Lookin for a meat slicer...

[blazinfire]

Alright I'll start with a $150 budget.. i don't wanna go any more i can't afford it and don't wanna spend that kinda money.. But anyone have recommendations on the "cheaper" meat slicers? 7.5 inch good for most cases?

 

[airedale]

Cheap slicers are underpowered and have short slicing strokes. Professional slicers often weigh over 100# and even used they are expensive. I ended up with a $300 wannabe-professional where the silver colored b body is plastic instead of the professionals' cast aluminum. It works for me but the cutting stroke is too short to cut bacon slices off of a full belly. I cut the belly the long way and make half-length slices. They taste the same.

Try FB Marketplace. Used slicers seem to be fairly common there, though personally although I love really good tools, the bulk and weight of the professional models would keep them off my list.

 

[Doug S.]

E-Bay, bought a decent one new that was a little over $300.00 shipped but has
a long enough stroke to do bacon the way its supposed to be cut. Haven't found anything it cant do.

 

[mchar69]

I bought an old slicer off Craigslist for $220 - man was that thing heavy.
The switch was bad was the reason it was so cheap - so I put would plug it into a surge strip and used its switch for on/off.

 

[Robert]

I have a budget slicer (Chef's Choice brand maybe?)that I bought at Sears years ago for about $100. Plastic housing and 7 " dull blade out of the box. Blade spins really slow. Barely able to cut through the crust in a cooked brisket. Definitely for small jobs only. I wouldn't suggest anyone buy one of those. If you are really patient, you might find a good one in the used market. My advice is to save your money a little bit longer and buy one of these. I'd probably go for the 10" blade.


https://www.webstaurantstore.com/ba...-gravity-feed-meat-slicer-120v/554SL110E.html


https://www.webstaurantstore.com/ba...-gravity-feed-meat-slicer-120v/554SL109E.html


Good luck,


Robert

 

[Ducksmoke]

Well I guess I’ll be contrarian here. I’ve had my chef choice 610 for going on 15 years and it does fine for what I use it for. I use it for slicing pastrami, corned beef, turkey, jerky meat and salami. Maybe once a month. The new model is the 615, it has a bit more power for what it’s worth. Their about $150.00 on Amazon. You really need to get the non serrated blade (they come with a serrated blade) it makes a big difference slicing meat.

Here are a couple of link to old discussions on them.

http://https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3600090#post3600090

https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214316&highlight=Ducksmoke

Hope this helps.

 

[topazann]

I picked up this one a all metal Chef Choice slicer one a year ago. I use it to slice turkey breast, ham, roast beef, bacon, beef for jerkey. It's not a commercial one, but it does the job.

 

[blazinfire]

I picked up this one a all metal Chef Choice slicer one a year ago. I use it to slice turkey breast, ham, roast beef, bacon, beef for jerkey. It's not a commercial one, but it does the job.

this is all i want out of a meat slicer.. I'll probably be doing more roast beef, and jerky with it.. compared to needing to do giant slabs of bacon.. if i ever did bacon i'd hand slice it cuz i like thick bacon.

 

[Robert]

Well I guess I’ll be contrarian here. I’ve had my chef choice 610 for going on 15 years and it does fine for what I use it for. I use it for slicing pastrami, corned beef, turkey, jerky meat and salami. Maybe once a month. The new model is the 615, it has a bit more power for what it’s worth. Their about $150.00 on Amazon. You really need to get the non serrated blade (they come with a serrated blade) it makes a big difference slicing meat.

Here are a couple of link to old discussions on them.

http://https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3600090#post3600090

https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214316&highlight=Ducksmoke

Hope this helps.

Mine came with the serrated blade. I probably wouldn't have bought it, but was given a 100 gift card to Sears and I had all of the tools etc. that I wanted from the selections Sears was famous for. I thought I would buy the light weight slicer to use for small jobs instead of breaking out the big heavy duty Berkel. Works OK on ham, but a cooled down brisket with bark was a tremendous struggle. My son has used it to slice deer meat for jerky many times. So it now lives at his house.

 

[Runamuck]

I started with the cheapest of the cheap plastic junk and bought 5 or 6 increasing in quality and size. I was never the least bit happy until I bought an old Hobart which I still have. Spend the extra money on a good one, it should last the rest of your life and you don't have to deal with the frustrations. I had young kids and very little money when I bought mine and it paid for itself in no time just with sandwich meat; everything after is bonus. By once cry once they say. You'll love it once you have it.