This is the perfect thing for someone who insists that this modern world is too safe. This meat cutting machine is absolutely unapologetic about the fact it is here to do only one thing, and to do it really well: carve whatever fits into its slot, into thin little strips. It's fast and powerful, and the instruction manual tells you less about strategies to keep your fingers than the product pictures here on Amazon. So, I'm adding some tips to my review: USE TONGS TO FEED IT! I was being careful, so I used tongs to feed a cucumber in. The cucumber was yanked down rapidly, and if my hand had been holding it I'd hope to have let go in time before my fingers followed it. So, use tongs, never feed it with your fingers or you might ... feed it with your fingers. It's a spectacular timesaver on vegetables and on steaks. I haven't tried other kinds of meat yet, but I expect to see great things from it. The one thing I am not thrilled with is how difficult it is to adequately clean the blades. This thing definitely feels like it's made to sit in a butcher shop running almost around the clock, and get washed out with a steam cleaner at the end of the day. By the way, I think that is what I would recommend to clean it. The instructions do mention that you must use really hot water to wash it, so that it evaporates instead of causing rust. Attached, you'll find the results of running cucumbers and steaks through it. This was a package of bottom round steaks, and the machine barely even slowed down to process them. The 550lbs/hr rated capacity feels like an understatement; the machine feels like it could probably do that in a much shorter amount of time. On another note, if you feed the slices back into it, you get some beautifully shredded little pieces. I actually made a dish that tasted a lot like larb from some meat that I tried that with.
Michael Brands 
