"No reason the product wouldn't work. I think you just misinterpreted what they meant by “Push in center.” It's two pieces (the metal cutting board with an X opening and the cone that sits below it), not a board that turns into the mixing bowl."
"When the design says “Push in center,” it isn't telling you how to create it, it's telling you that you push the chopped food into the cracks of the metal cutting board to have it fall into the cone below it."