Berkel BK45757 - Manual

Unplug the machine power cord and turn index knob fully

clockwise to close the gauge plate before cleaning the slicer.

The slicer knife is sharp. Exercise extreme caution when

working near the knife.

829A-PLUS Slicer – Cleaning and Sanitizing Instructions

BK45757 (December 2012)

This machine must be cleaned, rinsed and sanitized at intervals to comply with national, state and/or local health codes.

be removed unless the thickness index

knob is set at “0” and the product table

is in home position.

• Unscrew and remove meat pusher and

slide rod from the product table and

remove meat pusher from slide rod.

• Loosen the product table locking knob

and remove the table. The table must

be in home position and the index

knob set to “0” to remove.

• Close the slicer thickness control

by turning the index knob clockwise

to “0”.

• Turn the slicer off and unplug power

cord from the wall outlet.

• Pull the product table to the front

of the slicer (home position) for the

829A-PLUS. The product table has

a gauge plate interlock and cannot

Note: Sanitizer concentration shall comply with Section 4-501.114,

Manual and

Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization – Temperature, pH,

Concentration, and Hardness

of the FDA Food Code. If a chemical sanitizer other than

chlorine, iodine, or quaternary ammonium is used, it shall be applied in accordance

with the EPA-registered label use instructions.

• Remove the center plate by rotating

the locking knob counterclockwise until

loose. The center plate can then be lifted

off the slicer and the rod can be pulled

from the slicer base.

• Remove the slice deflector by sliding it

off the mounting posts.

• Lift the 829A sharpener cover from the

front and rotate it rearward to expose

the top of slicer, ring guard and other

components for cleaning and sanitizing.

Clean the slicer cover and sharpener

working around the stones with deter-

gent and water. See owner’s manual

for detailed instructions for cleaning the

stones.

• Pre-scrape food scraps from the product

table, center plate and slice deflector.

• Wash product table, center plate, meat

pusher and slide rod, and slice deflector

in hot detergent solution.

• Rinse product table, center plate, meat

pusher and slide rod, slice deflector in

fresh, hot potable water.

• Submerge product table, center plate,

meat pusher, meat pusher slide rod, and

slice deflector in sanitizer solution. Set

parts aside on a sanitized surface and

allow to air dry.

• Put on cut resistant gloves. Pre-scrape

food from slicer.

• Using fresh detergent solution, clean the

front side of the knife with a non- abrasive

pad, nylon brush, and/or cloth wipes.

Always wipe from the center of the knife

to the outer edge.

• Clean the backside of the knife with the

fresh detergent solution, non-abrasive

pad, nylon brush, and/or cloth wipes.

• Fold a cloth wipe that has been

submerged in fresh detergent solution

and work it between the ring guard and

knife, starting at the base of the ring

guard. Carefully work the cloth around

the knife, cleaning the edge of the knife,

edge of the ring guard and edge of the

gauge plate. Use extreme caution.

• Clean the rest of the slicer base and

other components with the fresh deter-

gent solution and a non-abrasive pad.

• Clean the table surface under the slicer

with fresh detergent solution.

• Using a fresh cloth wipe, rinse slicer

and area under slicer with fresh hot

potable water.

• Spray slicer and area under slicer with

fresh sanitizer solution from a sanitizer

spray bottle and allow to air dry.

Remove cut-resistant gloves.

• Slide the meat pusher onto the slide

rod. Assemble the slide rod to the

product table. Reinstall the center plate,

the product table and slice deflector to

the slicer. After assembly, spray with

sanitizer solution and allow to air dry.

• Plug in slicer.