KitchenAid KSM2FPA Food Processor Attachment with Commercial Style Dicing Kit

Product Description

Powered by the KitchenAid Stand Mixer, the Food Processor Attachment, with a Commercial Style Dicing Kit, dices, slices, shreds & juliennes fruits, vegetables & hard cheeses, quickly and easily. For everything you want to make. KitchenAid. All KitchenAid food processors and accessories as well as other KitchenAid products manufactured after 2011 do not contain BPA.

Features

• Connect to any household KitchenAid Stand Mixer* power hub and use the power of the motor to run the food processor attachment, *sold separately.Voltage: 120 V
• Dice, slice, shred or julienne a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables or cheeses
• ExactSlice system with external adjustable slicing lever always you to easily to go from thick to thin
• The wide feed tube accommodates various sizes of food for less prep work
• Model KSM1FPA includes (1) slicing disc, (1) shredding disc, (1) julienne disc, (1) dicing kit, (1) storage case

Top Reviews

I Was Prepared to Hate This . . .
by Jet Builder (5 out of 5 stars)
September 14, 2018

I had an opportunity to purchase the KitchenAid Food Processor Attachment using some rebates that I'd gotten from an earlier KitchenAid promotion and when i saw a sale for this i decided to give it a try. I'd been looking at it for some time because it was the only item on the market that would dice and not just slice items like my Cuisinart. I'd been looking at the various videos that KitchenAid had on-line as well as independent reviewers and had seen some really impressive results and listened to some very negative comments. It appeared that individuals that bought or reviewed the attachment either found it very helpful or totally hated it. Being an engineer i was curious to see the construction and worried about the mechanism's quality. So when i received the attachment I had to run it through some tests.

The first thing I noticed was how heavy the attachment was. It's not a lightweight piece of equipment! So my first concern was about the stress the weight would place on the mixer. I'm still worried about that after several hours of use. Like any of the KitchenAid attachments it's a little noisy when running and there is some vibration. I attribute that to the causing what some reviewers said about the attachment 'falling off' the mixer. I don't believe that's an issue if one keeps in mind that vibration in any piece of equipment tends to loosen fasteners over time, particuarly friction secured fasteners like KitchenAid uses to hold their attachments to the mixers. My advice? Check the fastener for any sign of loosening if you're going to use it for a lengthy period of time.

So on to the tests. First was a twenty pound bag of russet potatoes, peeled and sliced to fit the hopper. I found varying advice on the speed setting. What i discovered was that in general the harder the item to be sliced and diced the faster you want to set the speed. Potatoes took about a seven to eight setting while larger carrots I set to ten. Apples worked fine at lower settings. Tomatoes (I used Roma) worked well and seemed to do better at a medium speed. That surprised me at first, I was expecting them to do better at a lower speed because of their firmness, but I think it's because of the skin. I did not try any skinless tomatoes - that might be a test for another time. Cucumbers were best at a low setting (Note: I peeled the cucumbers in my testing and the softer they were the worse the results - English cucumbers worked the best for dicing). Another thing that I found interesting was that i got the best results when dicing if I DID NOT use the pusher to force the vegetables into the hopper - letting their own weight and the angled blade pull them in worked just fine. A big WARNING - don't try to use the attachment to dice meat - that was a disaster! I have not tried cheese yet and if (when) I do I'll add to this review.

So the dicing aspects of the attachment worked better than i anticipated. Since that was my primary reason for purchasing it I was very happy.

I moved on to the slicing blades and was interested to note the adjustable thickness setting on the slicing blade (KitchenAid calls it their ExactSlice System). That's an interesting touch and i wonder how long that's going to last. Endurance is just as important to me as functionality since I tend to keep my technology until it expires! I would have preferred a metal mechanism, but that would have necessitated a price increase that probably would have made the overall cost a nonstarter. It worked fine as did the shredding and julienne discs. I typically prefer my Cuisinart for those functions (so many more blades and options) but if I'm going to do dicing as well as slicing and julienne cuts the KitchenAid is my tool of choice.

Next was cleanup. How labor intensive was that going to be? I found that cleanup was actually easier than for my Cuisinart. I should note that i clean my tools immediately after use, no matter which brand or device. I've learned my lesson from letting debris dry in hard-to-reach places! The KitchenAid came apart as easily as it went together. Most of the pieces came clean in just a spray of warm water and a quick dip into a soapy bath and rinse. A nice scrub brush gets almost anything off easily and KitchenAid has thoughtfully provided a small tool for clearing any food stuck in the dicing grid so you don't end up with bloody fingers. I also like that there is an insert that lifts out to protect the mechanism from any food particles or fluids that go around with the blades. That was a feature I hadn't really considered important until it came to cleanup - then that made things a breeze.

