Cuisinart CEK-40 Electric Knife - Cuisinart's electric knife is really two knives...

Cuisinart's electric knife is really two knives in one with full-size interchangeable bread and carving blades in high-grade stainless steel. Knife handle is ergonomically designed to work comfortably when held in the right or left hand. Set comes with a becoming wooden butcher block storage unit with blade lock-ins for added safety. Includes 4-foot cord, one-touch on/off trigger and Cuisinart's 3-year warranty. Knife blades are dishwasher safe. Model #CEK-40.

Cuisinart's electric knife adds a little electricity to any carving or cutting job, providing the extra power a real kitchen commando needs. Its powerful motor combines with two stainless-steel blades (one for carving and one for bread) to make short work of almost every slicing task, whether you're working with a roast, French bread, or vegetables. It has a comfortable ergonomic handle designed to be used by right- or left-handed people, a solid-wood butcher-block storage tray with a safety lock system for storage in a drawer or on the counter, a one-touch pressure-activated on/off trigger control, and space for wrapping the cord. --A.J. Rathbun

Customer Reviews:

stripped gears
I am very disappointed with this product. I was carving my Thanksgiving turkey yesterday when the knife stopped working after it got hooked on bone in the wing. The motor continued to work, but the blades stopped moving. The knife has only been used 3 times, but I had to throw it out today. I opened the plastic case, and found a metal worm gear coming off the motor shaft,and a cheap nylon gear attached to it to move the blades back and forth. The nylon gear was stripped and the knife was useless. My prior knife, much less expensive, lasted for 18 years. The Cuisinart knife is not well made and only works well when it is not under any stress.
--2006-11-24

Cuisinart CEK-40 Electric Knife -- needs to be modified
I bought this knife and wanted to use it to carve up a roasted pig for a luau party I was having. The knife was a little under powered, it seemed to struggle when cutting larger slices. The pig was quite large (60 lbs) and after about 20 minutes of continuous use the knife became quite warm and stopped working. After a few choice explectives I handed it to my husband. Lucky for me my husband is a mechanical engineer who owns his own business which includes a metal working machine shop. Later that week he took it apart and discovered that there is a very fragile plastic Nylon gear that is part of the main drive. The plastic teeth on the gear were stripped and that is why the knife stopped working. He told me he did a few quick gear calculations (he is a smart fellow) and determined that the plastic nylon gear teeth strength was way underpowered for the design. He was able to make a duplicate gear out of stainless steel in his machine shop and assembled the new metal gear into the knife replacing the junk plastic one. Since that time the knife has worked flawless. I have since carved all sorts of roasts, pork, turkeys and no matter how long or hard the carving is, even if I hit a bone, it never stopped working. The Cuisinart engineers should be embarrased, this is such an easy fix to make (all they need to do is change out the Plastic nylon gear for a metal one, maybe cost them an extra 10 cents?), it is like they never did any research and developement on this product because I know if they tried to cut anything other then bread the dam knife would stop working after about 10 minutes of use. I would say that all the good reviews here are from people slicing bread, if you want to slice meat and use the knife for more then 10 minutes you will need to find an engineer and a machine shop to replace the plastic gear, after that it works great.
--2006-08-05

Best Electric Knife out there
This is my first electric knife, and I'm glad I read the reviews here on it before buying it. Works like a charm, easy to clean and operate, and makes slicing our homemade bread very easy.

--2006-06-26

Slow start for cutting.
When the knife 1st touches the surface of the food you are going to cut, it it takes more effort to get started. I primarly use my knife for carving rib-roast.
--2006-05-28

Excellent product
More powerful than other electric knives I've used. Cuts easily through cold meats. Well designed and comfortable to use.
--2006-03-25