Does anyone have a home slicer? (restaurants, freezer, tuna, breakfast)

[Caligula1]

I've been in SAMS club a few times and I have seen a home meat slicer...
Does anyone have one?

[Dirt Grinder]

I'd like one, but a good one is unwieldy and a pain to clean.

[Cliffie]

Is it like the ones used in restaurants? Aside from taking up a lot of space and being hard to clean, they are brutal on your fingers.

[Themanwithnoname]

Yes, a small commercial/deli model I picked up at a thrift store for $20.

I like my meat sliced paper thin, so I can shave a ham at home for cheap.

[mainebrokerman]

great question

yes i have 1 a used commercial one..


i will buy deli "loaves" such as turkey breast, ham and roast beef and pepperonis and others

i will split it up in the family..


you go to most deli's at supermarkets and roast beef is 8.99lb along with the other sandwich meats (right up there in price)
deli's have a targeted gross margin in the industry of 50-55%
because of such high payrolls

i will buy whole muscle/non pumped loaves and slice these up



slicers are also good for sandwich steaks.....you can buy eye rounds trim up throw in freezer for a quick chill and slice thin for sandwich steaks ...once chilled a bit they will cut thinner and more even on any blade..
you can also do this for boneless pork loins


sometimes i will slice rib eyes or strip steaks quite thin for breakfast steaks





ive used slicers for over 30 years and never cut myself,,,use common sense.


cheese is another item that you can save huge on..




stores will sell these deli loaves for half the margins they sell the sliced (no labor)
go to a butcher shop or smaller iga ..they have price flexibility - unless you see these loaves already displayed and priced at a supermarket




ive created many a sandwich party platters with my slicer

you can find slicers quite cheap - preferrebly get one with a blade sharpener

[elnina]

Originally Posted by Caligula1

I've been in SAMS club a few times and I have seen a home meat slicer...
Does anyone have one?

Don't want any! I have a set of great sharp knives, and a knowledge how to use them

[saibot]

My parents had one. It was good for things like slicing a whole salami very thin, or a big block of cheese...but it was a beast to clean, and we didn't use it much. No one ever got cut on it, though.

[Stripes17]

Never had one at home and don't really want one.

But perhaps that is due to an unfortunate incident I had with one at work when I was younger (and underage!).

Let's say it won and I only spent a couple of hours at the E.R.

[blueherons]

Does a mandoline count? If so, yes, I have one.

[gguerra]

I have a slicer that I bought off ebay. $35 for refurb and it works well. There are some drawbacks to it however. The piece of meat has to be small enough for it, it does gets dirty and is a chore to clean but not too bad. The price goes up from there. I prefer an nice electric knife with the brisket or roast on a cutting board. The problem with the knife is the blades go dull so you need a way to sharpen them. They do happen to sell sharpeners for electric knife blades. I haven't bought one.. Pros and Cons to everything I guess.