Meat Slicer, Anescra 200W Electric Deli Food Slicer with Removable 7.5’’ Stainless Steel Blade and Food Carriage, 0-15mm Adjustable Thickness Meat Slicer for Home, Food Slicer Machine

Good product , does the job

I'm writing this from the perspective of having used a Hobart commercial slicer at a busy deli counter.This thing is cheap—very cheap—but it's excellent for many home uses.Commercial gear is designed to survive constant heavy use for years on end. They have heavy duty mechanicals that operate at high speeds effortlessly. Commercial slicers are also fairly quiet.That is not this slicer. It is not a deli slicer.This is made of lightweight metal pieces, has a small, noisy motor that drives a plastic gear train at high torques, and the blade spins relatively slowly. That's what you get for this price.Pros:Inexpensive.Small, lightweight, and easy to move.Easily performs many kitchen slicing tasks better than any other tool I have used, including decent knives, mandolines, and food processors.Disassembles easily for cleaning.Cons:Needs lube. The slide did not come with sufficient lubrication, so I bought a tube of the recommended food-safe Petro-Gel (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TWJ2L0/), and that works well.Too light to stay in place. It has suction feet, but it can move, especially if the slide is not lubed well.Small. If you want to slice anything wider than about 6"—the distance from the slicing tray to the top of the blade—it won't fit this slicer.Must be disassembled for cleaning. Small crannies must be cleaned with a brush.I have used it so far to slice bread, blocks of cheddar and other cheeses, firm vegetables, and small cuts of tender meat (chicken breasts and such). For these uses, it's quite competent, and I much prefer using this slicer to any other tool.I am giving it five stars because, while it is cheap, I think it is a very good value for kitchen tasks, and so far I am very happy with it.

I'm giving slicer this four stars only because the directions were so obsessed with safety and safety features that I mostly had to figure out how to actually run the thing all by myself. The design is brilliant! It's superior in all respects to my old Bosch folding slicer. Recessed off-on switch so you're unlikely to start slicing accidentally. It stays on so you can hold what you're slicing more safely and more firmly. I have mine on a switchable (on/off) plug for additional ease of mind just the same.The lever that adjusts the slicing thickness is easy to make tiny adjustments with. The scale (in millimeters) reads from the front of the slicer (Well, duh. But the Bosch's scale was in back and a real nuisance to adjust.) The platform for the bread or ham or whatever is generous, and so is the length of the bar that holds the hand guard. And yes, all these are removable, but the platform also tips up so if you're slicing bread you can just brush the crumbs off and wipe the base below it.I slice bread more than anything else and find that it takes quite a bit of pressure to feed a crusty loaf into the blade. To make perfect, not thinner on the bottom than the top, slices I need a hand behind the upright. That actually helps brace an otherwise wobbly 12" long pullman loaf.my B&D Dustbuster makes short work of cleaning up after bread. It's not quite like any I see on AMZ today so no link.) I really appreciate being able to remove the blade so safely and easily. There are always a few crumbs behind it. I take the platform off to scrub and scald it when I slice meat, of course. So easy, with the nice big knob (no trying to hold a quarter in a slot).There's a little gadget that drops over the top to keep the blade flush with the frame while the slicer is turned off. It loves to disappear into the matching black machine so mine's marked with a bit of hot pink duct tape now.I spread out a couple sheets of aluminum foil to catch the bread slices and keep crumbs off the top of the rolling card and use these for dust covers between uses.And speaking of the rolling cart, the top is sort of scored into a grid, not smooth, but the suction feet are holding it so hard if I wanted to move the slicer I'd have to break the suction with a table knife or something first.I hope this slicer hasn't deteriorated in quality in the 8 months since I bought mine.

I bought this slicer after my previous one died and I couldn't find a replacement gear to repair it. Soon after the purchase, I used this one to slice 7-8 pounds of Canadian bacon. I cut some of the bacon about 1/8" thick (see photo) and then I readjusted and sliced quite a bit nearly paper thin. The slicer comes with two blades, one of which is serrated and supposedly works better on slightly frozen meat.Part of your success with this type slicer depends on how quickly you spot "issues" and come up with a workaround. For example, when you start your slice the leading edge of the blade that first touches the meat is rotating downward, holding the meat firmly down on the feed tray. But after you pass the blade's center, that trailing part of the blade is traveling upward, which tries to lift the meat upward. What i discovered was that after I pass the blade's centerpoint I can reduce pressure on the meat and the blade doesn't lift it nearly as much. If you buy any slicer of this design, you are going to run into issues like this. Various Internet forums can be invaluable in finding tips like this.I knocked off one star for Safety and for Ease of Use only because this is a light-duty slicer. Yes, there are ways to hurt yourself. While the unit is easy to use, there are always features that would make it easier to use, such as some way to better hold the meat down against the feed tray and keep it from spinning when you get down to the last few slices. The truth is that such features would increase the price, so they're available if I wanted to step up and pay for them.Bottom line is that this is a solid unit and offers good bang for the buck.