Best slicer from Waltons for bacon, pork loin?
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Hi, I’m looking at the Waltons 10in and 12in slicers, and the other Weston 10 inch one they sell. I will use it for bacon, Canadian bacon/pork loin, maybe small butt sizes like capocolla. Also pastrami and brisket.
I would think 12in best for bacon, but then the 10 inch blurb says “The extra-large carriage and blade mean you can put big cuts like hams and even bacon on here for slicing.” Since no spec is given for max width of cut, i.e. carriage travel, now I’m wondering if the smaller 10 inch blade gives that one a longer carriage bed and travel?
Can anyone with experience on these tell me which is best for max width of meat etc?
Thx!
Jonathon maybe?Dave in AZ: I do not have any experience with the Walton 10 in slicer but I have gone through the search for a slicer thing. I started out with a small 8" plastic slicer. That was before I started doing bacon. I quickly decided that I needed to upgrade. The largest slicer I could get to fit on my kitchen counters was a 10" slicer. I was not familiar with Walton’s at the time. I hate to buy things sight unseen so I went to Cabela’s and bought one of their “Commercial” grade 10" slicers. The carriage travel just wasn’t long enough to do whole slabs of bacon. I had to bend the slabs and tie them to get a whole slice. I looked at the Cabela’s 12 in slicer and the carriage travel was not much longer than the 10". Someone on another forum told me to start looking for a used Hobart or Berkel 12" slicer. I found a used Hobart locally for $175.00. I made sure that it ran and the blade didn’t wobble before I bought it. I found a place that had a blade sharpener and they did a tune up on the slicer. This took the total cost to $500.00. Since this slicer is to heavy for me to pickup and move around I bought a stainless steel cart with wheels. This slicer is simply a beast when it comes to slicing bacon and it will cut up to 7/8" thick. Just a thought.
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Dave in AZ: I do not have any experience with the Walton 10 in slicer but I have gone through the search for a slicer thing. I started out with a small 8" plastic slicer. That was before I started doing bacon. I quickly decided that I needed to upgrade. The largest slicer I could get to fit on my kitchen counters was a 10" slicer. I was not familiar with Walton’s at the time. I hate to buy things sight unseen so I went to Cabela’s and bought one of their “Commercial” grade 10" slicers. The carriage travel just wasn’t long enough to do whole slabs of bacon. I had to bend the slabs and tie them to get a whole slice. I looked at the Cabela’s 12 in slicer and the carriage travel was not much longer than the 10". Someone on another forum told me to start looking for a used Hobart or Berkel 12" slicer. I found a used Hobart locally for $175.00. I made sure that it ran and the blade didn’t wobble before I bought it. I found a place that had a blade sharpener and they did a tune up on the slicer. This took the total cost to $500.00. Since this slicer is to heavy for me to pickup and move around I bought a stainless steel cart with wheels. This slicer is simply a beast when it comes to slicing bacon and it will cut up to 7/8" thick. Just a thought.
Idaho Smokey thx for your thoughts!
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Dave in AZ I put a task on my schedule to get you the exact dimensions of the carriage for the Walton’s 10 and 12" slicer tomorrow AM
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Dave in AZ I put a task on my schedule to get you the exact dimensions of the carriage for the Walton’s 10 and 12" slicer tomorrow AM
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Okay, the 10 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" from wide and 7" “long” from the back of the carriage to the starting point of the blade. the 12 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" wide and 8.25" “long”.
Hope that helps!
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Okay, the 10 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" from wide and 7" “long” from the back of the carriage to the starting point of the blade. the 12 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" wide and 8.25" “long”.
Hope that helps!
Jonathon said in Best slicer from Waltons for bacon, pork loin?:
Okay, the 10 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" from wide and 7" “long” from the back of the carriage to the starting point of the blade. the 12 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" wide and 8.25" “long”.
Hope that helps!
Which of those dimensions is the horizontal travel distance of the carriage?
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Okay, the 10 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" from wide and 7" “long” from the back of the carriage to the starting point of the blade. the 12 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" wide and 8.25" “long”.
Hope that helps!
Jonathon I just purchased a 10" Walton’s slicer Friday night. It hasn’t shipped yet and I thought at that price point (over $300.00) the shipping was free. I was charged $19.99 for shipping. Please advise if I’m mistaken about this. Thank you.
