Food Processors and Choppers

A blender consists of a base, which houses the motor, speed settings, and a removable lidded jar with a prop blade in its bottom. The jars are usually made of plastic, glass, or stainless steel and come in various sizes. Blenders are excellent for pureeing, liquefying, and emulsifying foods. There are three types of commercial blenders, some for food, some for drinks, and some for both. 

Immersion blenders are a long and slender one-piece machine. It’s also known as a stick blender, wand blender, hand blender, or burr mixer. It’s like an inverted blender, where the top part hosts the motor. A handle with an on/off button extend from the top of the engine. A stainless steel drive shaft extends from the motor and ends with the blade. The blade is immersed in the food to be blend in the container in which they are being prepared.

A food processor is a kitchen appliance used to facilitate repetitive tasks in the preparation of food. It’s a machine that houses the motor separately from the bowl, blade, and lid. Thanks to various attachments and individual disks, food processors can quickly and easily julienne, slice, dice, chop, grind, puree, blend, emulsify, crush, knead, and shred food. 

A motor at the base is permanently attached to a large bowl with integral blades. As a safety measure, the hinged lid must be closed and locked for the blades to operate. The VCM is used to grind, puree, whip, emulsify, blend, or crush a large quantity of foods. VCM is ideal for a high-volume food production facility. Many models come with digital timers and control panels to efficiently operate. 

In a food chopper, also called Buffalo chopper, the food is placed in a rotating bowl that passes under a hood, where blades chop the food. Some units have hoppers or feed tubes and interchangeable disks for heavy-duty chopping, shredding and mixing large quantities. Food choppers are available on floor or tabletop models. Some models have the option to add various attachments, such as meat slicers and sausage stuffers.

This tabletop machine is used to slice food in even thicknesses. From manual or automatic meat slicers are available with small or large blade sizes ranging from 9 inches to 14 inches to get the exact cut you want. A carrier moves the food back and forth against a circular blade, which is generally made of carbon steel. Ideal for cutting deli-style meats, cheeses, and vegetables for any commercial operations.

This manual slicing device has blades of high carbon steel. Levers adjust the blades to achieve the cut and desired thickness. As we food slicer, make sure to use the guard. Mandoline can be used to make slices, julienne, gaufrettes, and batonnets. Mandolin is excellent to cut up large quantities of ingredients when you need a smooth and efficient slicing method.

This electric floor or tabletop mixing machine has a large bowl of various capacity from 5 liters to 40 liters and up. The bowl is locked in place and beater, whip, paddle, or dough hook is hang-locked on the center and rotates through the batter or dough. A commercial standing mixer is a necessary piece of equipment in any bakery, restaurant, pizzeria, or other establishments that makes dough and batter in-house. This machine makes food preparation tasks, like mixing batters, whipping eggs, kneading dough, and making icing, much easier and much quicker than by hand. Some offer a variety of attachments from pasta roller to slicer, grinder or shredder.