![]() There is also an Oliver 1/2 inch slicer now on ebay for $895. Both Berkel and Oliver have easily replaceable blades and the blades are not too expensive and do last a long time. There is a used Berkel on ebay for $449.00, runs on household current. Restaurant suppliers don't/won't fix them or stock parts to fix them, Bakery Suppliers will. If you buy used, buy it from a Bakery Supplier, NOT a Restaurant supplier or auction house. These are mechanical devices and rely on mechanical movement and lots of bearings and bushings. I used to keep mine( a cheapy) on a trolley and would wheel it into a closet when I didn't need it. ![]() There are cheap bread slicers (Taiwan, China) and expensive ones (European, American i.e "Oliver"). If you don't want to bite the bullet and get a slicer, a bread knife and elbow grease are about your only option. Beleive it or not, the crust on bread is very hard on knife edges and dulls them quickly, and once you cut throught the crust, the blade grabs the soft sticky interior and mushes it up. BUT you still have to turn the crank.ĭo NOT use a meat slicer. There are manual European style rotary slicers for bread-resembles a meat slicer but with a circular serrated blade. Many Christmases ago, I gave a friend who had just begun playing with a bread machine a similar bread cutting guide that was built into a storage box, so the bread could be stored in the box and cut using the guide. It is possible I saw it on ebay, however I think it was on an artisan woodworker's site. It was one of the bread cutting boards with a slotted base, through which the crumbs would fall and the slotted side guides folded down into the base. I have seen a cutting board with adjustable guides in the past but I can't find the link at this time. ![]() Most bread cutting guides now available are only sized for regular-sized loaves, baguettes and etc., like this one: While the blade is not long enough to cut across larger boules when laid flat, they can easily be cut with the boule turned up onto a side. That's the next project.An inexpensive solution might be a fiddle bow knife, or don't use easy off oven cleaning spray! I oxidized the aluminum, but I'm sure that I can find a product that will shine the aluminum like new. This is a $1300 slicer and he was asking $350 for it! I called and for grins asked what his bottom dollar was on it and he said $275! I picked it up today and there was no way I was haggling further on this beautiful 12" unit! It had a few years worth of veg oil build up, but a lil elbow grease and this thing was cleaned up and working like new! Heck, if I didn't like it, I could sell it for twice what I paid for it! I love this thing and can't wait to slice up some sausage, pepperoni, salami etc! One thing I have to say about cleaning aluminum though. He needed room in his small apartment and had to get rid of this heavy appliance. I finally found a Craigslist add from a guy who's family sandwich shop closed a couple years ago and the only thing he kept was a Berkel 827a meat slicer. I've been wanting a professional grade meat slicer for years after hearing all of the nightmares about the plastic cheap jobs out there.
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