Product overview
Ninja Professional Plus Food Processor: What to Know
SharkNinja's own product page for this motor and bowl combination lists a 9-cup capacity and an 850-watt motor, while "1000PW" (1000 peak watts) is the figure used in the marketed product name -- a common food-processor convention where peak watts describe a brief startup surge rather than sustained running power. Included attachments are a chopping blade, a dough blade, a reversible slicing/shredding disc, and a disc adapter, and SharkNinja states that all parts are BPA-free and dishwasher safe. The BN601 is built around Ninja's Auto-iQ system, running one-touch preset programs for tasks like chopping, dough, and pureeing rather than requiring the user to pick a raw speed setting.
One disambiguation issue turned up directly during this research: at least one third-party "Generic"-branded Amazon listing for a product titled "Ninja BN601 Professional Plus Food Processor" advertises a 14-cup capacity, which does not match SharkNinja's own 9-cup specification for this model and looks like either a listing error or a mismatched product page. Buyers should treat that 14-cup claim as unverified and inconsistent with the manufacturer's own numbers, and should buy from the Ninja-branded listing or an authorized retailer rather than an unbranded reseller.
Against the rest of this list, the BN601's 9-cup bowl sits between the KitchenAid's 7 cups and the 12-14 cup machines from Cuisinart, Breville, and Hamilton Beach, making it a reasonable middle ground for households that want more than single-serving capacity but not a full 12-cup-plus machine.
Key Listed Features
Auto-iQ one-touch preset programs instead of manual-only speed control
Includes a dedicated dough blade alongside chopping and slicing/shredding attachments
All parts listed as BPA-free and dishwasher-safe by SharkNinja
9-cup bowl sized between the KitchenAid (7-cup) and the larger 12-14 cup models in this comparison
