Cuisinart Unboxing Photos

Posted: May 8th, 2009 | Author: miconian | Filed under: Miconian At Large | Tags: cooking, cuisinart, unboxing | Comments

A few days ago I ordered a new Cuisinart food processor. Those of you who follow my tweets may or may not have enjoyed observing my anguish as I argued with UPS over whether they had actually attempted to deliver the package. Anyway, let’s begin.

Looks kinda like they beat the crap out of the box, doesn’t it? As if there was a conversation at the UPS warehouse where they were like, This guy claims we didn’t really attempt to deliver twice… well, attempt THIS! And then they kicked it or something. I don’t really think that happened.

The “box inside another box” thing is cute when you’re a kid. But about the time you turn 18, you get tired of it.

Here’s where it gets interesting. The top flap of the inner box actually contains *very* detailed instructions for how to remove the contents.

My iPhone camera can’t take good pictures of text that small, at least not under these conditions, so I’m going to just type the instructions that appear on the flap as we go along. By the way, if you are a marketer at a camera company, and you want to send me a camera, I will use it to take my blog photos instead of my iPhone. I will also force all my friends to buy from you at gunpoint.

1. Place the box on a low table or on the floor next to the kitchen counter or table where you plan to keep the food processor. Be sure the box is right side up.

No pics of this, but I chose a metal shelf about waist-height that sits near the edge of my tiny kitchen area.

2. Remove the cardboard insert which contains the compact cover.

3. Remove the cardboard panel, the instructional materical and the small cube of plastic foam.

It’s not actually a cube, but whatever.

4. You will see a rectangular block of plastic foam that holds the processor parts, each fitted into a cavity in the foam.

The dough kneading blade and detachable stem for the discs are in cavities at one short side of the foam block. Remove them first.

The slicing disc is on one long side and the shredding disc on the other. Slide them out of their grooves WITH GREAT CARE; THE BLADES ARE SHARP.

Now only the work bowl cover and the pusher assembly remain in the foam block.

Grasp an edge of the workbowl cover and lift it straight up.

Grasp the pusher assembly edge near the center of the box and lift it straight up. (The sleeve on the pusher may slide down as you lift the pusher out.)

By the time I read that part, I had already lifted out the entire lidwithout bothering to grasp the pusher assembly edge. Also, given the way the thing was situated in the box, that didn’t really make sense. But no harm seemed to be done.

5. Lift the DVD from its space on one side of the foam block.

6. The machine base and work bowl with metal blade are at the bottom of the box. CAREFULLY REMOVE THE METAL BLADE BY GRASPING THE CENTER WHITE HUB AND LIFTING IT STRAIGHT UP. NEVER TOUCH THE BLADES, WHICH ARE RAZOR SHARP.

7. Remove the base and bowl together by grasping the plastic bowl at the top with both hands and lifting the bowl straight up. Do not rotate the bowl clockwise on the base. This will cause the bowl to separate from the base.

8. Place the processor on a counter or table and read the instructions thoroughly before using the machine.

9. Save the shipping cartons and plastic foam blocks. You may want to use them in shipping the processor at a later date.

In fact, on the opposite flap, there is a seventeen-step set of instructions for repacking everything. That’s almost twice as many steps as it took to do the unboxing.

Now I guess I’ll watch the DVD. Open to any recipe suggestions or cleaning tips.

I actually have owned a cuisinart before, and my mom had one when I was growing up. But it’s been over a decade since I’ve really used one. This was a major investment considering that I don’t have a steady job, but I hope it will help me save money in the long run by helping me to feel good about cooking for myself more often.

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