Opinion Needed ~ Do any of you use a electric meat Slicer

Nascarfantom99 · Joined: 09 Oct 2013 Posts: 19

One of the items I plan to have is Tri Tip Sandwiches. I was thinking about buying a meat slicer. I know when you look at videos etc you don't see anyone using a meat slicer. Everyone slices the meat by hand.

I know of one food vendor at a street fair that sliced his tri tip with a meat slicer. I found a nice unit but Im on the fence because most don't use one. Is it a bad thing using a meat slicer. Im just thinking about having to slice all day.

Whats your opinion

Mr Tony's BBQ · Posted: Wed Jan 15 14 12:32 am Post subject:

I would love one for many applications, but space is far too tight to justify one in my trailer! Its also quite a bit easier and uses less water to clean a knife - both huge in my day to day operations!YMMV
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qfanatic01 · Posted: Wed Jan 15 14 1:25 am Post subject:

Depends on how thin you want it. We cut our brisket by hand for the restaurant, but if we get 20 pounds for a catering I will use the slicer and then while I'm at it I will pre-cut what we will use for the restaurant. I cook my briskets the day before and reheat in au jus. We started this practice in the beginning when we might only sell one brisket if we were lucky but could sell 2 or 3. It helps manage inventory and keeps a consistent product. Better than slicing it thin like Oklahoma Joe's, I'm sure on a slicer, for example. I have been doing Tri Tip as well and I am pre-cutting thin for french dip style sandwiches which we heat by dipping to order. I leave the fat on and it mostly dissolves or marries into the meat making it moist and delicious. I use my slicer very rarely unless we are doing Tri Tip. Too much mess to clean up. If you are slicing it thicker I would do it by hand as we do with brisket for festivals.
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Nascarfantom99 · Joined: 09 Oct 2013 Posts: 19

if I use a electric slicer it will be fore tritip. Also when I say meat slicer Im talking about one you put your meat in and it has a round blade that cuts the meat to the slice you want. Its $1500 for a nice one.

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Wed Jan 15 14 5:54 am Post subject:

I have a Hobart 1712 slicer that we use daily, but I prefer using a knife to slice tri-tip.

Keeping a slicer clean and sanitary is very important,
The only way I see slicing tri-tip on a slicer is if you are prepping way ahead of time with plans to reheat.
Slicing hot meat on a slicer is no fun at all,.
Especially with tri-tip and the changing grain of it,
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Ridge View BBQ · Posted: Wed Jan 15 14 6:34 am Post subject: Electric knife

We still slice by hand, but I have seen several places using electric knives. That might be a good compromise between speed of a slicer and easy cleaning of a knife.
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sunrise · Posted: Wed Jan 15 14 12:02 pm Post subject: Slicer

Sure glad to see this question here. I sell tri tip sandwich's every week at a farmers market we do. I also had a fund-raiser for a local high school that was for 300 tri tip sandwich's. It took 50 tri tips, all of which we sliced by hand. I swore that the next time I would have a slicer, and I have been looking, but they are not cheap, even used. After reading the answers here, and considering the clean up with an electric slicer, I am going to stick with my knife, pretty easy to clean & sharpen, I do slice very thin with the knife I use.
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qfanatic01 · Posted: Wed Jan 15 14 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Slicer

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sunrise · Posted: Thu Jan 16 14 1:04 am Post subject: Re: Slicer

Souza · Joined: 23 Jun 2017 Posts: 2 Location: New York

I would suggest the electric meat slicer, which is easier to slice meat and any other products also.

kurtsara · Posted: Thu Jun 29 17 4:58 am Post subject:

Souza · Joined: 23 Jun 2017 Posts: 2 Location: New York

Is there anyone who doesn't love great deli sandwiches? I have a best automatic meat slicer, which has given me a fantastic performance and I have made more recipes with this device. Many slicers have been made for all different types of food. This particular unit belongs to the latter category, allowing you to cut anything.