Waring Pro Food Slicer- Professional Quality

dangerous food glide handel
The slicer slices ok, but the food glide handle comes up and off too easily. I have to take one hand and hold the food glide handle down while trying to glide the food thru to the blade. Is this the correct handle for this slicer. FS150 model #. I have used food slicers before and never had this problem. I am almost afraid to use it.I hate to return an item and do not like to complain, but I think this is worth looking into before someone puts their hand into the blade.

It Does The Job
Have had the slicer for a bit over a year. I don't use it every day or even every week. When our freezer gets low on sliced meats we take the stuff we have bought on sale (boneless ham, London broil, rump roast etc), cook it as needed and have a slicing party. The machine produces quality slices, speedily, with relatively little frustration. We like to do our own because most deli meats seem to have been processed with a high salt solution of some kind. A negative: the movable tray that holds the meat does not move smoothly. It seemed to hang up on the rail. My solution was to spray a bit of Pam on the rail as lubrication prior to each use. Problem solved. I also think cleanup is not that easy because of bits of meat that get stuck in tiny nooks and crannies, as well as removing the Pam on the rail!

A good buy, with some reservations
I purchased the "Waring Pro Food Slicer - Professional Quality" knowing, of course, that the "professional" in the title is more marketing hype than reality. After all, how could a true "profesional quality machine" - the name conjures up images of my favorite deli - be sold for $100. It can't, but the Waring slicer has proven itself to be very usable, although the thinness of some the plastic components makes me wonder how long they will last. The only real problem I've had is in cleaning the machine after use. The construction on the rear side of the slider plate (the one to the left of the blade) has some cracks and crevaces that make it necessary to have some fairly fine brushes handy in order to clean the unit. A regular scrubbing brush had bristles much too large. I ultimately settled on a tooth brush and cotton swabs to make sure that nothing that could become a bacteria farm remainded after cleaning. I have sliced two beef roasts (eye of round) and one small five pound...

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