Abstract: A food slicer for slicing a food item, and including a plurality of tracks, and weight slidable associated along the tracks for advancing the food item toward a blade. A weight guide can engage with the weight, with a follower slidable in a track channel defined along a longitudinal length of the tracks. The tracks can be attached to a hub to form a radial arrangement, with a frame slidable along the tracks. The weight guide can include a clamp arm having an opening releasably engageable with a protrusion extending from the weight, a locking arm having a latch engageable with a ledge of the weight, and a piercing arm having a piercing end configured to pierce into the food item. The weight can include a locking recess configured to receive the locking arm, and piercing sections extending having a piercing element configured to pierce into the food item.

Abstract: A base unit device for effective mixing and dispensing of a material, and for quick and efficient cleaning of all components. The base unit defines a base internal cavity, and a removable auger and a removable mixer each rotatably located in the base internal cavity. A mixer support ledge of the mixer can overlap an auger support ledge of the auger to prevent the auger from being withdrawn from the base unit when the mixer and the auger are operatively assembled with the base unit. The mixer can include a locking end featuring locking tabs that can engage with a surface of a sidewall of the base unit that defines a mixer bore, thereby locking the mixer and the auger in position during operation. The base unit can be utilized with a hopper defining a hopper internal cavity for storing the material and providing it to the base internal cavity.