Chef'sChoice 6150000 Food Slicer

Absolutely loving it! If you are an Asian enjoying hotpot like me, this is definitely a must-have in your kitchen. then you can skip the horrible old meat from china town and go with some better quality Costco lamp and beef. I think it is totally worth of the price!

When I called customer support to complain that the thinnest cut my new machine would make was about an 8th inch thick I was told that the thickness guide plate would not go flush with the blade yet I have read that people have made paper thin cuts with this machine. Rather then send it back I decided to see why mine would not cut items really thin. This review is for any one that has same problem as with mine.The thickness guide plate is the part of the machine that adjusts back and forth to control how thick the item being sliced will be. The black knob in the back of the machine does this. My machine would not cut anything thinner then about 1/8 inch thick.The small white plastic part described below must have been installed at the factory 180 degrees incorrectly. The modification only takes about 15 minutes after getting a 2 inch # 1 stubby screw driver to loosen or remove two screws. For safety reasons it may be a good idea to remove the blade before beginning.1st picture--the blade not flush with guide plate adjusted as far forward as possible2nd picture--the attachment of the bar connected to the underside of the machine to expose 2 screws and plastic oval part that must be turned 180 degrees to complete the modification.3rd picture--the thickness adjustment bar removed from the undeside with one of two attachment screws and white oval plastic part that must be turned 180 degrees and then reinstalled in the large oval of the adjustment bar. That can be done with the point of a knife or similar object while bar is still installed but screws loose enough as in 2nd picture.4th picture--the blade now flush with the thickness guide plate so that the thinnest of cuts can now be made.09-02-17 Update: Still really like this machine. Ck into buying a refurbished version of this slicer at a big saving. The one I bought looked new and has performed as good as new.A fault many customers complain about, that when slicing really thin food, the slicing plate tends to creep to a thicker cut position so you have to constantly watch for that and not push hard on the back of the sliding slicer plate.Aside from cutting meats and cheese, don't forget to cut vegetables and your home made bread with this slicer for uniform slices.

I read all the reviews for most of the brand name meat slicers. Amazon makes it very easy to do this since they offer so many brands and models of brands, along with consumer reviews. Then I took the trouble to personally take a good look at the available brands at local merchants. I might mention that the Chef's Choice brand was only available at Kitchen Kaboodle, and then only the Model 610. Of course, I couldn't try out the meat slicers by slicing meat since none were plugged in, and it would be rather messy for stores to offer a demo on a product like this.What I did find was the Chef's Choice offered almost 'frictionless' operation of the slider that carries the meat across the blade. No other brand was as easy to move. The Chef's Choice also has a 'slider lock' that locked the slider over the blade, a definate safety and storage feature. Few of the others offered this. The Chef's Choice also appeared to be just better built with more metal and less plastic in the 'structural' parts of the unit. The Chef's Choice Model 615 (unavailable locally) also features a little heavier motor than the Model 610, and most other brands in the same price range.I finally settled on the Chef's Choice Model 615, mainly based on the larger motor and the quality of the Chef's Choice brand overall.I tried it out the day after Christmas (it was a present), first on a boneless pre-cooked ham, then on left over Prime Rib Roast (bones removed). I sliced the ham at the 1mm setting (deli sliced) and got a whole plate of uniformly sliced ham, with very little effort and little motor slow-down. The machine also only left about 1/4" of the butt end of the ham unsliced. Then I sliced the Prime Rib Roast at about 1/4" slices. Again, the effort was minimal and the resulting slices were very uniform.Clean up was very easy, all the parts that needed to be removed from the machine for cleaning came apart easily, and went back together just as easy.NOTES: Keep your hands away from the blade when operating (the design makes this easy), and be very careful when removing and cleaning the blade. I can assure you that it will slice fingers just as easily as it slices ham.Let the blade do the cutting - don't force the meat through the blade faster than it will cut. This machine will cut very fast, but will not compare to a $1500, 12" Hobart Deli Slicer. I do think that you get a very good value for the money, and much better than most.I gave the Chef's Choice Model 615 'Five Stars' for Quality, Value, and Ease of Use.

I cure and smoke my own bacon. I bought this slicer because I was sick of hand slicing. The slicer works well but for larger pork bellies there are 3 lacking features. First off the base of the "sled" or food carriage is only 7" long (parallel to the blade) so the bacon hangs off the end of the sled and is floating unsupported when it hits the blade, which can be problematic. Secondly from the stop of the sled to the blade is only 9 1/2" long. So, larger bellies will not fit unless they are trimmed. And, thirdly the hand/finger gaurd to pressure the meat to blade is only 5" long (3 1/2" tall) so to get good even slices on bacon I have been using a fork to guide and add pressure. I have yet to feed said fork to the blade...yet.I found freezing the bacon remedies the first problem and trimming the second. It does cut the frozen bacon with ease still and it's not a problem to slice a few pounds in 15min.Overall the machine is easy to clean and lube. It is well built. It is made in China. The thickness adjustment is great and can be set to naught to 3/4".I wish there was an aftermarket sled available or the designers had given the same thought, attention and capability into the sled that they did for the rest of the machine.

Total CrapI sliced some cheese with this for ten minutes, then it stopped working. Changed the fuse, did all the troubleshooting. Totally dead.

I read the reviews but I always jump to the bad ones to see what I'm really dealing with. I wasn't too discouraged, thankfully!

Happy with it.

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I love my slicer! I have been slicing cabbage for sauerkraut by hand! It’s hard to get it thin enough plus it takes a long time to slice 3 cabbages and causes my hands to get...

Lovely thin slices to thicker.really like the retractable cord. lightweight yet stable design.

It broke down in four months. Motor went out and the piece that holds the blade is basically ground down since it's made of plastic.

Slices nicely!! Perfect for our use! Anniversary gift for my husband, who loves it!!

There is no Voltage mentioned in the listing, just 120Watt. We in New Zealand use 220Volt, and so the fuse blow first. Unfortunately I have to send it back.

Generally it is a good product, definitely good for home.I tried to slice with it bresaola, and it was a little struggling and does not give nice slices like in the...