The bowl chopper is stronger and more durable than other food mixers so that it can mix some of the hardest meats and ingredients. A bowl chopper works by rotating food in a bowl through spinning blades to chop meats and other ingredients down to the desired texture and size.

When first introduced, bowl choppers were intended only to chop meats. Today, they are made for a variety of additional purposes. They are used to emulsify various meats, cheeses, vegetables, nuts, fish etc. They are also made for restaurants which need to process meat and mix ingredients. These smaller mixers are extremely useful for hotel and food processing industries.