Lidl - Professional Food Processor/Mixer

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 12-11-2015 09:06PM #1

Lidl have a Professional Food Processor which will go on sale on Monday - sorry I cannot post links yet.

It seems to be as good, if not better, than the more famous brands, at least it's definitely better value for money. It has a very large bowl - stainless steel, 6.3 litres - and it's extremely poweful, 1300 Watts. The only flaw, if we have to pick one, is that the body is in plastic and not metal like the better known brand, but as the machine has a 3-years guarantee I'd say there isn't much to worry about. It has a full glass blender attachment too, and three accessories - a ball whisk, a dough-hook and a beater - they are all metallic, but the latter two are also coated in Teflon. There's a splash guard too, and a pouring spout too.

I think it's a real bargain at less than €100.

New Home · 12-11-2015 09:07PM

I think this is the one you mean. http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=32729

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 12-11-2015 09:08PM

It is, thank you!

uli84 · 12-11-2015 10:45PM

What does this thing do?

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 12-11-2015 11:04PM

It's a food processor with a separate blender. The blender makes smoothies, works as a liquidiser for soups, probably makes baby food too, crushes ice, grinds coffee, makes cocktails, etc. The food processor part kneads dough, whisks ingredients for cakes, etc. It's fantastic for making fluffy batters full of air for sponge cakes and stuff like that, and for preparing various types of icing.

When I find a copy of the instruction book I'll post it here, or at least I hope I'll be able to, and that should give you a better idea.

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 12-11-2015 11:20PM

If you consider that other brands sell them at over €500 a piece, you can see why this would be a bargain. There are other ones out there that cost about the same price, but they're only about 300-400 Watts and don't have the blender. Even the more expensive ones aren't as powerful.

okedoke · 13-11-2015 12:04AM

it looks like a mixer, not a food processor though.

uli84 · 13-11-2015 12:08AM

Lumps Bumps n Blues wrote: »

When I find a copy of the instruction book I'll post it here, or at least I hope I'll be able to, and that should give you a better idea.

I'd appreciate that and many thanks for explaining!!

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 13-11-2015 12:13AM

okedoke wrote: »

it looks like a mixer, not a food processor though.

Well, Lidl describe it as a 'Silvercrest Kitchen Tools® 1,300W Professional Food Processor', I suppose the main part of the machine is indeed a mixer, but the fact that it has a blender too might be enough to justify them calling it a food processor.

uli84 wrote: »

I'd appreciate that and many thanks for explaining!!

No problem!

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 13-11-2015 09:53AM

Nope, I still cannot post links. But if you add the http, the colon, two slashes, three W and a dot in front of the link, and pdf at the end

, it might work. If not, go to the Lidl website, go to Customer Service, and from there to Product Manuals. Choose English or your preferred language, and in the blank IAN field type 105590 and click Search.

Now, this is not exactly the same model (for instance, it's slightly less powerful than the one on sale on Monday), but it's close enough and it should give you a fair idea.

.lidl-service.com/static/90650563/105590_EN_EL.

New Home · 13-11-2015 09:54AM

http://www.lidl-service.com/static/90650563/105590_EN_EL.pdf

There you go.

New Home · 13-11-2015 09:58AM

Actually no, that link doesn't work. Try with this - http://www.lidl-service.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-CB9AA98C-A95132CC/lsp/hs.xsl/product.html?id=90650563&title=Professional+Food+Processor&count=1

EDIT - Yes, this one works, but then you have to click on the language you want.

Plates · 14-11-2015 05:24PM

Anyone know if these are likely to still be in stock around Dublin 16, 14 area?

New Home · 14-11-2015 05:29PM

I wouldn't know, sorry, but perhaps if you ring their customer service number they might be able to tell you.

Their number is 1800 347 447 (Republic of Ireland only)

Opening hours are Monday - Friday 8:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday - 9:00am - 6:00pm

They only go on sale tomorrow morning, so if you're there early you should be ok.

RacoonQueen · 14-11-2015 05:29PM

I'll be in ballinteer lidl tomorrow...will update then if I remember

Millem · 14-11-2015 05:31PM

I bought a couple of kenwood prospero chefs this week in DID for €150 it isn't as powerful as lidl one though.

Lumps Bumps n Blues · 14-11-2015 05:33PM

That's what makes it so appealing to me, too. You'd probably be able to mix cement with it!

Plates · 14-11-2015 05:51PM

New Home wrote: »

I wouldn't know, sorry, but perhaps if you ring their customer service number they might be able to tell you.

Their number is 1800 347 447 (Republic of Ireland only)

Opening hours are Monday - Friday 8:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday - 9:00am - 6:00pm

They only go on sale tomorrow morning, so if you're there early you should be ok.

Eejit that I am I didn't read the first post properly to see it's only available on Monday!

