Sawing device for sawing a material to be sawn, having meat and/or bones of animal origin, and in particular being frozen, comprising - a housing, - a sawing element (81, 82, 83, 84) and - a motor for driving the sawing element, - at least one circular saw blade as a sawing element, - a rocker which is pivotably mounted in the housing about a rocker axis, characterized in that the rocker has an insertion compartment for inserting the material to be sawn and a cover which is mounted on the rocker such that it can be pivoted about a cover axis in order to open and close the insertion compartment, wherein the insertion compartment comprises at least one slot (41, 71) which is arranged and formed in such a manner that the circular saw blade for sawing the material to be sawn can be plunged through the slot into the insertion compartment by means of the pivotability of the rocker, and wherein the sawing device has at least one slide guide which is formed by a first element on the cover and a second element on the housing, wherein the first or second element is designed as a sliding track and the respective other element is designed as a sliding block, wherein the sliding track: ∘ has a blocking section and a sawing section, ∘ is formed in the blocking section in such a way that a blocking of the rocker with respect to the pivotability can be effected by a presence of the sliding block in the blocking section, and ∘ is formed in the sawing section in such a way that the pivotability of the rocker and thus the plungability of the circular saw blade can be provided by the presence of the sliding block in the sawing section. - a housing, - a sawing element (81, 82, 83, 84) and - a motor for driving the sawing element, - at least one circular saw blade as a sawing element, - a rocker which is pivotably mounted in the housing about a rocker axis, characterized in that the rocker has an insertion compartment for inserting the material to be sawn and a cover which is mounted on the rocker such that it can be pivoted about a cover axis in order to open and close the insertion compartment, wherein the insertion compartment comprises at least one slot (41, 71) which is arranged and formed in such a manner that the circular saw blade for sawing the material to be sawn can be plunged through the slot into the insertion compartment by means of the pivotability of the rocker, and wherein the sawing device has at least one slide guide which is formed by a first element on the cover and a second element on the housing, wherein the first or second element is designed as a sliding track and the respective other element is designed as a sliding block, wherein the sliding track: ∘ has a blocking section and a sawing section, ∘ is formed in the blocking section in such a way that a blocking of the rocker with respect to the pivotability can be effected by a presence of the sliding block in the blocking section, and ∘ is formed in the sawing section in such a way that the pivotability of the rocker and thus the plungability of the circular saw blade can be provided by the presence of the sliding block in the sawing section. ∘ has a blocking section and a sawing section, ∘ is formed in the blocking section in such a way that a blocking of the rocker with respect to the pivotability can be effected by a presence of the sliding block in the blocking section, and ∘ is formed in the sawing section in such a way that the pivotability of the rocker and thus the plungability of the circular saw blade can be provided by the presence of the sliding block in the sawing section.