Giving 1 star to this food slicer is actually quite generous and only happened because Amazon doesn't have a 0 rating.This food slicer is basically worthless for any use, for hygienic reasons: there is lubricant on the inside of the blade that gets spread over food. Cleaning the blade and/or the inside of the blade compartment is impossible, as the blade carries a gear on the back that sits on another gear that connects to the motor. Because of this, the gears need to be lubricated and the blade gets greasy all over.It's also impossible to slice anything slightly bigger than a roll, since the plastic hand guard can only be placed on the sliding tray in one position. If you have a <gasp> full bread, good luck slicing it! The same goes for salami, etc.Guess when I'm going to buy another Waring Pro product in the future.