creating a mess by opening the top.
The slicing disks are extremely effective too. My wife dumped a bunch of strawberries in the other day and reported that "this thing practically liquefied them in less time than the old one could mostly chop them"
My only complaint is there's a crevice that's difficult to clean right between the rim of the lid and the rim where the chute meets the main section of lid. I have to grab a bristle brush to get a few shred of cheese out of there. Not a big deal, I mainly mention it for the benefit of anybody else who runs into this and hasn't tried a bristle brush to get in there yet. The important stuff all works like a charm.
UPDATE: After reading a Serious Eats article and some Peter Reinhart material on making pizza dough I've started using this to make my pizza dough as well (instead of my KitchenAid stand mixer! Can't believe it myself!). The included plastic blades turn the unmixed ingredients into a fully kneaded warm dough ball in 30 seconds. It's very impressive!
UPDATE 10-13-2011: After 17 months of use (bought it last May and waited till June to post review) our food processor died last night. The hub of the shredding disc came apart. As we were looking it over trying to figure out if it could possibly be glued I noticed very small shavings of black plastic on the disc. I looked everything else over and discovered that the center point of the lid that guides the spinning central piece was disintegrating. Uh-oh! Can't really let that get in our food even with different paddles / blades /etc. Now at the current price of 51 this may or may not be acceptable, especially given we were not exactly easy on the thing (lots of cheese shredding and dough-making) even if we stayed within the recommended capacities. It DID outlast its warranty by 5 months. I am assuming by the way that by the time we pay for a new lid and shredding disc and shipping we would be throwing good money after bad to see how much more life we might get out of this motor and we would be smarter to buy a new processor. I'm a bit torn on whether or not to dock a star but 17 months out of a 51 buck product that worked so well until failure still seems like a good value to me.
Anyway- there you have it, a log of what is probably a typical full life cycle for this product! Hope it's helpful!
70 of 73 found the following review helpful:
Hard to beat for the moneyJan 21, 2010
By Camp4Fun
Pros:
1 - 500 watt motor is more powerful than most other food processors
2 - Two speeds allows a little more precision during use
3 - Suction cup feet hold it pretty steady even when chopping a lot of veggies
4 - Comes with a dough kneading blade
5 - No louder than my little 3 cup chopper when running
6 - Has a wide mouth chute (see cons below)
7 - Large capacity (10 cups)
Cons
1 - No convenient way to store the cutting disc or blade when not in use. Both won't fit in the bowl during storage. The B&D FP2500S model comes with the storage lid. Or you can order it for $9.95 (part # - 07239GZ4)
2 - Goofy feeder chute only allows you to continually feed food into the small chute. In order to use the wide mouth chute, the chute must be removed, stopping the machine.
3 - Like most other Food processors, will only hold about 3 cups of liquid before it runs over to top of the shaft and leaks out the bottom. This is common with most brands and this model is no different.
4 - Having to lock the bowl on the base, the lid on the bowl, and the chute on the lid before the thing will run; is a pain. I understand the B&D is trying to make sure no one gets hurt using this thing but...geezz.
I own several higher end appliances from Kitchen Aid and Cuisinart. No one is going to mistake this food processor for one from either of those two companies. That being said, at $60 bucks it is one third the cost of a comparable sized Kitchen Aid unit.
I have owned this unit for a couple of weeks and have used it on about a dozen different chores. Overall it performs very well. It shreds cheese easily assuming the cheese is cold. I have used it to chop nuts and make bread crumbs. And it shreds carrots well. It comes with a dough blade, but since I have been using my Kitchen Aid stand mixer (the one appliance I could not live without) to knead dough for 10 years, I doubt I will ever use this feature.
If you need an inexpensive food processor for occasional use...this unit should work well for you.
41 of 41 found the following review helpful:
Decent machineMar 15, 2010
By B. Allen
"Zombie Hunter"
I bought this because I've been living without a food processor for over 3 years now and just desperately needed one, but could not afford a kitchen aid one.
Was a little nervous to try anything too "heavy" on it, so my first use was just chopping vegies and cheese for a meatloaf, it did great and saved me a ton of time in preperation.
second use I used it to slice mushrooms and onions with the slicer attachment, again, saved me a ton of time and tears (no more hand chopping onions!)
third use! I finally had the guts to make bread dough in it, it worked great, even while it was "kneading" the heavy, sticky dough for 1 minute it didn't get too hot or slow down!
The safety features are... well... they certainly just ARE.
So, I'd definitely say this is a good machine, just fine for basic food prep. Perhaps not the most beautiful appliance, but food processors rarely are that attractive.
EDIT: after many uses the motor died while making bread, using the bread recipe provided in the owners manual. I believe the method they use to mix the dough is what caused it to go, instead of slowly adding the liquid next time I will probably just dump in all the liquid at once, and then allow it to run until it forms a ball. Anyway, I contacted customer service explaining how it went sluggish for a few seconds and then stopped in a puff of white smoke, never to run again. (website is in owner manual) Within a couple of days they contacted me saying the machine probably had a factory defect and was covered by the 1 year warranty, they automatically submitted a replacement order for me. All I had to do was send them the plug, my name, address and reason of "return" and the order confirmation number provided in their email, plus a check for $7.50 to cover shipping. Pretty easy and pain free, arrived very quickly, what's really cool is they sent me a whole new boxed unit, complete with all the attachments, as there was nothing wrong with my original attachments I now have spares of everything.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Durability issues?Jul 04, 2010
By M. R. Wallace
"The Analytical Shopper"
I have had the previous edition of this model for over three years and it has performed well. I have had a few concerns though.
1. The bowl's plastic cracks and breaks VERY easily if you drop it. this happens quite often in my house because, as other reviewers have noted, you can't store all the pieces inside, so things rattle in the cabinet.
2. Normally little chips from the bowl wouldn't be a big problem but because of the safety features other reviewers have mentioned, if you break any of the little tiny pieces of plastic that slip into the safety switches it will no longer function. Luckily in all the times we've dropped it and broken pieces we've only now broken a safety piece.
3. Speaking of the piece... I now have a non-functioning food processor because I have been unable to find replacement parts.
4. It doesn't handle substantial amounts of liquid because of the short center peg in the bowl. You have to do soups or sauces in batches if you are serving more than a very small family.
Other than these issues, a very great and reliably performing food processor!
17 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Not good for grating cheeseJun 01, 2010
By R. Powell
I bought the Black & Decker FP2500 food processor in Nov. 2009 specifically for grating cheese. Each time I use it for this purpose, a part breaks. I've ordered 3 different replacement parts. I've checked and rechecked the instructions to see if I'm doing something wrong, but I don't think I am. Customer service and warranty are great - I haven't had to pay for the replacement parts.
It does a good job of slicing/chopping veggies and chopping nuts.
The little suction cups on the bottom are a pain - I guess they are intended to keep the machine from sliding off the counter, but instead, the thing sticks and I have to yank it off. Annoying...
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