Food processor Black Friday Deals 2026 are deals on a counter machine that chops, slices, and shreds, not on a blender you already own and not on a mini chopper that holds a cup of herbs. The three machines on this page are separated by capacity and by the work they can do. The budget machine is the Hamilton Beach 70740G, an 8-cup processor with a 450-watt motor, two speeds plus pulse, a stainless S-blade, and one reversible slice and shred disc. The overall machine is the Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY, a 14-cup processor with a 720-watt motor, a 4mm slicing disc, a medium shredding disc, and a chopping and mixing blade. The premium machine is the Breville BFP800XL Sous Chef 16 Pro, with a 16-cup bowl, a 2.5-cup mini bowl, a 1,200-watt motor, and 24 slicing settings from 0.3mm to 8.0mm, plus julienne, French-fry, whisking, and dough tools. None of those differences is a coupon. They are the machines.
Black Friday puts a 450-watt bowl and a 1,200-watt bowl in the same row because both say food processor. If you cook for one or two people and you mostly need salsa and a pile of shredded cheese, the 8-cup machine is the one that matches the job. If you host and you want a family-size bowl without a wall of extra discs, the 14-cup Cuisinart is the balanced machine. If you want variable slices and a second small bowl, the Breville is the kit that has those parts. Buy the job, then the model number.
Best Budget: Hamilton Beach 70740G
The 70740G is the simpler processor. The bowl is 8 cups. The motor is 450 watts. You get two speeds plus pulse, not a long ladder of speeds. The blades in the listing are a stainless steel S-blade and a reversible disc that slices on one side and shreds on the other. The color is black. That is enough machine to chop vegetables, shred a block of cheese, and puree a soup base. It is not the machine that juliennes, cuts fries, or kneads a batch of dough with a dedicated blade.
Eight cups sounds larger than it is once you leave room for the food to move. A full head of cabbage or a double batch of pie dough is the moment an 8-cup bowl sends you back to the cutting board. For a weeknight cook who processes one onion, one carrot, and a handful of nuts, the bowl is the right size and it takes less space in a sink. The large feed chute on Hamilton Beach’s description of this model is the part that lets you drop in bigger pieces instead of pre-cutting everything into cubes. Confirm the chute is the one on 70740G and not a photo of a different Hamilton Beach bowl.
Two speeds plus pulse is a real limitation and also a real simplicity. You will not fine-tune a slice thickness. The reversible disc does one slice cut and one shred cut. If your cooking needs even, paper-thin cucumbers for a salad you make every week, this disc is the reason to step up to the Breville. If your cooking needs “shredded” and “chopped,” the disc is the whole feature. Black Friday does not add a second disc to the box.
The motor rating, 450 watts, is the smallest of the three. Wattage is not a personality. It is a clue about how the machine behaves when the bowl is packed with hard cheese or raw sweet potato. A stall, a burning smell, or a bowl you have to scrape every ten seconds is the 8-cup machine telling you the batch was a 14-cup job. Use pulse. Don’t force a brick of Parmesan through a small processor because the sale made it feel like the only machine you should own.
This listing is the new 70740G in black. A renewed processor with a cloudy bowl or a warped lid is a different item. The bowl and the lid are the parts that crack, and they are the parts a used seller replaces with “compatible” pieces that may not lock. If you buy this model, buy the one whose bowl, lid, S-blade, and reversible disc match the listing. A bare motor base is not a food processor.
Best Overall: Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY
The DFP-14BCNY is the 14-cup machine in the middle of this group on purpose. The bowl holds a family-size batch: a full soup soffritto, a large cabbage for slaw, a double pesto, a batch of hummus that is not a snack cup. The motor is 720 watts. The included discs are a 4mm slicing disc and a medium shredding disc, plus the chopping and mixing blade. Controls are on and off/pulse. The finish on the listing is stainless steel. You do not get the Breville’s 24 slice thicknesses, the mini bowl, or the dough blade. You do get a larger everyday bowl than the Hamilton Beach and a simpler kit than the Sous Chef.
Fourteen cups is the number to picture in your sink, not only on a spec line. The bowl, the lid, and the discs need a drawer or a drying rack. A 14-cup Cuisinart is still a normal counter appliance. It is not a 16-cup pro machine with a second bowl nested beside it. For most households that phrase “we should own a food processor” means this size: big enough for company, small enough that you will actually wash it on a Tuesday.
The 4mm slicing disc is a fixed cut. You will learn what 4mm looks like and you will not dial it to 1mm. That is the trade against the Breville. Medium shred is the other fixed cut. Together with the metal blade, those three tools cover salad, cheese, and the chop that starts a sauce. If that is your cooking, extra discs become clutter. If you regularly need a matchstick cut or a fry cut, they are the reason this is not your machine.
