GE G8P1AASSPSS Food Processor Review

The box holds nine accessories, and each one covers a different job in the kitchen.

• Stainless chopping and mixing blade for onions, garlic, herbs, nuts, vegetables and meat.
• Dough blade for bread, pizza and cookie dough.
• Fine reversible shredding and slicing disc for thin slices and fine shreds.
• Medium reversible shredding and slicing disc for thicker slices and medium shreds.
• Grating disc for hard cheese and similar foods.
• French fry disc that cuts potatoes into sticks.
• Emulsifying disc, the machine's answer to whipped cream and dressings.
• Mini chopping bowl with mini S-blade for small quantities of garlic, herbs, nuts, pesto and sauces.
• Spatula for scraping the bowl.

The mini bowl is chop-only: you cannot slice or shred into it. There is no storage case for the discs and blades, so plan on a drawer or a box of their own. The machine has no whisk or whipping attachment and no blender or juicer attachment.

Chopping

The main blade handles onions, garlic, herbs, nuts, vegetables and meat up to the manual's stated limits, and the Pulse setting lets you stop before the pieces turn to mush.

Slicing and shredding

Two reversible discs plus a grating disc cover most everyday jobs: carrots, cucumbers, celery, potatoes, cabbage and blocks of cheese. The three feed-tube openings let you stand long vegetables upright for even cuts.

Dough

The dough blade is included, and the manual gives a real capacity: 2½ cups of flour for white bread or pizza dough, 2½ dozen cookies' worth of cookie dough, one 8-inch cheesecake batter or one boxed cake mix. That is the honest ceiling, and it is the kind of figure buyers rarely get.

French fries

The French fry disc cuts potatoes into sticks, a job most machines leave to a knife.

Small jobs

The mini bowl keeps you from dirtying the 12-cup bowl for a handful of garlic, herbs or nuts.

Everyday handling

Suction feet hold the machine still, the bowl scrapes out easily, and everything but the base goes in the dishwasher.

Emulsions and cream

The emulsifying disc is what the machine offers for whipped cream and dressings.

The dough blade, mini bowl and three specialty discs are the reason this configuration is worth choosing over a bare two-disc machine.

Purees come out grainy

A wide 12-cup bowl lets a small batch spread out and escape the blade, so hummus, nut butter and smooth vegetable purees come out grainy rather than silky. The mini bowl does not solve this because it is chop-only. This is the single most important limitation to know before buying.

Shredding and slicing leave stragglers

The discs sit inside the bowl with a gap at the rim, so some pieces slip past and end up mixed in with the finished output. The manual itself says it is normal for small pieces to remain on top of the disc and advises cutting the rest by hand. Pack the feed tube, use firm even pressure, cut food into even ½- to 1-inch pieces first, and expect a handful of stragglers.

The feed tube is not huge

The largest opening will not take a whole beefsteak tomato or a whole ball of mozzarella, so some pre-cutting is required. Soft cheese such as mozzarella needs 30 minutes in the freezer before shredding.

The lid takes a knack

It has to line up with the slot on the right side of the handle, so expect a few tries the first time.

The manual is thin

It gives capacities and safety notes but little guidance on which disc does what, and no recipes.

The motor has a thermal cut-out

It may stop during heavy or long work and need time to cool before restarting.

Care points

The warranty is one year for the whole appliance. There is no storage case for the discs and blades. Do not store the machine with the lid locked, since that can damage the bowl switch, and do not puree cooked white potatoes, which turn gummy.

These are the numbers to cook by, and exceeding them is the usual cause of uneven results and motor strain.

• Sliced or shredded fruit, vegetables or cheese: 10 cups
• Chopped fruit, vegetables or cheese: 4 cups
• Pureed fruit or vegetables: 3 cups, or 1½ cups cooked
• Chopped or pureed meat, fish or seafood: 1½ lb
• Thin liquids such as dressings and soups: 7 cups
• Cake batter: one 8-inch cheesecake or one 15.25 oz boxed mix
• Cookie dough: 2½ dozen
• Bread or pizza dough: 2½ cups flour
• Nuts or nut butter: 3 cups

At 16 inches high and about 10 lb, the machine needs counter or cupboard space and a spot near an outlet, and the built-in cord storage helps keep the counter tidy. It covers chopping, slicing, shredding, grating, kneading and small-batch prep in one unit, which is the argument for a single machine with many accessories rather than several single-job appliances.

Cleanup is simple: everything but the base goes in the dishwasher, and the base gets a wipe. The cook who gets the most from it cooks in batches, grates and slices a lot, and bakes bread or pastry. A cook chasing silky purees will be disappointed.

Buyers on Amazon most often praise the machine's quality, and they also single out its versatility, its power and its design. Opinion is divided on size: some like having both a large bowl and a small one, while others find the feed tube too small. Durability splits the same way, with some buyers finding it very durable and others reporting it did not last a year. Value for money and grating performance also draw mixed views, with some buyers considering it worth the money and others saying it is not good for grating.