Prestige Electric Carving Knife 50778

Advantages: cuts very thinly and evenly
Disadvantages: carving style takes a while to get used to

...I like my roast meat and poultry sliced very thin and always have a problem keeping my carving knives sharp enough so this is the reason I thought I would try an electric carving knife. Initially the problem I had was the change in slicing style. With an electric carving knife, instead or sliding the knife back and forth through the meat gradually working your way down, you place the knife in position and exert a gentle steady downwards pressure until the knife slices off the piece. The knife itself creates the back and forth motion with its blade. This is the most difficult transition as the tendency to move the knife in a traditional manner remains. The Breville EK2 isn’t my first electric carving knife; it’s a replacement for an old Russell Hobbs that had to be retired due to safety reasons. It was getting on in years... Read review

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Advantages: great knife
Disadvantages: none

...I treated my self to this carving knife for my birthday at the begining of this year as i had had enough of always struggling to cut up joints of beef into managable slices and thought it would be realy useful to cut the bread from my bread maker instead of me hacking away at it and making a right mess. Since getting this knife i couldnt imagine life without it, it is small enough to store away easily although mine never stays away long. It makes light work of slicing my beef joints for our dinner and gets me nice thin slices of beef very easily, it is great for cutting the bread as its even cutting motion makes the bread not end up with lumps missing out of it like it does when i calv it by hand. Although it makes light work of carving up the chicken i prefer not to use it as it also goes through the chicken bones very easily and i... Read review

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Advantages: Loaf shape, price,
Disadvantages: Slightly fiddly to carve out the paddles. Manual takes a little working out.

...the electric oven too much, but have found we have used it all the year round and can't imagine llife without it now! My first few loaves were a little dodgy, and then a few stuck to the tin and paddles, but I persevered and following the instructions carefully and at first sticking to Lidl bread mixes, I worked out the best programmes. Once I had baked a few loaves the surface's non-stick qualities improved and now I make all sorts of bread using different flours and dried yeast or the excellent Lidl mixes. It's worth using a small sharp knife to carefully carve out the paddles to prevent them pulling out a chunk of bread with the crust, but one learns how to do it with a little practice, and takes very little time compared to the time saved in going out to buy bread!... Read review

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