10" Premium Chromium-plated Steel Blade Electric Deli Meat Cheese Food Slicer Commercial and for Home use 240W BESWOOD250

Facing 50# of venison product needing to be sliced I went with this slicer based on a recommendation from a forum. It is much less that the comparable LEM product and has overall good reviews.Setup is an absolute breeze even with an initial cleaning and lubrication. I'm not sure the lubrication was absolutely needed right out of the box, but better safe than sorry.Time from unpacking to slicing: <30 minutes.Performance was better than expected. The belt drive results in a much quieter and smoother slicer than my previous slicer which was geared. Initial cuts were with venison bacon which is a ground/formed product. It was refrigerated prior to slicing and pretty firm. Slices at the 3 setting were perfect for thick cut style bacon and there was little to no tearing noted which indicates the blade was sharp upon arrival. At the other end of the spectrum, I set up for 1.5mm thick slices of venison mortadella. This was also refrigerated but much more prone to tearing. The slicer breezed through the mortadella without any tear out except for the final slice or two when the meat was not well supported by the tray. I gave block of smoked cheese, and two sticks of summer sausage a try as well. The slicer performed admirably on all foodstuffs I fed it.Cleanup was also easier than expected. 99% of the cleanup can be done by removing three (3) knobs. A few of mine came overly tight from the factory, but that is an easy remedy and I was able to remove everything without an overt struggle. Overall time to clean up the first time was between 15-20 minutes and I imagine it will go faster in the future.The only con/complaint I have with the entire unit is the stoke could be ideally 1" longer. It's just a bit too short for all the work I asked of it. An aftermarket longer tray would be a really nice accessory to offer as well.Overall it is well worth the cost and a 5-star rating. Expecting many years of service from this slicer.

Motor is very quiet, but seems to have plenty of power. I can’t speak on f longevity, but all indications point to this lasting a long time. All moving parts move smoothly. My first uses were slicing a boneless ham and a roast beef. It worked flawlessly and gave me paper thin deli style slices. Cleaning the machine is very simple as the sliding table, blade sharpening stones, blade covering plate and blade are easily removed for cleaning. I broke the slicer down and completed a comprehensive cleaning in about 20 minutes from start to finish. The blade is very sharp and heavy, so use extreme caution while working with it. Please keep others and pets away when the blade is off the slicer. I highly recommend buying a pair of cut resistant gloves when you purchase this slicer. The gloves will help you keep your fingers when you take the blade off during cleaning. I read many reviews on cheaper slicers available, but decided on this one based on other reviews and videos that I found on the web. It is well worth the money.

Great piece of equipment. Slicing thickness is easily set and very consistent. I've used mine to slice chicken, beef, and pork for use as lunch meat. Very happy with the results.The Beswood is somewhat messy to use, though not surprisingly so. Bits of meat get scattered around the counter. There is also a nylon guard behind the blade near where the meat slices stack up. It's a pain to clean around because it right next to the blade, so I keep a 10mm nut driver handy and just remove it.Oh yeah, the blade. It should go without saying, but THE BLADE IS INCREDIBLY SHARP. It is also HEAVIER than it appears. I was barefoot the first time I removed the blade and realized that dropping it could possibly result in the loss of a few toes. So, buy a pair cut-proof gloves and ALWAYS be careful when your fingers are ANYWHERE NEAR THE BLADE! HANDLE WITH CARE!You should not be surprised to find that, without hesitation, I would buy the Beswood again.

My wife and I finally broke down and bought a slicer. With meat prices soaring, we thought it might save us a buck or two and still hope so. We shopped around and looked at cheaper versions, but after reading reviews about loud, cheap, plastic burning, inconsistent cutting, and generally less appealing cutters, we bought this one. I worked in a deli for several years while going to college, so I've used good slicers and right out of the box this one took me back to my deli days. It's a bit lighter than those and has a feature or two I'm not ecstatic about, but in generally I am very please and excited to have this in my life.First, the slicer is beautifully built and fairly streamlined for easy cleaning (though my meticulous first cleaning took at least 20 min if not more, but it was my first time disassembling everything). The instructions didn't really show how to assemble, but the only thing(s) you need to attach are the guards/deflectors so that wasn't bad. I did have one problem in that one deflector screw wouldn't fully tighten. It just sits and spins, and since the side with the screw doesn't have anyway to hold it firm once it is inset, I just couldn't do it. Not a deal breaker as it is tight enough not to wobble, but it would have been nice if the screw set properly.We hooked it up, did all the safety checks and then ran a test run of 2-3 min as suggested in the instructions. It turns on/off easily and was super quiet. I think I expected it to turn the blade a bit faster, but then I am used to professional grade. It made me worry that it wouldn't do the job adequately, but we had a turkey breast we had purchased for just this occasion and it cut through it beautifully!My favorite feature, after reading reviews to the contrary on other models, is the dial for setting thickness. Many don't have a dial with numbers and this does. We tried a 2, just for starters and it did beautifully. Then a 1 to see how thin it would go, and it still performed well. Then we tired a .5 (yes it has half markings) and it "shaved" the turkey just as the professional one would. Since it was turkey, it started to fall apart at this thickness, but that is what I would have expected. The ONLY complaint I have so far, is that the meat holding table/handle isn't quite big enough for large jobs, and the spikes that hold the meat are a bit short. They eventually started tearing through the turkey which made consistent slicing near the end almost impossible, but that is not unexpected on a smaller machine like this. It has been a while since I worked in the deli (20+ years), but I seem to recall we weren't able to cut to the very last tidbit either, but I might be wrong. Either way, it was a bit of a disappointment, but not unexpected. It does have a set of spikes on the side of the handle instead of just the bottom that allowed me to connect it to the meat when it wouldn't initially fit the whole breast, which was nice. I still held it with my thumb though, just to make it a bit more stable and that seemed to work until the meat was able to go completely under the bottom spikes. (Should have taken pictures, but we were having too much fun slicing!)We then cut a few slices of cheddar just to see what it would do. It performed well, and despite what appears to be slow rotation, it cut beautifully, so maybe it's not as slow as I think. The meat was directly out of the fridge, as was the cheese so they cut well. We wondered about frozen cutting, but haven't tried yet as we just got this last night and I couldn't wait to review.Clean up was not difficult. Do remove all the suggested parts as little bits of meat and cheese kind of go everywhere especially with a turkey breast that wasn't pressed. They also provided a brush that you can use to get in the nooks and crannies to get everything out. A nice and welcome touch. Came with lubricant as well so it can continue to slide smoothly for years to come, I hope.Overall, this product is great. I know it's pricey, but so well worth it. I am the kind of man who likes to save up and buy "the good stuff" if I can, and this one was worth it. I would highly recommend to friends.It is a bit heavy and if you don't have a large kitchen, hard to store because of it's size. Ours is in the basement and I worry about that as we get older, but for now, it's totally worth it!Highly recommend this machine. If I find any issues or problems, I'll come back, but if you don't see a return, trust that I am still very satisfied.