Food processor

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A food processor is a kitchen tool used to facilitate repetitive tasks in food preparation. Today, this term almost always refers to electric-motor-driven devices, although there are some manual devices also referred to as "food processors".

Food processors are similar to blenders in various forms. The main difference is that food processors use replaceable blades and disks (attachments) rather than fixed blades. Also, their bowls are wider and shorter, more appropriate forms for solid or semi-solid foods usually work in a food processor. Usually, little or no fluid is required in a food-processing operation, unlike a blender, which requires a certain amount of liquid for particles to move around the knife.

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History

One of the first electrical food processors was Starmix, which was introduced by the German company Electrostar in 1946. Although the basic unit resembles a simple blender, many accessories are available, including attachments for slicing bread, centrifugal milk, and ice cream bowls. In times when electric motors were expensive, they also developed piccolo, where the basic unit of food processor can drive the vacuum cleaner. In the 1960s, Albrecht von Goertz designed the Starmix MX3 food processor. Although the entire company changed its name to Starmix in 1968 following the success of the processor, they then focused on the vacuum cleaner and electric hand dryer and the last mixer was produced around 2000. In France, the concept of a machine for processing food begins when a catering salesman, Pierre Verdun, the amount of time his client spent in the kitchen to cut, chop, and mix. He produced a simple but effective solution, a bowl with a rotating knife at the base. In 1960, it evolved into Robot-Coupe, a company founded to produce commercial "food processors" for the catering industry. In the late 1960s, commercial food processors powered by powerful commercial induction motors were produced. Magimix food processors arrived from France in the UK in 1974, beginning with the Model 1800. Later, a British company Kenwood Limited started their first Kenwood Food Processor, the 'de luxe processor' in 1979.

Carl Sontheimer introduced the same Magimix 1800 food processor to North America in 1973 with the Cuisinart brand, the first domestic food processor in America. Sontheimer contracted with a Japanese manufacturer to produce a new model in 1977 to immediately launch a Japanese food processor in 1980 when his contract with Robot-Coupe ended.

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Function

Food processors usually have many functions, depending on the placement and type of attachment or blade. These functions usually include:

• Slicing/cutting vegetables
• Grind items like nuts, seeds (eg spices), meat, or dried fruit
• Shred or sliced ​​cheese or vegetables
• Clean
• Mix and knead the dough

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Design and operation

The base of the motor home unit that converts the vertical axis. The bowl, usually made of transparent plastic, fits around the stem. The cutting knife can be attached to the shaft; it is suitable to operate near the bottom of the bowl. Shredding or slicing disks can be attached instead; This round is near the top of the bowl. Cover with "feed tube" then mounted to the bowl.

The feed tube allows the material to be added when cutting, grinding or pulping. It also serves as a channel through which items are introduced for cutting or slicing discs. A "plunger" is provided, sized to slide through the feed tube, protecting the user's fingers.

Almost all modern food processors have a safety device that prevents the motor from operating if the bowl is not secured properly to the bottom or if the lid is not secured properly to the bowl.

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Variations

The food helicopter is basically a food processor of a smaller size. It's also more suitable for cutting food than making smoothies.

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See also

• Blade grinder
• Blender
• The bread machine
• Coffee grinder
• Cooking the electric pressure
• Food processing
• Ultrasonic homogenizer
• Grated, non-electric kitchen cutter
• Home robot
• Mandoline, a kitchen cutting device that uses a knife style similar to some food processors
• Multicooker

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References

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External links

• Howstuffworks "How Food Processors Work"

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