Head-to-head · Best Food Processors Under $200

Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor vs Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor comes out ahead by a clear margin (3.7 vs 3.3). Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor is best for: budget buyers who mostly chop, puree, and shred and don't need precise slicing or presets. Read the strengths below before deciding.

Higher ratedRanked #4 in Best Food Processors Under $200

Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor

3.7

1 source$69.95as of Oct 24

The Hamilton Beach 70730 is the best budget food processor: around $70, with surprisingly strong chopping and pureeing. TechGearLab found its chopping "on par with some of our higher scoring models" and said it made the best hummus of anything they tested, helped by a clever manual bowl scraper. Slicing is the weak point (it "destroyed our tomatoes"), and the machine is heavy and loud. For the price, the chopping and pureeing are a steal.

Strengths

— Best budget pick — TechGearLab found chopping "on par with some of our higher scoring models"
— Made the best hummus of any processor TechGearLab tested
— Manual bowl scraper pulls stuck food back into the mix without stopping

Watch-outs

— Slicing is weak — TechGearLab said it "destroyed our tomatoes"
— No preset programs or adjustable slicing

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Ranked #5 in Best Food Processors Under $200

Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor

3.3

2 sources$70as of Oct 24

The Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap is the large-capacity budget pick: a 12-cup processor with foolproof stack-and-snap assembly for around $70. TechGearLab found it did "exceptionally well at mixing, slicing, and shredding," which earned it an award, though it was "lackluster" at chopping and pureeing. Add a sealed pour-spout bowl and a Big Mouth feed tube and you have the easy-assembly, big-bowl value choice.

Strengths

— No-lock-and-twist assembly — bowl stacks and snaps on without aligning tabs
— TechGearLab found it "exceptionally" good at mixing, slicing, and shredding
— Big Mouth feed tube reduces pre-cutting of produce

Watch-outs

— Lackluster at chopping and pureeing — "couldn't carry its performance into our carrot-chopping challenge"

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How they stack up

Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor

The budget chopping-and-pureeing pick: TechGearLab found its chopping on par with higher-scoring models, but its slicing is weak. The Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor has a 500W motor and is the reverse, strong at slicing and shredding and lackluster at chopping and pureeing. It costs far less than the Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor and Cuisinart FP-8SV Elemental 8-Cup Food Processor, and its 10-cup bowl is larger than both.

Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor

The big-bowl easy-assembly pick: its 12-cup bowl is the largest on this page, and it slices and shreds better than the Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor, which in turn chops and purees better. Its 500W motor is half the 1000 peak watts of the Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor, but it costs far less and holds more than the 8-cup Cuisinart FP-8SV Elemental 8-Cup Food Processor.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor	Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor
Power	450W	500W
Capacity	10-cup	12-cup sealed bowl
Feature	Manual bowl scraper	—
Feed Chute	Extra-large	—
Blades	S-blade, reversible slice/shred disc	S-blade, reversible slice/shred disc
Controls	On / Off / Pulse	—
Warranty	Limited	Limited
Dishwasher Safe	Bowl, lid, blades	Bowl, lid, blades
Dimensions	8.5"D x 10"W x 16"H	8.5"D x 9.1"W x 16.1"H
Wattage	450 watts	500 watts
Assembly	—	Stack & Snap (no lock-and-twist)
Feed Tube	—	Big Mouth wide chute
Speeds	—	2-speed + Pulse

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