I had wanted to buy this product for a long time now. Finally took a chance last week and am very disappointed. Like the other reviews I found the food at the top of the cylinder simply does not make its way to the blade and vice versa so 1/2 is all mushy and the other half is untouched. I had to constantly stop it and bang the cylinder to try to get the untouched food near the blade. Not at all worth the $50. I paid. Luckily I bought it a a dept. store do I can return it easily... going back today.