Breville Paradice 9 Food Processor BFP638 review

The nine-cup Breville package that includes a dicing kit

The Paradice 9 BFP638 is a corded, nine-cup processor for shoppers who want the usual chopping, slicing and shredding tools plus grid dicing in the standard package. Its listed attachments are an S-blade, a reversible coarse/fine shredder, a 15-position adjustable slicer, a dough blade and the Paradice Kit: a dicing blade, half grid, gearbox and cleaner. The grid makes the category distinction concrete—the manufacturer specifies half-inch cubes—not a choice between infinitely adjustable dicing sizes.

The BFP638 shares its main workflow with the Sous Chef 9 BFP610: same stated nine-cup capacity, 4.7-inch wide feed chute, small chute and pusher, adjustable slicer, coarse/fine shred disc and dough blade. The kit changes what is supplied. Breville lists BFP610 as compatible with the Paradice Kit 9, but sells that kit separately; BFP638 identifies the kit as included. If you already own a compatible BFP610 and its separate kit, the dicing function may be the same reason to compare them, but do not count the kit as part of the BFP610 standard package.

What the dicing grid can—and cannot—promise

The kit is designed for half-inch grid cuts, with a cleaner to push food through the grid after processing. Breville's manual lists raw and cooked vegetables and fruit as dicing tasks. It recommends the smaller chute for harder ingredients such as carrot or pumpkin and notes that precooking can further improve results. Firmer tomatoes and avocados are suggested over very soft ones. That advice is a practical limit: the grid is useful for planned vegetable preparation, but it is not an all-food, one-touch guarantee or a French-fry tool.

The included wide chute is listed at 4.7 inches. It can reduce pre-cutting for some ingredients, but the manual still requires the food to sit upright, move freely and stay below the MAX mark. For narrow items such as carrots or cucumbers, it directs the user to the small feed chute to avoid tipping during slicing. The adjustable slicer spans 0.3 to 5 mm; a reversible disc provides coarse and fine shredding. There is no listed separate thick-slicing disc or French-fry disc. If a specific cut is essential, check the attachment name and manual rather than inferring it from “Paradice.”

Batching, dough and cleanup are part of the decision

The S-blade suits chopping, mixing and the manual's listed food types, but its manual entry sets a one-minute-at-a-time motor limit. The general safeguards also prohibit crushing ice and processing hot or boiling liquid, and the bowl's marked ingredient fill limits remain important even though it is a nine-cup model. Bread and pizza dough use the separate dough blade; the manual lists a maximum of 525 g flour. That is a dough-specific ceiling, not a promise that every recipe at that size will behave the same way.

More supplied parts also mean more cleanup. The manual says the dicing gearbox and caddy should be handwashed; the spindle, blades and discs can go in a dishwasher. It recommends handwashing the bowl and lid for routine care, allowing only occasional top-shelf dishwasher use because detergent, heat and pressure can shorten plastic and interlock life. The grid and blade are sharp, and the cleaner is there to help clear the grid without reaching into its cutting edges. The caddy fits inside the bowl for storage, but the dicing kit adds both a useful function and parts to clean and put away.

Compare the package, not just the nine-cup label

Breville publishes the BFP638 body dimensions as 17.5 by 7.7 by 11.8 inches (width, depth and height), compared with 15.5 by 7.7 by 9 inches for the BFP610. Check the actual shelf clearance with the lid and pusher stored separately; the published body height is not a guarantee of cabinet fit. The BFP638 lists a 625-watt motor, two-year product warranty and 30-year limited motor warranty. That extended term covers the motor rather than every part of the appliance.

For a nine-cup Breville without an included dicing grid, choose the BFP610 if its four listed attachments meet your needs or if you already have the compatible kit. Choose BFP638 if half-inch dicing is a repeat job and you prefer it in the supplied set. Neither solves a need for a French-fry disc, a second bowl, a larger rated bowl or a compact chopper. The two nine-cup product pages also list several finish codes; this review's image is the Brushed Stainless Steel BFP638BSS1BNA1, and that image should not be read as showing the Black Truffle, Sea Salt, Damson Blue, Almond Nougat or Olive Tapenade finish.

This assessment follows the exact U.S. BFP638 product page, the page-linked 70-page BFP638 booklet and the manufacturer image for the Brushed Stainless Steel finish. It is not a hands-on or lab test; use the booklet's assembly, batch and care instructions with the exact appliance package.