Cuisinart Food Processor Stuck

[fifi]

This site sells lids and bowls separately.

Do treasure the old style lid with the simple feed tube. That new thing with the interlock led me to pitching a vintage Cuisinart when the original lid broke.

[McDuff]

Well, ultimately, the perfect repair would have involved the use of the coat hanger and the duct tape at the same time.

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To follow protocol strictly, there also has to be a Swiss Army knife in there somewhere.

[SKinCA]

Well, ultimately, the perfect repair would have involved the use of the coat hanger and the duct tape at the same time.

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To follow protocol strictly, there also has to be a Swiss Army knife in there somewhere.

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I think to be strictly 21st century the tool of choice might be a Leatherman. But old school works!

Hurray for the wire hanger. The annoying locking mechanisms of the Cuisinarts is exactly why I have a Kitchenaid processor instead.

[andiesenji]

For those who are curious: I took a pants hanger and removed the carboard tube that supports a pair of pants. The wire ends that snap into the tube at both ends have a rather sharp bend. I slipped one bend into the procesor through the feed tube hole and then adjusted the angle of the wire until I could get the opening of that sharp bend onto the blade. Then jerked upwards. That did it.

(And thanks Brooks. I guess we were thinking along the same lines. I tried a couple of other hooked and non-hooked rods trying to pop it loose first, but the pants hanger did it.)

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I use an aluminum crochet hook - one of the huge ones that is fairly long (14 inches) and made for giant yarn.

You can find these at craft/yarn shops and they have a lot of uses in the kitchen.

Lacing up a turkey or goose, for instance, much easier than using a needle and for getting the cord under cross tied cords on a roast.

I also use it for turning tubes inside out and although I know a lot of you wouldn't have any use for it this way, it is great for skinning the feet and legs on rabbits.

[judiu]

For those who are curious: I took a pants hanger and removed the carboard tube that supports a pair of pants. The wire ends that snap into the tube at both ends have a rather sharp bend. I slipped one bend into the procesor through the feed tube hole and then adjusted the angle of the wire until I could get the opening of that sharp bend onto the blade. Then jerked upwards. That did it.

(And thanks Brooks. I guess we were thinking along the same lines. I tried a couple of other hooked and non-hooked rods trying to pop it loose first, but the pants hanger did it.)

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I use an aluminum crochet hook - one of the huge ones that is fairly long (14 inches) and made for giant yarn.

You can find these at craft/yarn shops and they have a lot of uses in the kitchen.

Lacing up a turkey or goose, for instance, much easier than using a needle and for getting the cord under cross tied cords on a roast.

I also use it for turning tubes inside out and although I know a lot of you wouldn't have any use for it this way, it is great for skinning the feet and legs on rabbits.

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Actually, it's called an afghan hook, and is made for crocheting panels of a wide width that are put together to form blankets. it's also damn handy for gathering up sausage casings or turning chitlins inside out to clean them. (That's a theoretical statement... I've never made chitlins)