Remember how much time it takes to cut a five-liter pan of olivier salad or vinaigrette, and how many salads do you need to prepare to celebrate the guests?
No wonder the first food processor with the function of slicing products into cubes, released by Bosch, made a splash and became a revolutionary model in the field of kitchen appliances. After all, with it, you can cook your favorite salad in half an hour, and by the time guests arrive, make the whole table a variety of beautiful snacks in a few hours.
How does the dice nozzle work?
The device with the function of chopping food into cubes consists of a rapidly rotating knife, chopping vegetables or fruits into pieces, and grids through which the pieces are pressed into cubes. The size of the obtained cubes depends on the distance between the sharp rails of the lattice. Some combine models are equipped with several gratings with different mesh sizes. Lattices are easy to replace one with another.
Dice Lattices
Dice Lattices
For certain series of kitchen appliances, grills are interchangeable. Therefore, they can be bought or changed if necessary.
The knives of all nozzles of food processors and the blades of gratings for cutting with slices are self-sharpening during operation.
Combines with dice function - advantages and disadvantages of some models
Almost every manufacturer of kitchen appliances has several models or a whole series of food processors with the function of slicing in even slices. An overview of the most popular and best models will help to understand this variety of products.
Bosch is the undisputed leader in the production of food processors with diced products. Among the most popular models, Bosch MSM 6888, Bosch MUM 58252, Bosch MUM 9BX5S61, etc. combines can be distinguished.
BOSCH MSM 6888
Excellent kitchen machine, which at a high level performs all the functions stated in the passport. A powerful 1250 W motor will easily cope not only with the processing of cooked or soft foods, but also with raw vegetables, meat, nuts, a mixture of liquid or thick dough. The cubes when slicing are perfectly identical.
Equipment:
- Two bowls with a volume of 3.9 liters and 1.5 liters (blender);
- Nozzle with grinding into squares;
- Whisk;
- Nozzles for shredders;
- Graters of different sizes;
- Devices for kneading dough;
- Blender
- Julienne knife;
- Bag for storage nozzles.
Food processor BOSCH MCM 6888
Benefits:
- Powerful engine
- Metal case;
- Nozzles are made of durable plastic;
- Infinitely variable gearshift;
- Safety, even for children, thanks to the clear locking of the device cover;
- A backlit display for prompting the next step;
- Stable position thanks to rubber suction cups.
Among the shortcomings can be called the lack of devices for squeezing juice, only one grid for cubes, a relatively high price (about 22 thousand rubles).
Additional grilles can be easily selected and purchased separately.
Bosch MUM 58252
This model can be called a kitchen machine. In addition to the above functions, the Bosch MUM 58252 combine has a disc for french fries and a meat grinder. It easily cuts ice, frozen meat, nuts, cuts products into strips. The whole mechanism works with German precision. Despite the lower motor power, difficulties in performing complex work were not noticed. Cut products of any hardness into perfect cubes of this model of a kitchen appliance is not difficult.
Disadvantages:
- Bowl for a smaller blender 1.25 L .;
- One grid for dicing;
- No juicer;
- High price (28–29 thousand rubles)
According to reviews, the model is quite expensive and could perform more functions.
In addition to the Bosch leader, Russell Hobbs, Kitchen aid, Redmond and others also produce good kitchen machines with a square cutter.
Russell Hobbs Performance Pro 22270-56
It is a budget model that has proven itself in the market for cubic grinding devices.
Food processor Russell Hobbs Performance Pro 22270-56
Benefits:
- low price (11500–12500 rubles);
- square grinding disk;
- drive for potato pancakes or mashed potatoes;
- discs with shredder and sliced products;
- nozzle for french fries;
- case with storage places for nozzles;
This combine cuts cubes perfectly, but has some drawbacks or inconveniences (according to user reviews) regarding the quality of the rest of the functions:
- leaves a lot of product residue after shredding;
- the dough is not uniform;
- the presence of only three modes of gear shifting;
- lack of a blender;
- 2.3 liter bowl
Despite certain minor flaws, the model is very popular among users and in a short period of presence on the market has already managed to become the best assistant in the kitchen for many housewives.
KitchenAid 5KFP1644
Food processor KitchenAid 5KFP1644
A solid machine with a large number of nozzles for grinding into squares, shredders, potato pancakes, french fries. Present for beating eggs, kneading batter, mixing products. It is also distinguished by the presence of a citrus juicer, a larger bowl of 4 liters, an average bowl of 2.4 liters, and a shallow bowl of 1 liter. The manufacturer declares a long service life.
Among the features of the model, it is possible to highlight the ability to adjust the thickness of the slices, the presence of holes for larger pieces and three different pushers.
You can buy a model of bright red color, which will also become an adornment in the kitchen.
Among the shortcomings, users distinguish:
- high price (50–66 thousand rubles);
- heavy weight, not very compact sizes;
- the presence of only two speeds;
- lack of a blender (nozzles for mixing perform its function), a fruit juicer and a meat grinder.
The FoodAid 5KFP1644 food processor does an excellent job of slicing food into cubes and the rest of the assortment of declared kitchen tasks, but some users think that there should be more functions for such a price.
Kitchen processor REDMOND RFP-3950
Kitchen processor REDMOND RFP-3950
A multifunctional device that includes a blender, a large and a small bowl, numerous nozzles. This combine cuts products into squares, shreds, rubs on a grater. With it, you can easily whip cream, sauces, mayonnaise, knead batter.
The Redmond RFP-3950 processor is equipped with a separate blender, a two-level S-shaped knife, a container for nozzles. In addition, the processor is ergonomically designed and small in size.
Disadvantages:
- no juicers and nozzles for french fries;
- a small volume of the bowl (1.4 liters).
The price of the device ranges from 7 to 8 thousand rubles.
The Redmond RFP-3950 harvester is an interesting budget model that can cope with the main kitchen tasks and become a good helper for housewives.
LIBERTY FP-810
Food processor LIBERTY FP-810
The kitchen appliance LIBERTY FP-810 performs the functions of:
- grinding products into squares;
- chopping and slicing vegetables and fruits;
- chopping potatoes for cooking french fries;
- preparation of mashed potatoes or potato pancakes;
- whipping with a blender.
Among the advantages of the model can be called only a low price (about 3-4 thousand rubles) and the compactness of the device.
Among the shortcomings are low power, the ability to work at only two speeds.
Users also note not very high-quality mashed grater, inconvenient closure of the lid, very strong suction cups to the table.
The Liberty FP-810 model does not include a juicer, a thick dough mixer, a julienne knife and other advantages of expensive models. But, of course, it is better to have such a model in the kitchen than all products with a knife or with the help of a device. The Liberty FP-810 combine is chopping boiled vegetables into squares perfectly.
In addition to food processors, some hand blenders do well with the functions of cutting food into squares, for example: Philips HR164x, HR167x. Having bought the nozzle HR1999 / 90, you can get a good cut of vegetables and fruits into small cubes.