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Chefs Choice Gourmet Food/Meat Slicer If you do a lot of slicing of roasts blocks of cheese even fruits and vegetables you ll find this slicer a very handy machine to have in the kitchen. It s sturdy powerful and can slice foods deli-thin to a hefty |  |
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| Product Reviews from Amazon.com (Rating System 1 to 5) |
| Review | Rating | Last Updated | Will not last when slicing meat
I owned this slicer for two years, and used it maybe twenty times at most--usually for slicing ham. At first it seemed to work fine. Then I noticed it ran a bit slower with each use until it finally quit working entirely. I disassembled the slicer to see if it could be repaired. Inside I found a rather small burned-out electric motor. In my opinion, this motor is much too weak to last very long if used for slicing meat. The motor in my Kitchen Aid blender is larger (and has lasted for many years under daily use.)
FYI, the EdgeCraft company which manufactures Chef's Choice does not sell replacement motor or gear parts. You must send it to them for repair. However, they don't make repair estimates over the phone. Considering the price I paid for this product, I feel totally ripped off. I will never buy another Chef's Choice product.
I read a review about a different slicer which recommends limiting use to under 10 minutes at a time. I would strongly advise anyone using this slicer for meat to follow the same advice. The tiny 100 watt (~1/8hp) motor in this slicer simply cannot tolerate extended use. It would probably work fine for slicing bread however.
A few final notes:
* These slicers used to have 1 yr warrantees, now they are 90 days.
* The "condenser" motor mentioned in their ads is nothing special. All small appliances have this type of electric motor.
* Some of the Chef's Choice slicers list "peak horsepower". This is a very misleading term. A ¼ peak hp motor is not as powerful as a ¼ hp motor.
| 1 | Today | Chef's Choice 630 Food Slicer
I am a professional Prep Cook in my opinion this is a good place to start if you are looking for a home slicer. I bought this slicer for roasts and cheese. It saves me $4.00 a lb. for sliced beef alone. I find that it is easy to clean and store. For those of you that think this machine is not easy to clean, I use a huge deli meat slicer on average 2 days a week for 5-6 hour a day. The slicer that I use at work takes 30-45 mins. to clean and the parts are very large and hard to handle. The 630 is a breeze to clean. This is my first home slicer and I did a lot of home work before buying the Chef's Choice 630. I am very happy with this product. | 5 | Today | Chef's Choice 630 is good slicer
Chef's Choice 630 is good slicer for people who care about where was it made. It has good, quiet, smooth motor(feels a bit slow), sharp blade (why not mention what special material it's made of on the gold edge?). Compared with the Chef's Choice 610 (under $100), 630 was made in Germany, that is all. If this make you feel better every time you use it, that is worth the extra $100+ you paid for this model. Unlike the 630, Chef's Choice 610 has a fix tilt for gravity-feed, but 630 does not. why not fix tilted? I think it is because there is a 630 VariTilt, and you will pay anoth $50 more, just for marketing. Actually, gravity-feed is not enough in most of case. You have to put pressor on the it anyway. Also, when you clean it, the VariTilt part is a little hard to clean. That is why I chose the 630 over 632. | 4 | Today | Does everything I expected
We purchased the Chef's Choice 630 a month ago. The main use is for slicing vegetables. It handles tomatoes and green peppers very well. It will also slice very ripe tomatoes without any crushing. We have used it to slice very thin sliced onions, cucumbers and eggplants. We have also used it to slice pork roasts and it performs as expected. The thickness adjustment is easy and uniform. Cleanup is very easy. | 5 | Today | Good slicer for the price
I love having this slicer around. It allows me to cut meats as thin as I like for making sandwiches. I use it frequently on roasts, and when I smoke brisket. Great product. Also it comes apart quite easily for clean up. | 5 | Today | does what it says it will do
It's a slicer. yep that's it, nothing more nothing less. It has sliced everything we have thrown at it and has done a good job. We have the serrated and the non serrated blade they both work fine. Please know that this is not a commercial slicer. you will be disappointed if you believe that. The one thing that drives me nuts about this is cleaning it. Man o man... this should be dishwasher safe, but it isn't. Any way, if you are looking for a home slicer stop searching and just buy this one. I believe you'll be happy. | 4 | Today | Good product
My husband loves it! It is not something that you use once and put it away in a cupboard.
It is lightweight and still slices the prosciutto as the italian deli using the additional blade that I purchased.
It is easy to clean and the product is well worth the price. | 5 | Today | Nice product
Very happy with this product. I use often to slice Ham, cheese and meat. Keep kids away though, it does have sharp blade. | 5 | Today | best thing since sliced cheese
After looking over all the slicers, reviews, prices, we decided on this slicer, first one came with a broken part. Sent it back got a new one, it works great. Slices everything, bread, cheese, ham you name it. It doesn't like things too hard or too soft, either breaks whatever it is or pulls the soft stuff into the blade cover. The catch tray is sort of an afterthought, it doesn't fit anywhere and slides around like it has no real home. To clean everything up is a snap, everything snaps out and is real easy to clean up, other slicers have screws to mess with, that's why we got this one, cheap enough to afford yet well built enough to use. Nice slicer. | 4 | Today | Great Machine!
My brother and I bought this food slicer for our mom for Christmas. She loves it!
Prior to owning this one she had a fold down one (made by a well known and respected company)that she disliked so much she would absolutely never use it. (Rather than sending it back, she just put it in a drawer - never wanting to see it again!)
She had all but given up hope that she could have her own food slicer at home that was both affordable and really did a good job. Though there are several things that you can do with this slicer, she most enjoys taking a hunk of meat and slicing it into fresh deli-style meat for sandwiches.
In her words, "It is excellent. It is very easy to clean, and I am thrilled with it."
| 5 | Today |
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