ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
Most problems with the food processor are easily
solved. Provided are some possible problems and
their solutions.
Food is unevenly chopped:
Do not process too much food at one time. Food
should be in uniform pieces. Pulse several times
and the run continuously.
Liquid leaks from bottom of bowl onto
motor base:
Remove bowl from base as soon as you finish
processing. Do not remove metal blade first.
When bowl and blade are removed together,
blade drops down and forms an almost perfect
seal against the bowl.
Liquid leaks out between bowl and cover
when machine is running:
You added too much liquid. Never use more than
2
3
⁄
4
cups thin or 5 cups thick liquid.The thicker the
liquid, the more you can use. Examples of thick
liquids include pancake or cake batter.
Slices are uneven or slanted:
Pack feed tube more carefully as described
on pages 14 through 16. Maintain even pressure
on pusher.
Carrots, or similar food, falls over in feed tube:
Cut food into enough short pieces of equal height
to fill feed tube. To slice one or two pieces, use
small feed tube. Cut carrots in half and insert one
piece point down and the other stem down.
Sliced or shredded food piles up on one side
of work bowl:
This is normal. Remove disc occasionally and
even out food. When food gets close to bottom of
disc, empty work bowl.
A few pieces of food remain on top of slicing
or shredding disc:
This is normal. In most cases, you can shred
more of the food by moving the large pusher up
and down, allowing the piece to be shredded, or
by repositioning the piece in the feed tube and
reshredding it.
Soft cheese like mozzarella spreads out and
collects on top of shredding disc:
The cheese was not cold enough, or the pressure
on the pusher was too hard. To shred soft cheese,
do not push, rather let the cheese go through by
itself. Tap on the pusher to guide it through.
CLEANING AND STORAGE
Keep your food processor ready to use on
the kitchen counter. When not in use, leave
unplugged. Don’t leave the pusher assembly in
locked position; this could damage the on-off
mechanism.
Store the blades and discs as you would sharp
knives — out of the reach of children. The Disc
and Blade Holder (optional accessory) offers safe
and convenient storage.
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Type of cheese
Chop
Shred
Slice
Soft
yes
no
no
Brie, Camembert,
ricotta, Liederkranz,
cottage, cream
mozzarella (exception) yes/chill yes
no
Semi-Soft
yes
yes/chill
no
Blue, Fontina,
Bel Paese
Semi-Hard
yes yes/chill yes/chill
Cheddar, Monterey
Jack, Longhorn,
Swiss, Jarlsberg,
Edam, Gouda,
Provolone
Hard
yes
yes/
no
room temp
Parmesan, Romano,
Pecorino, Sapsago