Stainless on the listing is the look of this Custom 14-cup model. Cuisinart has sold this capacity in more than one color and more than one decade of model numbers. DFP-14BCNY is the identifier. A white 14-cup, a 7-cup mini prep, and an older DLC model are different processors that a Black Friday grid will call Cuisinart. Read the model. Read 14-cup. A 7-cup machine is closer to the Hamilton Beach in spirit and it is not this overall pick.
Pulse plus an on switch is the control layout. There is no speed dial with ten marks. You pulse for a coarse chop and you let it run for a finer one. That is how this machine is designed, and it is how most people actually use a processor. You do not need 24 settings to make pesto. You need a blade that is sharp and a bowl that is large enough to keep the sauce moving. Wash the blade from the dull side. A Black Friday unboxing is a common way people cut a finger on a new S-blade.
Best Premium: Breville BFP800XL Sous Chef 16 Pro
The BFP800XL is the higher-capability kit. The main bowl is 16 cups, about 3.6 liters, and there is a 2.5-cup mini bowl for the small jobs that make people hate washing a large bowl. The motor is 1,200 watts. Slicing is not one thickness. The listing describes 24 settings from 0.3mm to 8.0mm. The accessory list includes a micro-serrated disc, a julienne disc, a French-fry disc, a whisking disc, a mini blade, and a dough blade. The finish is brushed stainless. Those extra discs and the second bowl are the premium facts. They are not included with the 70740G or the DFP-14BCNY.
Sixteen cups plus a mini bowl is two machines in one footprint, and it is also more parts to store. The mini bowl is why a household that makes both a cup of dressing and a vat of sliced onions might accept the larger kit. Without the mini bowl, people use the big bowl for garlic and then resent the dishwasher load. With it, the small job stays small. Confirm both bowls are in the BFP800XL contents on the current listing. A “processor only” photo sometimes crops the accessories out, and the accessories are the reason this is the premium choice.
Twenty-four slice settings are the other reason. A 0.3mm slice and an 8mm slice are different foods. The Hamilton Beach gives you the disc it gives you. The Cuisinart gives you 4mm. The Breville gives you a stack of choices, plus julienne and a fry cut. If nobody in the house will change a disc, the stack is wasted drawer space and the Cuisinart is the better match. If someone cooks and cares about the cut, this is the machine that has the cut.
The dough blade and the whisking disc are easy to over-read. They are included. They do not turn the processor into a stand mixer with a planetary action and a 5-quart bowl. A small batch of dough is the honest use. A double recipe of bread for a party is still a mixer job or a by-hand job. The 1,200-watt motor is the largest here, and it still has a bowl limit. Wattage does not mean the machine wants to be filled past the max-fill line.
This is the new BFP800XL. Parts for Breville processors are specific. A disc from a different Sous Chef generation may not fit, and a third-party disc is not the 24-setting system you bought. Keep the model number when you order a replacement later. During the sale, do not let a “compatible with Breville” bundle replace the actual BFP800XL.
How to shop a food processor for Black Friday Deals 2026
Black Friday Deals 2026 will scream capacity and hide the disc list. Write down which machine you are buying. Hamilton Beach 70740G is 8 cups, 450 watts, two speeds plus pulse, one reversible disc. Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY is 14 cups, 720 watts, a 4mm slicer, a medium shredder, and a chopping blade. Breville BFP800XL is 16 cups plus a 2.5-cup mini bowl, 1,200 watts, and the variable slicing kit. A sale price on the wrong capacity is not a deal on the right one.
Counter space and dishwasher space decide this more often than the motor badge. Measure the height under your cabinets. A processor lid needs room to lock and to come off. If the machine must live in a cupboard, the 8-cup model is the one most likely to fit beside a cutting board. The 16-cup kit needs a home for discs, or the discs will live in a drawer you stop opening. A tool you will not wash is a tool you will not use in January, sale or not.
Blenders, bullet choppers, and “food processor attachments” for a stick blender are the neighbors in the search results. A personal blender does not slice potatoes. A stick-blender bowl that holds three cups is not the DFP-14BCNY. If the listing does not name 70740G, DFP-14BCNY, or BFP800XL, it is not one of these three. Color variants of the same model can be legitimate. A different model number is a different appliance.
Skip the pile of extra blades sold as a holiday add-on unless you already know they fit. The premium machine already includes the discs that justify it. The budget machine cannot grow a julienne disc because a marketplace seller says the hole looks similar. Buy the processor. Learn its two or three tools. Add a part later only when you have a job the included disc cannot do.
When it arrives, match the model number before you run water into the bowl. Lock the lid the way the manual shows, and do not run the motor with a loose blade. Pulse a piece of bread as a harmless test if you want to hear the machine, then wash the bowl. The first real job should be the job you bought it for: an 8-cup chop, a 14-cup slaw, or a thin slice you could not get from the other two. Black Friday is useful when that job was chosen first. It is noisy and unhelpful when the only fact you compared was the size of the percent sign that is not a spec.
