Oster 4861 Food Processor Accessory

Excellent little chopper that could

This attachment came with my blender, and I’d call it a chopper rather than a food processor (there is no top load to add stuff while you are mixing, or top blade for slicing) but it’s a very capable chopper. I got rid of my big bulky food processor and put this under the counter, saves me tons of space. As a chopper, it’s excellent. The blades may look small, but they perform well. Luckily I haven’t dropped mine, so can’t comment on the durability of them. But it doesn’t look very heavy duty in contrast with the jar that came with the blender itself – which is glass and very nice.

My only recomendation would be to look at getting the attachment that has the top loader. It costs more, but I often find myself adding stuff to this chopper and having to stop and twist off the top to do it. It’s a little more work is all. Unfortunately if you want the top/slicer grator from Oster, the only one I found was the one that comes with the Fusion model. It looks like an excellent…

Quick review

Purchased two years ago. Handle is separating slightly from itself – joined plastic. Food items placed inside have a tendency to rise up the outward sloping sides and so you get mixed results – some food is mush and some is barely chopped. You have to keep removing the lid to scrape the side to get things back in. They should have gone with straight up and down sides. Doesn’t handle butter/shortening dough crusts very well – power is there, but the stuff doesn’t seem to mix – maybe due to the sides again. Blade is sharp, but doesn’t extend all the way to the sides – likely another problem with my dough, chopping problem. It has served its purpose which is to chop stuff.

Plastic lid is very cheap

I haven’t even had the chance to use this attachment (to make curry paste) before the lid fell off a very low shelf. One of the side catches broke off from a 1′ fall. The plastic food processing unit that came with the blender is much more substantial/thicker plastic than this. Plus, I would have expected a longer blade to accommodate the larger volume.

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