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Bob Stehlik Free shipping from waltons.com is at $500, not $300 and if by last you mean the 17th it will ship this AM. processhead the “long” is the travel, the wide is the measurement from the adjustable depth holder up to the…I suck at words. Hold Ill take a pic and post it.
Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself
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Jonathon I just purchased a 10" Walton’s slicer Friday night. It hasn’t shipped yet and I thought at that price point (over $300.00) the shipping was free. I was charged $19.99 for shipping. Please advise if I’m mistaken about this. Thank you.
Bob Stehlik Have fun with your new baby (whenever it arrives:) ).
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Bob Stehlik Free shipping from waltons.com is at $500, not $300 and if by last you mean the 17th it will ship this AM. processhead the “long” is the travel, the wide is the measurement from the adjustable depth holder up to the…I suck at words. Hold Ill take a pic and post it.
Jonathon You know what they say a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Okay, the 10 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" from wide and 7" “long” from the back of the carriage to the starting point of the blade. the 12 in Walton’s Slicer is 8" wide and 8.25" “long”.
Hope that helps!
Jonathon thx very much for running this down! Those are measurements everyone contemplating an expensive slicer purchase will want to know, hopefully they can make it to the product specs on their page
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Bob Stehlik Free shipping from waltons.com is at $500, not $300 and if by last you mean the 17th it will ship this AM. processhead the “long” is the travel, the wide is the measurement from the adjustable depth holder up to the…I suck at words. Hold Ill take a pic and post it.
Jonathon Thanks for the update
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Bob Stehlik Have fun with your new baby (whenever it arrives:) ).
zbigjeff Thanks Jeff. I’m sure I will enjoy it. I’ve been living with two 7 1/2 inch slicers for 10 years or so. They still work fine but we just wanted to up grade so we don’t have to cut some things in half in order to get full sized slices. (plus we wanted to take advantage of the 20% off for Fathers Day!)
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So just to be clear, on these slicers would you have to fold over or split in half a pork belly slab to do bacon slices on the 10 and 12 inch Walton Slicers, or am I missing something.
Paul
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zbigjeff Thanks Jeff. I’m sure I will enjoy it. I’ve been living with two 7 1/2 inch slicers for 10 years or so. They still work fine but we just wanted to up grade so we don’t have to cut some things in half in order to get full sized slices. (plus we wanted to take advantage of the 20% off for Fathers Day!)
Bob Stehlik I can see the smile on your face when you open it for the first time. Nice buy.
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So just to be clear, on these slicers would you have to fold over or split in half a pork belly slab to do bacon slices on the 10 and 12 inch Walton Slicers, or am I missing something.
processhead said in Best slicer from Waltons for bacon, pork loin?:
So just to be clear, on these slicers would you have to fold over or split in half a pork belly slab to do bacon slices on the 10 and 12 inch Walton Slicers, or am I missing something.
I’m curious as well. I did slice a side on my 8in, but that led to some bandages.
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processhead said in Best slicer from Waltons for bacon, pork loin?:
So just to be clear, on these slicers would you have to fold over or split in half a pork belly slab to do bacon slices on the 10 and 12 inch Walton Slicers, or am I missing something.
I’m curious as well. I did slice a side on my 8in, but that led to some bandages.
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So just to be clear, on these slicers would you have to fold over or split in half a pork belly slab to do bacon slices on the 10 and 12 inch Walton Slicers, or am I missing something.
processhead If your pork belly is 11 or 12 inches wide then yes you can split it in half or I ‘fold’ the belly. I fold mine in the shape of a U, put a rubber band on it and put it on a shelf in my freezer to really stiffen it up. Then I feed it through the slicer with the bottom on the U to be first to hit the blade. The handle/gripper on the slicer held it well and nice even slices until you are almost out of bacon.
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processhead If your pork belly is 11 or 12 inches wide then yes you can split it in half or I ‘fold’ the belly. I fold mine in the shape of a U, put a rubber band on it and put it on a shelf in my freezer to really stiffen it up. Then I feed it through the slicer with the bottom on the U to be first to hit the blade. The handle/gripper on the slicer held it well and nice even slices until you are almost out of bacon.
jfyoung45 Never thought of that, good idea.
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