How should product temperature be controlled when slicing cooked meat?

Cooked meat slices best when it is chilled but not frozen; too warm and it smears or crushes, too cold and it shatters, raising blade load. Start with a 2–6 °C window, yet confirm it on your own cooled product. Log core temperature, slice thickness, shape retention and blade wear for each batch, and note motor current, to pinpoint the narrowest range that avoids sticking and breakage. Then fix that range, cooling time and feed speed into your operating standard, making it the benchmark for acceptance and yearly review.