"Trying to slice bacon with a dull blade is like having a screen door on a submarine — in either case you are in trouble,” says Mike Bliss, vice president of operations at Butterball.
The meat industry certainly has many important factors to consider when selecting slicers — not least among them sharpeners — such as sturdiness, efficiency, ergonomics, speed and sanitation. And in terms of features processors find most helpful to daily operations, most manufacturers of slicers now offer blade sharpeners.