Kitchen Appliances

You’re probably looking at the Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup because you want a food processor that handles a big batch of coleslaw, a double pie-crust recipe, or a week of meal prep without working in three rounds. You also know it costs close to $300, and a cheaper 8- or 10-cup processor would handle plenty of

Dicing a pound of onions, shredding a block of cheddar, or grinding hummus by hand is slow and tedious. A good food processor turns that into a few pulses. The right model for your kitchen depends on how much you cook, how many people you feed, and how much counter and cabinet space you have.

Shop for a small countertop cooker in 2026 and you’ll run into a mess of labels. One box says “toaster oven,” the next says “convection countertop oven,” and the one beside it says “air fryer toaster oven.” Meanwhile, a basket-style air fryer sits on the same shelf at a similar price. The categories have blurred.