Mixing vessel

A mixing vessel for use with a motorized food processor, the vessel comprising:

• a vessel wall including
• a cylindrical upper section having a first longitudinal axis generally centered within the upper section, and an upper opening defining an upper end of the vessel wall,
• a frustoconical lower section tapered towards a lower circular opening defining a lower end of the vessel wall and having a second longitudinal axis generally centered within the lower circular opening, and
• a plurality of contiguous cambered protuberances defining a hypocycloidal inner surface within the frustoconical lower section;
• a base removably closing the lower circular opening, the base having a upwardly tapered structure and a spindle that is mounted on and rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the tapered structure;
• and
• a blade assembly mounted on the spindle, the blade assembly comprising a pair of upwardly extending blades, a pair of radially extending blades, and a pair of downwardly extending blades.