Buy from the best range of food processors in Australia online or in store at The Good Guys. You’ll get a good deal on leading brands including KitchenAid, Kenwood, Breville, Sunbeam and more. Food processors are the ultimate kitchen accessory, making it quick and easy to chop, slice, julienne, chop, grate, shred and puree a variety of vegetables and fruits. Mix, blend, knead dough and process food – you can whip up all your favourite soups, cake batters, sauces and more at the touch of a button. Whatever your preferred brand, style or price range, you’ll find the right Food Processor for you at The Good Guys.
Food processors are a fantastic, multi-purpose kitchen appliance. With a wide variety of accessories and features to consider, here's some info to help make your decision easier.
Food processors allow you to use fresh ingredients to make delicious meals such as homemade meatballs, rather than opting for the store-bought variety which tend to include additives and preservatives. Foods that you process yourself will taste better and are more nourishing because they are made fresh.
These are kitchen benchtop appliances that consist of a motor (housed in the body of the appliance with all the controls), a bowl with a lid and feed tube, and a range of attachments. Each of the attachments will process food in a variety of specialised ways as ingredients are fed into the bowl through the feed tube. The freshly processed food collects in the bowl, which can be detached after use.
The range of attachments will let your food processor chop veggies, grind or mince meats, process breadcrumbs, or cauliflower into cauliflower rice. Puree homemade nut butters and baby foods. Blend your own hummus or pesto. Shred, grate or slice vegetables, cheeses, and deli meats. They can even knead doughs.
Although blenders and food processors may look similar and are able to perform some of the same tasks, they are very different appliances.
Blenders are designed to puree ingredients and crush ice, making them great for smoothies, milkshakes and any foods that you would drink, pour or dip. A food processor can also do these tasks, although they specialise more towards shredding, slicing, grating and preparing foods that you would eat with cutlery.
Both blenders and food processors house their motor in the base of the appliance with the controls, with a container that sits on top to house the ingredients as they are processed or blended. While food processors use a variety of blade and disc attachments that can be swapped in and out inside the bowl for a variety of specialised tasks, blenders will usually have a single fixed blade in the bottom of the jug. The jug is generally tall and narrow to help create a vortex that circulates ingredients through the blades for even, thorough blending. For more on blenders see our blender buying guide.
This all depends on the task and the volume of food utilised. For smaller tasks using minimal ingredients, a food chopper can most definitely perform as a mini food processor. They do however have much less wattage so you might not achieve the desired result as quickly.
Food choppers are great for not only chopping ingredients such as onion and garlic to cut down on meal prep time, but for mixing ingredients such as fresh herbs and nuts into dips or a quick homemade pesto. Because they are smaller, they will also require less clean up over food processors too.
For all other tasks such as grating, shredding or for turning slices of bread into crumbs, you'll need a food processor. Seeing they come with a raft of accessories, you can achieve so much more with your food, while food choppers still have their place for quick processing of small jobs. For more on food processors, check out our food processor buying guide.
With the right attachments and features, a food processor will do just about any kitchen task you throw at it. When shopping for a new food processor, it’s worth thinking about what you want to use it for and how often. Here are some key features to consider.
The size of the bowl will vary between models, so consider how much space you have in your kitchen and weigh it up against the amount of food you’re likely to be making. For even more space saving, some come with a storage box to keep all the attachments together, like some of the Breville food processors. This will also help keep them in good condition and safely stored away from hands.
There are a variety of attachments that a processor may come with. Common attachments across models can include a dough blade, slider, shredder and more, while accessories such as a whisk attachment may be only found in selected models. Some, such as selected Kenwood, Breville or Sunbeam food processors come with a blender jug for whipping up creamy smoothies, which may save you the cost and space of buying an additional appliance.