Worked just fine for what I needed it for. Minced like a pro and I love the pulse function on this machine. If you hold the buttons down, yes you will end up with puree. But this is not a model that you have to do that. You can pulse chop. And it has a high speed and low speed function. Worked beautifully. I've been using mini choppers for a while, but this one was by far the easiest for assemblage, use and clean up. No need to turn the entire bowl for the chopping process to work or a million dials. Really easy to use.