GE 12-Cup Food Processor

It ranks #6 (B tier) on our consolidated food processors board, drawn from 4 independent outlets.

Performance is credible rather than class-leading. Lacks the polish and premium features of the Breville and Cuisinart leaders.

Buyers who want a full-size food processor for the least money that still does the job. It is Good Housekeeping's best value pick, delivers credible full-size performance and undercuts even the Cuisinart on price. It sits in B tier, sixth on our board, though on fewer research runs than the machines above it. If you can stretch further, the Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor (DFP-14BCNY) in S tier is the better long-term buy.

Yes, and it is the cheap full-size machine we would point to. Its performance is credible rather than class-leading and it lacks the polish and premium features of the Breville and Cuisinart leaders, but it does honest work. The budget machine to avoid is the Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor, which sits in F tier with a straining motor and fragile plastics.

It is cheaper and it is less proven. The Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor (DFP-14BCNY) has a decade-plus motor record, parts still in supply and endorsements across the review world, which is why it is S tier. The GE 12-Cup Food Processor delivers credible full-size performance at a lower price but without that track record or the premium finish of the Breville Sous Chef 16 Peel & Dice Food Processor. Buy the GE to save money now, the Cuisinart to stop thinking about it for ten years.

Yes, for most households. Twelve cups handles a batch of dough, a bowl of shredded cheese or a head of cabbage without emptying mid-job. Only cooks who routinely double recipes will miss the extra two cups of a fourteen-cup machine.