Millem · 14-11-2015 06:49PM

Lumps Bumps n Blues wrote: »

That's what makes it so appealing to me, too. You'd probably be able to mix cement with it!

I would of waited and bought it but we (in work) have kenwood chefs thst are 20 years and still going strong!!!! So I got some ordinary kenwood chefs for €170 and some prospero chefs for €150.

Plates · 16-11-2015 12:11PM

Picked one up this morning - hoping it does the job

New Home · 16-11-2015 12:18PM

Me too, and I already used the blender - so far, so good. I'll try the mixer in a while, I'm just trying to decide what to bake.

I was a happy bunny 'cause I got the red one... then when I got home I realised it's the same shade of metallic red as my vacuum cleaner...

NIMAN · 16-11-2015 12:26PM

The OH is looking for one.
This is £80 in the North.

I am not a fan of Lidl electrical stuff, would I be better off buying one of these Kenwoods which are on offer at half price from Currys UK? (admittedly nearly x2 price of the Lidl one)

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/search-keywords/xx_xx_32024_xx_xx/-tv_deals-/xx-criteria.html

New Home · 16-11-2015 12:36PM

Well, the Lidl one is also way more powerful (1300 W), has a larger bowl (6 litres) and comes with a blender/liquidiser too (I don't know if all the Kenwood ones would have one as standard).

Personally, I've bought lots of electricals from Lidl throughout the years, including electrical garden tools, a mobile, and a laptop yeeeears ago which lasted way more than my current Toshiba, and I've always been very happy with the quality of their stuff. I had some issues with a combi-microwave I got from them a while back (it looked refurbished rather than new and had a problem with the timer/programme thingy) but I rang their Customer Service people and they sent a courier to collect it free of charge and a few days later, again by courier, the new one got delivered to my door, again free of charge - no hassle whatsoever. So even if something were to go wrong, you'd be covered pretty well all the same.

It would be nice to be given a chance to test these things beforehand, though, wouldn't it?

fineso.mom · 16-11-2015 03:02PM

I just bought one and can't wait to get baking. Thanks for the heads up OP.

CH3OH · 16-11-2015 03:33PM

I don't think people should be too worked up by the wattage.
This a measure of the wattage that the motor consumes .
It could be just an inefficient motor driving the mixer.

I bought one of these a while back from LIDL.
It's cosmetically slightly different but 1300 watts.
I had to get it replaced as the motor burnt out after only a few uses.

It is fine for the occasional use, but I wouldn't like to be using it Professionally

New Home · 16-11-2015 03:45PM

Fair enough, yes, it could be a less efficient motor, but it could also be just a stronger machine - when I 'upgraded' from a 250W hand-held blender to a 700W one, the difference was staggering. Still, I'll put it to the test over the next few days, I'm going to bake some bread today, and maybe a cake or some biscuits tomorrow - I really do hope the motor will last longer than it did with yours...

Just out of curiosity, would you still have the IAN code for your machine? I'd be interested in seeing the differences between the two models. Thanks!

By the way, I cannot see the manual for mine on the Lidl website, yet - they might publish it in the next few days, I'd presume.

Plates · 18-11-2015 01:34PM

New Home wrote: »

Still, I'll put it to the test over the next few days, I'm going to bake some bread today, and maybe a cake or some biscuits tomorrow

How did you get on?

New Home · 20-11-2015 12:34PM

Hi there, I haven't baked any cakes or biscuits, yet, but the white bread came out nice, the best I've ever baked, which, in all honesty, isn't saying much 'cause all my previous attempts were pretty poor indeed, I'm usually luckier with brown bread. The mixer worked well enough, as noisy as I expected it to be, but not overly so. A bit wobbly, but again, that was somewhat expected considering it's not as heavy as the ones with the metallic body. The bread only needed 550 grams of flour, so I don't know how it'd behave with a heavier dough.

I have visitors tomorrow, so if I get my backside in gear I'll attempt a cake. I'll try and post some pictures then.

Have you tried yours yet? How did you find it?

New Home · 27-11-2015 09:21PM

So, quick update - the cake turned out absolutely gorgeous - even though the photo isn't great, and it only shows half of the cake... I must admit there was a fair bit of wobbling, and that I had to lift the mix from the bottom of the bowl a few times because the beater didn't reach all the way to the bottom of the bowl, and with that in mind I'd have to agree with CH3OH when he said it wouldn't be great for professional use.

All in all, though, I'm still happy with what I got for the price I paid for it. Hopefully the motor won't melt on me, like it did on a previous model for CH3OH...

New Home · 27-11-2015 11:24PM

By the way, if anyone wanted to see it, the manual has been published now. http://www.lidl-service.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-E68C3C1A-92168870/lsp/hs.xsl/product.html?id=142675352&title=Professional+Food+Processor&count=1

Lyra Fangs · 28-11-2015 12:13AM

Any chance this is still available?

Lidl - Professional Food Processor/Mixer

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