| Introduction | | | | best. |
| Buying a home meat slicer can take away all the | | | | With an electric meat cutter the motor is usually a |
| drudgery of slicing meat at home. It can be especially | | | | quarter to a half hp, the horse power dictating the |
| useful if you entertain a lot at home. With these handy | | | | speed of the cutting. The blade size is the other |
| devices typically costing around $100, it's worth making | | | | consideration usually being 8" to 14" long. The 12" and |
| sure you do your homework to get the machine that | | | | 14" are suitable for cutting large quantities of meat and |
| suits your requirements exactly. In this article we have | | | | those under 12" for lighter cutting. In a home kitchen a |
| compiled a few tips to point you in the right direction. | | | | 10" blade is probably the most sensible choice when |
| Tip 1 - You really don't need to justify the cost of | | | | slicing meat for family use. If you run a catering |
| buying a meat slicer. | | | | business or you are planning to hold a lot of large |
| Buying sliced meat at the delicatessen is about 3 times | | | | dinner parties, then you should definitely consider a 12" |
| more expensive than buying a joint, roasting it and | | | | or 14" blade. |
| slicing it. A manual meat slicer is relatively cheap to buy | | | | Tip 4 - Make sure the food carriage is not too small. |
| when you consider the job it does and the amount of | | | | The thickness plate allows you to select settings that |
| time you can save. | | | | cut your meat from wafer thin to about 1" thick and |
| Tip 2 - It's best to buy a home meat slicer that can be | | | | the food carriage determines the size of the joint of |
| cleaned easily. | | | | meat you can cut. If you buy a meat slicer where the |
| A typical slicer consists of a food carriage, a slicing | | | | carriage that is too small, you will have to cut the meat |
| blade, a thickness plate and a food pusher. It can be | | | | to fit, so think carefully about the size of your joints |
| dismantled quite easily for washing, however the only | | | | and the size of your family before buying. |
| problem is that with some machines the meat juices | | | | Conclusion |
| quite often get into the grooves on the food carriage | | | | My choice of home meat slicer would be one that can |
| and thus need cleaning. Therefore when you buy a | | | | also cut cheeses, vegetables, bread and other |
| machine, avoid getting one with grooves etched into | | | | foodstuffs. This justifies the price you pay as it will sit |
| the carriage, thus avoiding this problem. | | | | on the counter in the kitchen and have far more uses. |
| Tip 3 - Choose a meat cutter which suits your needs | | | | |