The included storage case is nice, but I have two concerns. The first one is a little picky, but I had a difficult time in getting the blades back into the case so it would close properly. Turns out that the adjustable thickness slicing has to be in placed into the storage case with what I'll call the plastic sweeping tab rotated so it's located to the right of the case or it interferes with the closure. A picky concern, true, but I was beginning to think I'd lost my mind when the case wouldn't close the first time. Second, the location of the hinge for the case means that in the open position it does not rest on the surface, but is slightly elevated. I've seen the same design on other cases and the failure mechanism is when left in that position for too long or if there's an impact it damages the hinges. A very small design change would have alleviated the possibility with zero additional cost in either materials or fabrication.

Overall I think this one's a winner!

Concerns? Well, like all bladed kitchen tools how sharp they are tends to make a huge difference. I am concerned about how well the dicing grid retains its edge since there's really no way to resharpen it. I didn't look into the cost of replacement, but i suspect it's not cheap! The other blades? Well, they seem to be the same quality as the Cuisinart's, and I've used those blades for at least ten years without issue.
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I love it - especially the dicing feature. Highly recommended.
by Michael D. (5 out of 5 stars)
August 30, 2017

This may not be what most people usually think of as a food processor which, to me, is more like a large blender. This 'food processor' has no bin to blend things in. Everything is pass-through for slicing, dicing, shredding, grating, etc.

Having said that, I love it. The slice thickness lever makes choosing your slice thickness easily and I love the dicing feature! I make pico de gallo quite often and I was used to dicing my Roma tomatoes and red onions by hand. It took a while. Last night I made some pico using the dicing kit and it was the most evenly diced pico I've ever made!

Also, I read a negative review from someone who didn't like the dicing kit and even claimed that his KitchenAid stopped when he tried to dice harder items like onions and carrots. I don't agree. It handled the firm red onions I put through it with no problem whatsoever. I think that other reviewer's issue was not reading the manual. You want your KitchenAid on a speed of 4-5 for SOFT fruits and veggies - but all the way up to 10 for harder fruits and veggies. I'm betting the guy whose machine stopped didn't increase the motor speed for the harder items.

I'm looking forward to using this attachment a lot for things like pies (dicing the fruit), potatoes O'Brien and potatoes au-gratin, salsa, grated cheese, etc. etc. I would recommend this product to anyone with a KitchenAid mixer.
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Absurdly Narrow Feed Tube!
by Ralph Smithers (2 out of 5 stars)
January 7, 2018

I love the KitchenAid Mixer, and the attachments I have bought as well. This food processor attachment probably does everything other reviewers have said. What they don't mention is that the feed tube is absurdly narrow. Pictures of sliced tomatoes, for example are misleading. You couldn't put a normal tomato in the tube. We make sauerkraut using a Cuisinart processor to slice the cabbage, but it is a tedious process. The processor bowl holds about half a cabbage, so slicing 6 cabbages requires about 12 disassemblies of the bowl. I saw photos of the KitchenAid with a regular large mixing bowl under it, so thought I could just keep feeding cabbage into a giant bowl. I could too, if I cut the cabbage heads into narrow slices, but that is more trouble than using the Cuisinart. Again, this thing probably works very well at what it is supposed to do. Just be aware that the feed tube can barely manage a hard boiled egg put in sideways.
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Don't toss out your stand-alone food processor quite yet!!
by Valerie Ballard (3 out of 5 stars)
July 16, 2018

I bought this for probably the same reason you are looking at buying it now, because I have a kitchenmaid mixer and I want to save appliance space. Well? I wouldn't toss out your electric food processor quite yet. This works, but not nearly as well as a stand-alone countertop food processor. First of all you have to shove every bit of food you want to process through the very small food shute. The food then meets with the spinning disc and shreds, dices, or whatever disc you are using. That does not make for such a good experience. You end up having to coax the thing to process the food rather than as with the countertop variety, they just shred it up with abandon. Personally, I am sorry that I got rid of my countertop shredder and am thinking of just selling this (at a loss) and repurchasing my countertop processor. They make it look so easy on the infomercials, but this doesn't work like demonstrated.
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What a time saver
by fifty6ford (5 out of 5 stars)
October 23, 2017

I received 2 $50 amazon gift cards for my birthday and had been eyeing this attachment for awhile, so I finally got it. I buy whole pickles in huge jars and slice them. I love the versatility of changing the thickness without changing blades. It worked fantastic for dicing peppers and onions. I diced 19 onions in about 6 1/2 minutes. I spread them out on a baking sheet with a silicone mat, freeze, then put in a freezer bag. I will have vidalias throughout the winter!
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Good for onions, but little else
by Free Nibor (2 out of 5 stars)
June 1, 2018

I purchased this attachment to save my wrist and fingers/joints from cutting hard vegetables because I only have one hand and arm that is functional. First, I was unable to close the lid on the unit so that it will function (only one hand to use). My husband had to close it for me, so this item did not help with independence. Over time, I suspect the lid closure will loosen and be easier for me to use, if it was still working, but . . .

