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

Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor vs Ninja BN601 Professional Plus 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

Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor comes out ahead by a narrow margin (3.8 vs 3.7). Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor is best for: budget cooks who want maximum motor power and one-touch presets, especially for dough and heavy chopping. Read the strengths below before deciding.

Ranked #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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Higher ratedRanked #2 in Best Food Processors Under $200

Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor

3.8

2 sourcesall derived$129.99as of Oct 11

The Ninja BN601 Professional Plus is the best value food processor: 1000 peak watts and four Auto-iQ presets that power through dough and chopping for around $130. It makes 2 lb of dough in about 30 seconds and shreds cheese fast. The motor works hard on dough, and the build is plasticky. For one-touch power on a budget, no motor in this lineup is stronger.

Strengths

— 1000 peak watts — the strongest motor here, makes 2 lb of dough in about 30 seconds, per BestReviews
— 4 Auto-iQ preset programs (chop, puree, dough, slice/shred) for one-touch prep, as BestReviews describes
— Often around $130 — strong power-per-dollar

Watch-outs

— Motor works hard on the dough setting — BestReviews questions its long-term durability under heavy use
— Only 9 cups — smaller than the KitchenAid's 13

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Derived means the reviewer published no score, so one was inferred from their written verdict. Everything else is a number the publisher printed. How we rank.

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.

Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor

The power pick: its 1000-peak-watt motor is more than double the 450W of the Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor and double the 500W of the Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor, and nearly triple the 350W Cuisinart FP-8SV Elemental 8-Cup Food Processor. It adds four Auto-iQ presets, where none of those three has preset programs. Its 9-cup bowl holds more than the Cuisinart's 8 cups but less than either Hamilton Beach.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Hamilton Beach 70730 10-Cup Food Processor	Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor
Power	450W	1000W peak
Capacity	10-cup	9-cup
Feature	Manual bowl scraper	—
Feed Chute	Extra-large	Food chute + pusher
Blades	S-blade, reversible slice/shred disc	Chopping, dough, reversible disc
Controls	On / Off / Pulse	Preset buttons + pulse
Warranty	Limited	1-year limited
Dishwasher Safe	Bowl, lid, blades	Bowl, lid, blades
Dimensions	8.5"D x 10"W x 16"H	7.76"D x 9.88"W x 16.02"H
Wattage	450 watts	1000 watts
Programs	—	4 Auto-iQ (Chop, Puree, Dough, Slice/Shred)

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