That's pretty cool. I wonder what the blade looks like. How thin can it go? Can it split a single steak if a customer asks or does it need to start with a large piece?
One day for extra work on my day off, I worked at a market that had a machine similar to that that sliced boneless meat. All day we were using it for large roasts.
You right brother Larry, makes you wonder what kind of customer service it would give lol Some where around 1974 I was at a demonstration at A&P, on Old National Highway for a new pork loin slicer some company had come out with. you place two pork loins standing up in it and turn it on and it would slice the loin with the chops falling into a pan. after listening to the sales pitch about how much work it would save us, the guy turned it on, it started slicing BUT then after a few slices it started slanging pork chops EVERYWHERE. the big shots up on the front had to duck. The A&P rep. that was there from New York told the guy " GET THAT DAMN THING OUT OF HERE AND DON'T COME BACK "
I've always felt secure in my job. Secure even during this recession *seeing as a lot of people turned from dining out to eating at home to save money.*, but things such as this make me feel a little uncomfortable. Our country's unemployeement is already at a record high...I don't want to be in that statistic. Prepackaged beef is encroaching on our territory, but there is no customer service in that. But they could hire a person, pay him or her $9/hour, teach him to use this, then Boom....no need for this career cutter. Dang Germans! Lol
but boneless porkloins can be sliced so easy by hand..whats the point? yeah sure its neat but tis a little scary too. i hope they dont come out to being in every store at least not til i retire. .. I ll bet thats what walmart uses though.
-- Edited by fdarn on Monday 15th of August 2011 05:18:34 PM
You right brother Larry, makes you wonder what kind of customer service it would give lol Some where around 1974 I was at a demonstration at A&P, on Old National Highway for a new pork loin slicer some company had come out with. you place two pork loins standing up in it and turn it on and it would slice the loin with the chops falling into a pan. after listening to the sales pitch about how much work it would save us, the guy turned it on, it started slicing BUT then after a few slices it started slanging pork chops EVERYWHERE. the big shots up on the front had to duck. The A&P rep. that was there from New York told the guy " GET THAT DAMN THING OUT OF HERE AND DON'T COME BACK "
My current 'Meat God' spoke about seeing a machine that cut full pork loins like this. He said he saw it a Swift when he was a tester there. He said when they worked they were pretty slick, but that wasn't very often. He said the neat part was they didn't leave any bonedust on the chop. You didn't need to scrape them.
I would love one on a pick 5 sale when I was at the 80,000 plus market at wooster! But I agree what would us meatcutters do if we had machines doing it for us.
Not afraid to say I can cut just as fast as that machine. And with way more consistent cuts. Looked like there was up to an 1/8" difference in different cuts...
Is it just me or does that shortloin have absolutely no marbling whatsoever?
That blade makes me curious. No bonedust makes me think it's not a typical bonesaw type blade, with the hooks coming down, or even like a boneless blade. I guess it could be a smooth edge but it took down that bone with no effort at all! Little scary. I hate that pre-packaged meats are becoming more popular... machines like this help out the ones that would have us eliminated. One thing that would bother me though is if they were all consistent. When I'm cutting some nice porterhouses for my case, I always have variety. Every couple of slices I make are different by an eighth or quarter inch. As my old boss used to say - "Variety is the spice of life"
this is basically the same technology used for log splitters. they are just shiny. notice they seem to need a different machine for every task i don't think there are enough rich nuts out there willing to spend millions on several different machines. manpower is still cheaper. ..i hope.. anyone know what kind of price tag goes on these things? anyone know if these people working there are called butchers or technicians? wouldn't it be just horrible when the definition of butcher is someone who pushes buttons and meat cutter is the guy looking at a computer monitor looking for the perfect place to cut.