Professional Series Meat Slicer, Cuts Meat, Cheese, Bread, Fruit & Vegetables, Adjustable Slice Thickness, Stainless Steel Blade, Safe Non-Slip Feet, For Home Use, Easy To Clean

I am writing this to respond those occasional reviewers who have complained about the build quality of this unit. I purchased this unit to slice home-cured pancetta, and have since used it additionally to slice cooked roasts into sandwich meat. Before buying I was concerned by the negative reviews, but the unit has proven itself well able to perform these tasks. It is not a commercial-grade unit, but it is nevertheless of sufficient quality to do slicing of the sort that would be encountered by a home user, even one who is sophisticated and cooks from scratch ingredients frequently. The blade rotates at only a modest speed, but it is quite sharp and serrated as well. The unit is therefore able to cut reliably and consistently. This is true across a wide range of slice thicknesses. Because of the modest blade speed, though, one cannot cut the slices super fast -- I would estimate a comfortable maximum of 2-3 slices every 3 seconds. So trying to duplicate the speeds seen at the deli counter is not going to be possible. Additionally, the unit is very likely not rigid and powerful enough to slice meats that are fully frozen, very hard dried, or or which contain bone or heavy gristle. It works best with meats that are chilled, not room temperature, but this is true for meat slicing generally. Those persons reporting unacceptably large deflection and/or breakage are probably attempting to get the unit to slice too quickly, or through items that are too hard. One would have to apply a lot of force to the unit to get the sort problems that they describe. Personally, I would never do that with my hands close to any motorized rotary cutting tool - it is inviting a trip to the emergency room. Better to feed the material into the cutting edge no faster than the tool is able to process it, and accept the modest reduction in job speed. This unit will do well if not abused or asked to perform tasks outside the scope of its intended uses. My sense is that it will be quite durable and long lasting. I am pleased with the purchase and would buy again. It produces sliced pancetta equal to the deli counter.

This is the first slicer that I've owned, and I was somewhat hesitant after seeing the reviews. People seem to either love it or loathe it. My experience with it after using it on roast beef, ham and turkey breast is that it is actually better than what I was expecting. As long as the meat you are cutting is chilled, you shouldn't have any problems. The ham and turkey I sliced were both precooked, prepacked boneless, and I was able to slice them as thinly as I wanted. I was very pleased with the consistency of the slices as well as the rate of feed I was able to get. You won't win any races with this, but it is more than fast enough in my opinion. When I did the roast beef it was still a bit warm, and the slicer still did an excellent job, but because it was warm I wound up getting some grainy residue, which I don't believe would have happened had the meat been properly chilled. I found the unit to be extremely easy to disassemble and clean, and the suction feet are a great help in keeping the unit stable while cutting. About the only negative I can cite is that the back side where the meat falls after cutting seems to be sort of an afterthought. It's not quite big enough for the meat to simply fall and stack up on, but that's a relatively minor issue as you just get in the habit of catching the slices as they come off. I have a hard time believing that you could do much better for the price, and for someone who will use a slicer only periodically, rather than on a day-in-day-out basis, I think it is more than up to the job.

I love this slicer. It is a good size and easy to use. Cleans up easily too. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because of those stupid screws. I wish there were a different way the disc was attached. I already accidentally threw out the screws I put aside when I took it apart to clean it. Had to buy more--got some at K-mart. With that said, I still think it is surely worth the money and is a very good slicer! I use vegetables only. Never tried meat or cheese on it since I don't buy it. I use the machine every day! UPDATE 11/7/12: Still using the slicer and happy with it. I did have to wipe some oil onto the bar to keep the sliding part from sticking. That worked well!

Very practical device! Now I can save some money by buying cheese and other meats in bulk and be able to slice them in the comfort of my home. This device already paid for itself with one go to the grocery store. This slicer works great and it is simple to use. It is a bit of a mess to clean up after using but I was expecting that. The slicer is powerful enough to slice through anything in its most thickness! I was actually surprised by its power!

