Consumer Reports' top-rated food processor, the Breville BFP800XL/A is masterful in just about every way, and it's incredibly quiet. But at $400, it's also the priciest model in our Ratings by far.

I use mine often for chopping nuts, grinding up Parmesan cheese, making salsa and pesto, and chopping ingredients that need to be fine for certain recipes, like onion. Unlike my large food processor, ...