Continental Ps77711 Professional Series Deli Slicer

Works good for slicing up jerky meat

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.

Works great, recommend my friends to buy this

i love this product