I purchased this item on Amazon two years ago and am now back on Amazon to find a replacment mini food processor. My husband and I have used this machine an average of one to two times a month over these two years and I would say that we have never had a month where we used it more than twice. After a maximum of 50 uses, this machine just died. It will not work at all and we have unfortunately passed the 1-1/2 year warranty. What a cheap piece of junk and certainly not what I expected from a Cuisinart product.