KWS MS-10XT Premium 320W Electric Meat Slicer 10-Inch in Red with Non-sticky Teflon Blade, Frozen Meat/Deli/Cheese/Food Slicer Low Noises Commercial and Home Use [ ETL, NSF Certified ]

I received this slicer in pristine condition. Set up was easy and it worked like a charm! Disassembly for cleaning was not difficult and putting it back together took minutes. The blade is wicked sharp so handle with care. I recommend wearing cut proof gloves. My first use was top round steak for jerky and every cut was precise. Would definitely purchase again.

I had purchased a Chef'sChoice 6150000 Food Slicer back in January 2015. It was a good slicer, easy to use and easy to clean. But it was a light duty slicer. When it finally fell apart a week ago, (Meat partially still frozen was to much of a load for the light duty slicer) I decided to hunt something down that was a little heavier duty,....yet still in my budget. After a good bit of time researching, I settled on this. The KWS Premium Commercial 320w Electric Meat Slicer 10" with Non-sticky Teflon Blade. It came in today. I unboxed the unit and was immediately somewhat disappointed. I immediately saw two scratches on the main body of the slicer. I thought about sending it back,...then decided it was just a tool. My next step was to perform an operation because of fellow reviews. I took the unit apart so I could remove the three screws holding the blade. When I got to the three screws,.....I found that they were NOT overly tight. But I was again disappointed in the plate that covers the blade. There was an edge that looks to have hit something hard. The edge was rough and I knew it would catch the product I would be slicing. Also the actual blade had an imperfection on it, that was coated over with Teflon. If I was to ever slice cheese,....this would be where the cheese would stick and start to build up.I did browse through the owners manual and as others have stated,.....it is pretty much useless.I cleaned everything up and put it back together. I then started slicing boneless chicken. These are my observations.The machine is very quiet. And the machine does slice very well. Is it a true commercial slicer? No! But you have to use common sense here. A machine that costs less than $400 will never compete with a machine that costs several thousands of dollars. Is it heavier duty than the $125 Chef'sChoice 6150000 Food Slicer? Absolutely!What I like about the slicer is I do believe that it will last me several years, especially since I am a very light user. I will perhaps use the machine 1/2 hour every two weeks. What I do not like is the blemishes that seem to have left the factory this way. (No damage to outside box what so ever.) It is also much more difficult to clean than my previous slicer. But I expect all slicers built to replica commercial slicers would have that same difficulty. In a nut shell, the reason this slicer is not re-packaged and labeled to go back to Amazon is because I believe it is still a good value for the price paid.

After wasting several hundred dollars on the cheap slicers, I decided to go with a heavier duty model. This had good reviews and the price was good too.My 2 main uses for this was for beef jerkey, and slicing potatoes, tomatoes and onions. It's awesome for these 3 uses, and much more.I wanted a 12 inch, but after thinking about what I'll use it for, decided on this 10 inch. Really good choice.Very heavy unit, about 30 lbs or so at least. But that's good, it doesn't move when used.Food tray is small, but it's a small unit. The claw handle doesn't go up very far, so you may have to trim things to get them to fit. That goes for length of the food as well, like rib-eyes, NY strip, etc. Does great for deli bologna chunks.SLicing is the fun part, lets get to the big thing, CLEANING IT!!!Having worked in a grocery store for years, we used the totally commercial "H" brand, costing well over $1k. This is not that quality, but fairly close.After use, you MUST clean it thoroughly, or it will stink, draw bugs, and will be nasty the next time you use it.Oh, go ahead and get the teflon coated blade too, it's worth the extra expense. I say that because a friend of mine bought the same model without that blade, and it's harder to keep clean and sometimes need a spritz of cooking oil when you first start to use it.AND, buy the cut proof gloves, believe me you'll need them and if you don't, you'll quickly wish you had.You can take this machine down easily. There is a video on the order page, showing how. Very easy.One thing, make sure when you remove the food tray, it aligns back properly. On my model, I had to remove the tension screw and the knob, to get the tray off. The bracket fits in a groove on the food tray, and it must be alighed and tight.Use the gloves on the blade of course, and don't wear open toed shoes when cleaning, just a warning and no i didn't drop it.The instructions and video are very good, and shows how to disassemble.Lay your parts from left to right when removing, like you would your rifle when cleaning, and the reassemble in the right to left order, this way you don't skip a section. Clean one part at a time.I've used this dozens of times, and still haven't had to sharpen it yet. Very good quality.ON CHEESE, this is a little tricky. If you try cheese, the softer the harder it is to slice. Put the cheese in the fridge or freezer for a bit to harden it up. Not too long though. It's a practice thing with cheese, both with type of cheese and temperature.Veggies do great. Juicy stuff like tomatoes make a mess, but that's the nature of it. I put the machine on a baking sheet pan when I do this, or when slicing fresher meat with lots of blood still in it. It's a drip pan setup.I'd buy this again, and next time I'll get the 12 inch just because I want one. But this one will probably be around awhile.