# Best meat slicer for around $300

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-meat-slicer-for-around-300/771902>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-meat-slicer-for-around-300/771902 "2016-11-13T21:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-meat-slicer-for-around-300/771902/1 "2016-11-13T21:54:49Z")

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I’m looking for a good meat slicer. The restaurant grade machines start at around $600 for a low end Hobart. I don’t want the cheesy plastic 6 inch serrated bladed $100 models you get from Cabella’s. I’m looking for something in the $300 dollar range that small coffee shop or sandwich place might have. Anybody know of a good brand. It seems like I’m seeing a lot of brands I’ve never heard of.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-meat-slicer-for-around-300/771902/2 "2016-11-14T17:48:08Z")

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Check used restaurant equipment. The problem is that a working slicer used is worth almost as much as a new one. I’ve never seen a consumer quality slicer that was worth the cost. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any, but it takes a powerful motor and large disc to slice through something like roast beef, and even softer foods will tend to gunk up a low end slicer.

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-meat-slicer-for-around-300/771902/3 "2016-11-14T21:34:01Z")

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There are a bunch of them on Craigslist, at least here in Chicago.  
chicago.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=meat+slicer&sort=date&srchType=T

This seems like the type of thing that is worth spending the extra money on a commercial one. They do seem to hold their value pretty well.