No, but they do beat the shit out of the onion. The bigger thing though is that they're a pain; you have to clean it out when you're done (also: have it handy on your counter to begin with), as opposed to just wiping down your knife, which you're already using for other things.

I don't do much with my food processor anymore besides grating cheese; even biscuit dough I'll do with a box grater at this point, just to avoid having to clean out the food processor.

I've had a food processor for maybe 20 years.. I use it at most twice a year specifically because it's a pain in the fucking ass to clean. Though thanksgiving is when I always bring it out, one bag of cranberries, one whole orange (quartered before throwing it in the food processor, peel and all), and sugar.. run it until you get a nice chunky relish.. deeeelish.

> The bigger thing though is that they're a pain; you have to clean it out when you're done (also: have it handy on your counter to begin with), as opposed to just wiping down your knife, which you're already using for other things.

I agree that cleaning the food processor is more of a pain than cleaning the knife. On the other hand, using it is far less of a pain than using the knife (especially in cases like this where you're trying to get even, small pieces). So you're really trading off one pain for another. It's not clear to me that either option is the obvious winner or loser here.

Depends on how much you are making really. If I want an entire bowl of thin cucumber slices I thank my food processor. But yeah, not worth the trouble for just one or two onions.

We clean our food processor in the dishwasher. :-/

If you have to clean things by hand, I'd take the awkward inside of a smooth plastic cylinder over a grater any day.