Meat slicing apparatus

An apparatus for slicing meats compromising an electrically driven meat chuck assembly for rotating the meat about a vertical axis, a circular slicer blade for cutting the meat, vertical indexing means for gradually moving the blade vertically, positioning means for moving the blade into slicing engagement and disengagement from the meat, a meat support means for slicing boneless meats, and a positioning stop to limit blade movement during boneless slicing operations. The indexing means include an electrically driven threaded drive shaft providing movement of the blade, and whereby upon disengagement of the blade from the meat, the relative respective positions there between are maintained. The positioning is pneumatically driven, whereby the force bringing the blade into engagement with the meat may be readily overcome manually so as to facilitate prevention of the blade cutting into bones or joints at the eccentrically oriented with respect to the axis of rotation of the meat.