How does a food processor work differently than a blender?
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Food processors goes “ruuuuuuuuuu” while blenders goes “reeeeeeeeeeee”. Blender faster, food processors slower.
My “food processor” is a Thermomix.
It can hold a lot more, process much harder items, and generally do a much better job than simply liquefying like a blender.
I’m unsure if this is how all food processors work, but the way the Thermomix *works* differently to a blender is through precisely angled blades, and most importantly, oscillations of the blade speed.
By oscillating the blade speed at certain levels, it can achieve a much more even chop/grate than a blender without slushing anything. The oscillations make the food crash against itself and bounce around a bit more due to the changing speed, to allow a more even process.
1. A food processor usually has more power so can “blend” or mix more for longer- mix for example a dough in a blender, it will burn out and cut the power -or fuse if it’s a cheap model and then cut your circuit if you do too much in it. Blenders are best for short sharp bursts for example, smoothies and soups but not for heavy going stuff or for any longer than a few seconds or a few minutes.
2. Food processors have more tools and can blend/chop/mix and get different texture results. Blenders tend to just do liquids or make things more liquidy (blenders can make cakes and bread mixtures and the tools mean it wont turn to liquid or puree or smoothie like with a blender)
3. Food processors can mix up more in terms of volume than blenders, generally speaking.
4. Food processors tend to have a longer life.
5. Blenders cost a lot less and are easier to clean!
The blades can also be mounted at the top instead of the bottom enabling you to process the food once instead of hundreds of times
It’s very obvious that noone in this thread owns a vitamix blender. That muhfucker does everything. Including the work of a food processor, extremely well.
A food processor gathers all the information and attempts to understand its contents before annihilating them, while a blender is less discriminatory.
Blenders are primarily for “liquids”. The blade needs liquid, whether oil, orange juice, or water, to get things spinning, usually it’s added first, then the solid stuff on top. A vita mix can make things silken smooth unlike a food pro. Example: putting eggs and oil in first to make aioli. A food processor literally chops food up, and you don’t always need liquid to get things going. Example: Parmesan cheese. Just get the blade spinning and throw pieces in.
Blender = liquify
Food processor = chop
You make a smoothie in a blender and coleslaw in a food processor.
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A processor has sharp blades for slicing or chopping food. A blender has blunt blades for smashing and liquefying food.
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