Weston Manual Support Beef Jerky Slicer, Quick and Easy Operation For Cuts Up To 5” Wide x 1.25” Thick, Durable Aluminum Construction, Stainless Steel Blades, Charcoal Gray (07-3801-W-A)

Works great. Saves alot of time. The only complaint is, it's almost impossible to clean the blades. Trying to find a brush that will work for cleaning.

I bought this jerky slicer after reading a lot of reviews. I recently started making both beef and pork jerky after watching a Meat Church video on making jerky. The inexpensive pork top loins from Costco seemed to be a good starting point since a failure would result in under $20 waste of ingredients. YouTube consumed a lot of my time so I could get a decent first batch. Trimming and slicing the meat was quite laborious with the partial freezing of the meat then trimming fat and slicing 1/8" or ¼" portions of the meat with lots of variation and inconsistent results. Still, it was fun. After about six batches of jerky, I noticed in some of the YouTube videos that folks were "cheating" the slicing process by using this apparatus to get consistent thickness of their jerky slices. I was not sold so kept watching more videos and then after my most recent jerky batch, I had such variation in quality of slices that I decided to go through reviews on Amazon. Lots of positive reviews and some negative reviews helped me take the risk of ordering the unit. Negative things that I was concerned about: - Meat getting stuck in the slicer - Super sharp blades that might compromise the integrity of your skin - Challenges cleaning the blades after use Positive comments that made me take the risk: - Consistency of slices - Quickness of slicing the meat - Ease of use - Slice without having to partially freeze the meat Yesterday was my inaugural use of the slicer. I crosscut 5 pounds of eye of round in approximately 1" slices in a matter of 5 minutes, then ran each of those slices through the jerky slicer in about 10 minutes. It is amazing how quick and easy that was. My observations regarding the negative and positive points in previous reviews: - The slicer is super easy to use, and the non-frozen meat sliced fast. - When meat got stuck, I simply reversed the crank a partial turn then cranked normally, and the meat went through just fine without continuing to be stuck. - The slices were all the same thickness (bonus for dehydration times) - The blades are scary sharp. As an older person, my skin cuts very easily so I am hyper aware of sharp things. I came close a few times to cutting myself while cleaning the blades, but that awareness kept me out of trouble. Hopefully when I become more comfortable with the slicer, I will not forget to pay attention or there will be human blood in the sink 😊 - Cleaning the body of the slicer is a piece of cake. Cleaning the blades is scary. Why Weston did not include a cleaning brush puzzles me. I highly recommend this slicer if you make jerky in any volume. It is a time saver and adds some consistency that adds to the appeal of the finished product.

Meat needs to be slightly frozen and at 1” or LESS thick Very very sharp

This Weston slicer works really well but you got to make sure you get lean meat if it has too much fat in it it won't cut through it so I always buy eye of the round to make my beef jerky and everybody loves it

Used this for deer jerky and it worked great. Slices were the exact thickness I needed. It was easy to assemble and use. I sliced 30 lbs in about 20 min. I wish I had this years ago! P.s. would also suggest protective gloves when cleaning as the blades are very sharp.

Not worth the money. Much easier to cut by hand, especially when you add in the time to clean the slicer and store it. Plus, the meat is sliced into half inch slivers. Kind of thin for jerkey. Also, you have to slice the meat to a maximum thickness of about an inch before putting through the slicer. Finally, the meat is not sliced clean through. Half to finish slicing the strips by hand. All in all, not a time saver maybe works better with boneless chicken breasts?

OK....this has been a love hate relationship. I think I have it figured out. First off....cleaning is a breeze. No idea why all the complaints. The problem I have had is the meat getting stuck and not pulling through without a lot of manual intervention. Here is what will help. Cut the leading edge of the meat at a 90 degree angle. If you dont do this...the meat doesnt pull through and it is a pain. When I angle the leading edge of the meat...it pulls though like butter. That is my suggestion for anyone struggling....like I did.....with actually having this machine help you cut jerky vs making it more work than just using a knife. I do think they can do some small changes to have the blades help pull through the meat...but for me...the angle cut is working really well.

I love smoking meat and always wanted to smoke jerky. I used to use the dehydrator, but smoking definitely is superior. When you smoke with a large smoker you need a lot of product. It’s wasteful if you’re only putting a pound of meat in so when I smoke jerky I’d like to smoke 5 to 10 pounds at a time with my large smoker. Kind of difficult to do if everything has to be done by hand. I saw this jerky cutter and decided to give it a try and man does it work. It’s simple it’s easy easy to clean. You gotta watch out its very sharp. You can cut a finger off with this thing if you’re not careful but the blades are enclosed inside, so unless you’re the kind of person that has to go poking around where your fingers shouldn’t be, you’ll be fine. All I can say is this machine has allowed me to cut up 8 to 10 pounds of meat to make jerky in minutes some thing that would literally have taken a day to do before. I love this.

Muy funcional y muy buena calidad-precio

Couldnt be more happy with the quality of this slicer. The blades are deadly sharp and the cast made structure of the slicer makes it very very strong. Fixes to the counter top with ease. LOVE IT

Its quick and easy to use

Much easier to do jerky when it’s all the same thickness. Very well made and easy to clean. Does a great job.

1 unit: Did look promising. Started to wash it and assembling it for the first time the I realized there’s no handle and the item is used. Not impressed. Amazon sent another unit next day shipping to replace this one. 2nd unit: box came really beaten, all the parts were there this time. We were able to use the unit and and wow ! Big time saver. Really nice clean cut.