Well most reviews are just about features, not about what the products are intended to be used for once purchased, so I figured I'd take a different approach and maybe it would help someone who may be deciding to buy this slicer. When I was reading the many reviews on the multitude of slicers on Amazon I was confused as to why even slicers over $200.00 had buyers who were not satisfied. I was looking for a slicer to cut pork roll which is a fav at work and I get a roll about 6lbs and 5 inches in diameter and maybe a foot and a half long. You can't cut it by hand without getting fat and skinny edges on the same slice. This slicer however performed very well for the money. Most reviews I read said hard to clean, not enough power, sucks on cheese. Well, maybe cheese is too sticky when you cut it and pulls on the blade causing it to drag and slowing the motor down. maybe you need a commercial slicer for 300.00 or more or go sloooooooooooooooooower. I had not one bit of problem cutting, cleaning, or using this slicer to get the job done. I don't take it apart to clean, I wipe it down with soap and water after each use. Blade is still sharp as the day I bought it.i guess what I'm saying is that expectations seem to be too high for some people who purchase a slicer for under a hundred dollars. This thing is great for meats i will say. The motor seems very safe by slowing down the speed to keep your thumbs attached to your hand. i think it would be just about impossible to cut your self. I wipe the blade when it is running, with a dishcloth, and never even came close to having a scare. I imagine someone will prove me wrong and do it. We will call him lefty. Ha Ha. Well, to finish my review I will just say this is a great slicer for the price and I use it every week. If you are easily disappointed and think you should get everything when you paid next to nothing, then you probably won't be happy with whatever slicer you end up buying. Everyone else, stimulate your surplus by spending less for this quality slicer.

I purchased this slicer to cut beef briskets that I had made into corned beef, and for roasts, hams, etc. For the price I paid, I feel that it did the job well enough; but I was still somewhat disappointed. I think that it is slow and not well designed. One of the reviews I read said that the reviewer had to replace the on off switch. This does not surprise me because the switch is located in such a position that, as you cut, the the juice and fat, etc., collects too close to the on/off switch. It should have been placed on the other side of the machine. I will need to be very careful to keep this area dry as I cut. The blade is heavy duty and easily removed for cleaning. It sliced and cleaned up pretty well. After I cleaned and dried the slicer, I had to use a dry tooth brush to remove small pieces of meat that had gotten caught in screw holes and crevices. (Again, I think this was a design flaw.) I would have liked to have been able to place some of the slicer parts under running water to clean them but that was not an option. Overall, I wish that I had spent a little more money and bought something of a higher quality; but, then again, for as often as I am going to use it, it's probably just fine.

