February 18, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:Red Alert
If you are in the market for a food processor in the next couple of hours, go to QVC and purchase the Kitchenaid 700 watt 12 cup with the accessories, which is currently being sold for $207. This is an oustanding price for that food processor, which is worth every penny and then some. If you're strapped for cash, you can apparently buy it on 3 payments of $69, which is weirdly, interest free financing.
Anyway, that's the food processor I have, for which I paid more, and with which I simply couldn't be happier. It's a giant monster with three work bowls, and is an integral part of my plan to crush Spencer Ackerman like a bug in our upcoming cookoff. If you're in the market, snap it up.
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Posted by: AJ on February 18, 2007 4:42 PMI wouldn't panic--the same item can be bought at Amazon.com for $149 (black) or $169 (white), with free shipping for Prime customers.
Posted by: vintner on February 18, 2007 4:45 PMa) I wasn't watching QVC; I happened to see hte kitchenaid as I flipped past. I am not in the market for a food processor as I moved on.
b) That's the 750, which does not have hte ultra wide mouth. The wide mouth makes a big difference.
Posted by: Jane Galt on February 18, 2007 5:10 PMJane, how well does that model do with hard things like stale homemade sourdough (say, for making bread crumbs for meatballs) or parmesan cheese? I ask because I tried the a smaller Kitchenaid (roughly equivalent in price to a Cuisnart mini-prep) and it failed miserably at both (I gave up with BB-sized pieces of parm and ended up making bread crumbs using a meat mallet). I took it back and bought the mini-prep, which rocks.
Posted by: Brian Engler on February 18, 2007 7:01 PMI wasn't watching QVC; I happened to see hte kitchenaid as I flipped past.
My wife always says that to me too. She must do a lot of "flipping past" QVC, as we have boxes coming to the apartment all the time.
Posted by: A.S. on February 18, 2007 8:01 PMBTW, I just wanted to preemptively say that if I ever post a comment about seeing, say, "Some Kind of Wonderful" on TV, I was "just flipping past it" on the way between "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" and a hockey game. Really.
Posted by: A.S. on February 18, 2007 8:06 PMJane, did you read the fine print? I *seriously* doubt they have truly-interest-free financing. Collecting an upfront payment is almost certainly a LOT easier for them than trying to milk three more from you after the fact.
Posted by: Person on February 18, 2007 9:26 PMI don' see what's so interesting about interest-free financing, particularly if it's over a short period.
If it lets them get some customers who would not otherwise be customers, then chalk it up to a marketing cost.
Posted by: gazzer on February 19, 2007 11:04 AM
Speaking of "crushing Spencer Ackerman" in the context of describing a food processor is just disturbing. I think I'll pass on any of your meat loaf for the time being.
Posted by: rafinlay on February 19, 2007 1:58 PMAside from abortion, I think Jane posts about her Kitchenaid mixer more than anything, which is cute and not at all weird.
Posted by: Mike W on February 19, 2007 4:21 PM