Breville Sous Chef 16 Pro Review (2026)

This processor fits serious home cooks, large families, and batch cooks who slice and shred weekly in quantity and have counter or pantry space to house it. Small households that chop an onion twice a week will not recoup its cost or storage.

The variable slicing disc adjusts across a wide thickness range from a single disc, which is the feature owners cite when they say this machine changed their gratin, pickle, and slaw prep. Consistency across a full bowl is its real value.

The extra-wide feed chute accepts larger produce with minimal trimming. Combined with the pusher system, it shortens the slowest part of slicing: getting food into the machine.

Large processors usually punish small jobs. The included 2.5-cup mini bowl and mini blade sit inside the main bowl for garlic, herbs, and spices, so the big machine stays useful on small weeknight tasks.

The main 16-cup bowl then handles double dough, large slaws, and cheese in quantity, driven by the 1200-watt induction motor without drama.

Against the Cuisinart Custom 14 DFP-14N, the Breville lists a larger 16-cup bowl versus 14 cups, 1200 watts versus 720 watts, variable versus fixed slicing, and a 25-year motor warranty listing versus five years, while the Cuisinart is lighter, simpler, and costs notably less. Choose Breville for control and volume, Cuisinart for value.

Against the Magimix 5200XL, both are premium 16-cup induction systems, but the Breville adds variable slicing and a wider chute system, while the Magimix adds three nested bowls and a longer listed motor warranty at 30 years. Slicers lean Breville, bowl-system loyalists lean Magimix.

Ownership starts with placement. At 28.4 lbs and about 18.9 inches tall with the feed tube assembled, the Sous Chef 16 Pro may not fit under every run of upper cabinets, and most owners give it a permanent counter or pantry home rather than lifting it in and out of a cabinet.

Cleaning scales with the job: washing the large bowl and lid after a small task is the recurring complaint behind the included mini bowl, which exists precisely to avoid that routine. The disc storage case keeps the many discs organized and safe, but learning what each disc does takes time, and replacement discs sit at a premium cost.