Once assembled and attached, I used it with onions, eggplant, and carrots. It worked beautifully slicing the onions, though, like all such products, the end of the onion quarter doesn't get sliced, but just swirled around atop the slicing blade. It didn't work at all to slice eggplant, just smeared it all over the casing; and finally, I tried to dice carrots. The speed had to be a little higher than medium for this to work and it worked beautifully with half a carrot, then the slicer torqued on the carrot, twisted itself out of the mixer mounting port, broke the decorative metal flap off my mixer attachment port, and put a divot in my hardwood floor. It also broke something internally and will no longer work. All my other attachments still work, so happily it didn't break my mixer, too. The instruction/information literature does not say to avoid carrots, and they are not harder than sweet potatoes, so logically should be fine. The problem was that the mixer had to be at a higher speed to process the harder vegetable, leading to the destruction of this expensive unit. I will contact Kitchenaid and add an update about customer service once I hear back.
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A great food processor with the ability to dice.
by Judy L.,Top Contributor: Cooking (5 out of 5 stars)
May 7, 2015

I own a few food processors, both as accessories and as stand-alones. In my opinion, they all have their down sides. Aside from my large Cuisanart food processor, they all have shoots that are too small to handle some applications. Foods need to be cut to fit into the feeding chute. I used to think that the best food processor was one that the food went into a processing bowl attachment. I have since discovered that this isn't always the most convenient method.

For example, with my large Cuisanart food processor, food is processed into the attached bowl. What happens is that the food generally falls into one side of the bowl. So you have to open the processor to either empty the food from the bowl or to redistribute it. In addition, the Cuisanart processor is a large appliance to store. Some processors drop the food onto a disc that is supposed to force the food through a shoot and into a bowl by centrifugal force. Depending on the food you are processing, this doesn't always work very well. So you have to open the processor periodically to get food off the disc that is blocking the chute.

The beauty of this processor is that the food drops straight down into a bowl. I also like that the slice thickness can be adjusted. For most processors, you have to store a blade for each thickness. I believe there are 6 thicknesses you can choose from. The dicing feature is something I have never seen on a food processor other than this on. This feature is really handy. If you are tight on storage space, this unit comes with a case that holds all of the blades, and this with the unit itself takes less storage space than a full sized processor with all of the blades. Another plus is that you have more control over processing speeds than you do with most other food processors.

If you have a KitchenAid mixer, I would highly recommend adding this attachment to your inventory instead of a stand-alone processor.
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Doesn't work!
by Mimi Beck (1 out of 5 stars)
February 2, 2018

This has never worked! In general I am a fan of KitchenAid but am very disappointed in this product! I have tried to make it work many times only to put it back in the pantry to "try again later". I may as well have put $200 in the garbage disposal and chopped it up and had the same result. There is some kind of a flaw in the top assembly. It never gets seated properly and consequently never engages. Also the food feeder tube as absent from my order. I would like some help from KitchenAid. This is such a cool idea I hate to give up on it. I feel like I felt when the ERA didn't pass. It hurts too much to laugh and I'm too big to cry.
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Wow! Love it
by amzingrl (5 out of 5 stars)
September 2, 2017

Love this add on! It works wonderfully! Don't expect it to work like a good processor tho, the power is much different. This works as like any other mixer attachment and it is kinda heavy so you have to be careful not to put pressure on it (by leaning on it). If you want fast and powerful with a large amount of food, then get a good food processor. If you're looking to save space and not looking to do huge amounts of chopping / shredding / cubing this will work for your needs!
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Would not buy again!
by Amazon Customer (2 out of 5 stars)
August 14, 2017

I was interested in this product as I have the kitchen aid stand mixer and buying an amendment made more sense than buying a competition different contraption which will occupy more counter space. But, boy, was I wrong!! Not only the commercial dicing blade in this a fraud, even the reversible shredding blade did not do it's work! I first used soft vegetables like cucumbers on the dicing blade and it worked fine. But when I used carrots... The machine stopped. I had to remove everything, clean the dicing blade thrice before I got the 6 slim carrots done and even then, the dice is not perfect squares but a little mangled. I figured since dicing is giving me a problem, let's try shredding some cucumbers and beets. Again, a lot of wastage with the cucumbers and out of the 4 beets that I shred, I got a final product that looks like I only shred 2. Have attached a pic of the actual shreds and the beets it did not shred. Add to all this, the actual unit when attached to the main machine had to be held steady as it vibrates enough to loosen the nut holding it in. In short, not a one hand operation as shown in the product videos.

Overall, would not recommend this to anyone who wants something done simply and fast.

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