Meat slicer with a circular blade

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Peak_Oil

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What's a good one to get? I want to make my own Italian beef and freeze it, this is the only way to go. Are the Cabelas models worth the money?

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...ct&cmCat=Related_IPL_540105&id=0080459540034a

I don't know anything about meat slicers. It's possible that I would slice a corned beef or a barbecued pork tenderloin or something like that, but that's as rough as I'd be on it.

I would basically want it to be low maintenance. If I could buy one that had ten blades, and I could send all ten in to be sharpened at the same time for some kind of low price, I would use it until the end of time.
 
IMHO it is much better to find a used commercial slicer. Find a used restuarant supply place and ask what they have or may have available.
Much better equipment for much the same money.
 
Commercial meat slicers are usually kinda large for the home kitchen, but they are much sturdier. I've used commercial meat slicers and the little home versions that seem like toys compared to thier commercial cousins. They both work well as long as they are sharp.
Whatever you get should work fine as long as the blade is sharp and the meat is cold. Don't try to put to much on the slicer at one time. Some models come with a little stone wheel dohickey that helps you keep the blade sharp, but you could do the same thing freehand if you are just touching up the edge.
 
Check with your local deli and see if they are thinking about new machinery anytime soon...they also may know of a good source for refurbished slicers.
 
WyoNonSmith said:
IMHO it is much better to find a used commercial slicer. Find a used restuarant supply place and ask what they have or may have available.
Much better equipment for much the same money.
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I can do that. We have a storage room at this house, I have plenty of room to store big heavy single-use items like this. Beef roasted or smoked at home and sliced on one of these is a quarter of the price of buying cold cuts... even baloney... at Safeway. Same with turkey and ham.

I could hardly lose money on it in a year.

I do wonder how I would sharpen the wheel. It might be time to get into a belt sander for sharpening at that point. I would use it to sharpen various garden tools as well.
 
my local butcher offered to slice down any meat i bought there and then smoked for pennys on the pound
jsut a thought till you get a slicer of your own

i plan on making some brisket and other stuff and having them do the work
 
Get one with the attached stone, also get one of the cut proof gloves, it's too easy to cut yourself when you break them down for cleaning.
 
some come with attachment stone but if you can sharpen knives, this should be easy. Try to get one with an auto function which can slice ham on its own. I am not sure if you can slice corned beef unless the cuts are thick but you can slice cooked meats if you do not mind them looking too neat. They are very good with ham, lettuce, roast beef boneless. you can slice raw meat but in order to do so nicely, you should freeze the meat, thaw it till its only a little frosty but still firm and you can get thin cuts like those for shabu shabu. You can shave roast beef, it seems to taste so much better as well as dice sized ham that can be used for soups.

the blade rarely needs sharpening from my experience.
 
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