# Bread/Meat Slicer (not together)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-meat-slicer-not-together/331943>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-meat-slicer-not-together/331943 "2005-11-20T16:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-meat-slicer-not-together/331943/1 "2005-11-20T16:33:13Z")

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I make my own bread and I want to know where I can get a bread slicer like you see in the bakery. Similarly, I’d love to get a deli slicer for making tri-tip. ham. or turkey sandwiches.

Any idea on how much these are and where I can get one?

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-meat-slicer-not-together/331943/2 "2005-11-20T17:32:52Z")

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Well if you are looking for the comerical quality slicers, a restaurant supply house can fix you right up.  
Warning, there are very large (take up a ton of real estate in your kitchen) expensive units.  
If you are looking for a consumer grade version of them, I am unaware of an consumer electric bread slicer. We have a [bow knife](http://www.thewhitewhale.com/fbow.htm) at our house.  
Meat slicers are available for home use [here is a page with a bunch](http://www.kitchenemporium.com/cgi-bin/kitchen/prod/01_food_meat_slicer.html)  
Be aware that you are not going to get deli quality results out of a $100 slicer.

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**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-meat-slicer-not-together/331943/3 "2005-11-21T07:59:26Z")

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Have used commercial slicers professionally, but at home make do with an inexpensive Chef’s Choice slicer. Ironically, it’s a better bread slicer than it is a meat slicer. That is, it does fine with cooked meats, but less well with raw (though servicable). Frankly, unless you’ve got a very deep pocketbook, this (or something similar) is probably the best answer, and will kill both birds with one stone.