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Cooking & Baking

Bumbles

(619 posts)

6. Things aren't built to last anymore.

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 05:58 AM

Jun 28

My Cuisinart food processor is fifty years old. It's missing one of its little feet so it's a bit wobbly, like me. Otherwise it's chugging along just fine. About 40 years ago, the company replaced the shaft when it got bent trying to slice pepperoni and refurbished the motor. Customer service and durability, things from the past.

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I want to give a shout-out to Kitchen Aid [View all] MissMillie Jun 28 OP

Another Very Loud Shout-Out to KitchenAid wyn borkins Jun 28 #1

Ours still works as well. Dunc Jun 28 #2

A fine example Whip-poor-will Jun 28 #3

They are TANKS! BumRushDaShow Jun 28 #4

Ours is about 30 also. AverageOldGuy Jun 28 #5

Things aren't built to last anymore. Bumbles Jun 28 #6

Yes they are magnificent. FarPoint Jun 28 #7

Mine is 20+ years old so a newbie. Lonestarblue Jun 28 #8

Pasta roller- - my grandfather was born it Italy. In the fall, my grandmother bought bushels of tomatoes and spent days 3Hotdogs Jun 28 #9

My daughter is a pastry chef BonnieJW Jun 28 #10

Love my Kitchen Aid Mixer, too! HeartsCanHope Jun 28 #11

next on my wish list (n/t) MissMillie Monday #20

Both my 30 yr. old Kitchen Aid stand mixer and 40 yr. old Cuisinart food processor work perfectly. Diamond_Dog Jun 28 #12

Man... buzzycrumbhunger Jun 28 #13

My Mom gave me her Kitchen Aid mixer Marthe48 Jun 28 #14

Mine is about 40 years old and now lives in Costa Rica. sinkingfeeling Jun 28 #15

Mine's about the same age chowmama Jun 28 #16

Unfortunately the latest standard machine isn't powerful enough to do bread dough anymore. You have to buy the big one. Alsteen Jun 28 #17

Mine is about 35 years old, and I had to repair it ... surrealAmerican Jun 28 #18

Yep MissMillie Monday #21

Do you have any maintenance? Morbius Jun 28 #19

The one thing I DIDN'T inherit was the owners manual MissMillie Monday #22

Mine didn't last very long Old Crank Monday #23

The old ones are great spinbaby Wednesday #24