I bought this slicer on a Wednesday morning. It was delivered Friday by 11:30am. Granted, it ships from Florida, and it only had to go to Georgia, but that is impressive regardless for standard shipping. My estimated delivery was late next week at the earliest. I actually got the package before amazon updated the status of my order to shipped. Anyway, I have not used the slicer yet. I have kept low expectations as per the recommendations of the other 83 before me who have reviewed this slicer. The slicer looks very much like the picture but is a little different. If you want to know what the slicer looks like, home depot currently carries this slicer for $80 and is model number PS77711. You can also search for "professional series slicer". The main differences from the picture that I can see is that the blade is not serrated, and the suction cups are clear instead of black. Also, the frame of the slicer isn't rounded off to be flush with the blade at the top right side as shown in the picture on amazon. Mine extends a little beyond the blade and is black in color, so it appears that there is a little black triangular piece outside the blade at the top right. This doesn't impact the performance of the device, I'm just pointing out that the device in the picture on amazon is slightly different. All in all, I'm excited to give it a try tonight. I'll try to post an update this weekend. UPDATE: Ok, I cooked a sirloin tip roast and couldn't wait till the morning to cut it. My plan was to chill the meat like everyone said, but I was too excited. The meat was firm enough though to get decent cuts. Alright, here's my review. The rotational speed of the blade is fine, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The blade is super sharp and I think people think they can just zip right through it like they see the people at the deli do. This is not the same machine. my cuts took about 1 second per pass. "onethousand one" is not a slow cut. Next, my backstop that the meat rests against when you slide the meat into the blade was not 100% aligned with the blade. It did not take much to bend it back slightly, leaving a little bit of lean to compensate for the pressure used when pushing the meat towards the blade. I read on one review that it only takes a couple slices to learn the little tricks to slicing consistently with this slicer. They were somewhat correct. I was not able to make consistent cuts every pass with this slicer and the warm meat I was using on my first try. When I say "consistent", I mean exactly the same. Sometimes my cuts were 1/16" and sometimes they were 1/8" depending on the pressure I used when pressing the meat through the blade. After a while the meat shifts with the spin of the blade, and you will notice that some cuts will be appropriately thick at the start, but shave down to nothing on the trailing end. This triangular type cut I've noticed happens even at the deli though, and I believe is hard to avoid with any slicer. I've seen them on every meat slicer review on youtube that attempts to make very thin cuts, which is all that I was interested in doing with my meat slicer. I can do everything else with a knife but make these 1/16" cuts. All in all, I'm very satisfied. I'm not doing cart-wheels, but I bought this slicer to do a job, and it did it. I didn't want to pay $100+ for the small convenience of cutting meat thin, and I'm happy that I took a chance on affordable model. Do I believe that my experience would have been better with a more expensive model, yes. Would it have been worth the extra $40+?...no. This slicer is a bargain for it's price. If money is a significant factor in your purchasing of a slicer, I would highly recommend this model. It's my humble opinion that your experience won't be better enough to justify the additional cost, unless you are willing to spend $500+ on a professional type model that is close to the slicers they have in grocery stores. This slicer does have it's flaws, but they are minor, and I argue that they would most likely be present in the other models meant for home use. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Cleanup, wasn't that hard. Yes, turn the circle screw clockwise to unscrew it, and everything comes off fine. There was some little pieces of meat and blood that got behind the blade. Nothing I couldn't get with a rag. Cleaning this device isn't just a simple wipe down and you're done. You do have to take some car to get in the little corners, but maximum time I would estimate at 3-4 minutes to have it clean. Anyway. I don't regret purchasing this machine. I don't believe you will either.

Even the description is a complete fabrication on this one. At the top of the page, it says "heavy cast iron." Let me tell you something... there's nothing "heavy" about it, and there's no cast iron, either. Just look at the shipping weight people - only 12-lbs, and this number is pretty darn generous, since it includes the inner box, the outer box, and if USPS hadn't left mine out by my mailbox in a thunderstorm, I doubt it would have been over 10 pounds. The wet box only affected the weight, not the contents, so don't think this review was skewed by the weather. As we read a little further in the description, it says "die cast aluminum body." So... if the body is cast aluminum (quite possibly the cheapest, lightest, and weakest material available, next to plastic), what part would be "heavy cast iron"? The author of the web page takes considerable poetic license with the words "stainless steel", unless of course, he/she is talking about that faux stainless you used to find on refrigerators several years ago. Construction is a joke, and the food platter is held on with plastic wire ties - yes, wire ties. At one point, I thought they were packing materials that I needed to remove, but once they're gone, it gets even sloppier and more dangerous. In a word... this thing is Krappe. I figured I'd throw in some French, since they had the nerve to use the word "gourmet" in the description. Incidentally, I returned this one and got the Chef's Choice 609. What a difference.

Works good for slicing up jerky meat

Works great, recommend my friends to buy this

i love this product

Great quality easy using

Déchiré les fruits et très bruyant. Même pas capable de couper un orange. Mon starfrit a 30$ va 100x mieux que cette trancheuse dites professionnel. Aussitôt essayé, Aussitôt retourné !