The Sous Chef 12 is a huge improvement over the KitchenAid food processor I just retired. The pulse button works perfectly, the handle has not trapped food and dries out well between uses; it evenly chops, grates and accurately slices every vegetable I've tried. Best of all, I was able to process over a quart of canned tomatoes into a sauce without any leaks! I could never do this with my KitchenAid or Cuisinart.  I might buy the small bowl so I can chop just one or two garlic cloves at a time since that's too small an amount for the 12-cup bowl to chop finely enough. My only complaint is the noise/rattle, which my husband believes is to be expected from a  machine with all that power. Customer svc was excellent, determining that the noise from the first machine I rec'd was excessive; the replacement still has a loud rattle stopping and starting, but it's much less with the replacement.