Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
[Re: beeman]
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06/21/20 11:59 AM
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lem i have a 32 for butchering dont break the bank and Industrial quality... but im going to buy a smaller one for the kitchen to make small batches of fresh sausage
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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06/21/20 12:15 PM
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Do you have a KitchenAid mixer by chance? I use the grinder attachment for it and it works very well. I was surprised by how well in fact. You can grind about as fast as you can feed it. Yes, I have a Kitchenaid mixer with both a metal meat grinder and a plastic grinder. The plastic grinder is showing signs of stress cracking and the older metal one produces some grey oozing (you can google this) when grinding. The Kitchenaid also got a bit warm yesterday grinding a pork butt.
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
[Re: beeman]
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Do you have a KitchenAid mixer by chance? I use the grinder attachment for it and it works very well. I was surprised by how well in fact. You can grind about as fast as you can feed it. Yes, I have a Kitchenaid mixer with both a metal meat grinder and a plastic grinder. The plastic grinder is showing signs of stress cracking and the older metal one produces some grey oozing (you can google this) when grinding. The Kitchenaid also got a bit warm yesterday grinding a pork butt. I use the plastic one. We've ground 20-25lbs at a time without any troubles. You could buy 3-4+ of them for the cost of a stand alone grinder. I never noticed the mixer getting hot though, that would be a big concern. I don't think I could live without it anymore!
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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Cabela's. Had mine for years. Does a great job Which model?
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
[Re: beeman]
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06/21/20 01:20 PM
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Cabelas 1hp commercial grade . 25# pork but sausage yesterday I started with my kitchen aid and lost patience with it and went a got my cabelas out of garage and got it done ,took much longer to clean up than grind the meat .Somethings wrong with my kitchen aid it loaded up with striffen and quit grinding . You can tighten the cabelas enough to cut the tendons and connective tissue
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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I'd go with Lem big bite too, a lot of cool attachments for them as well. I myself wouldn't need more then a #8 or #12 but it all depends on how much meat you do a year.
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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06/21/20 02:43 PM
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I've had the Cabela's 3/4 HP commercial grinder for over 20 years. Have done dozens of moose, a couple bison, 35 caribou, uncounted black bears, over 200 deer, and several beef cows during that time. Have also lent it out to numerous friends for untold tonnage of grinding. Keep it clean, lubed, etc. at it'll last several lifetimes. Real happy with it. Before you purchase, look into what "Yessir" wrote above. Good luck.
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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06/21/20 06:13 PM
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I used to use the grinder on the kitchen aid mixer for several years if you did one deer a year and were done it would be ok but not great but the throat is small and you have to feed it small strips
I was spending a lot of time grinding to do 3-5 deer
for 25 pounds it would be fine but I was grinding more like 100+
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the kitchen aid is a cooks grinder , grind the meat fresh for the dish your making or , ham or turkey salad.
if your getting into butchering a bigger grinder is a very nice tool.
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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Weston 32-1201-w. You guys realize Lem, Cabelas and all the other brand name ones are built by other companies and you are paying a premium to have their names on them don't you? You can find the exact same grinders much cheaper without their names on them. So is that Weston? Who makes these for Lems, Cabelas, etc.?
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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Re: Meat Grinder recommendation
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Do you have a KitchenAid mixer by chance? I use the grinder attachment for it and it works very well. I was surprised by how well in fact. You can grind about as fast as you can feed it. I used to use the grinder on the kitchen aid mixer for several years if you did one deer a year and were done it would be ok but not great but the throat is small and you have to feed it small strips
I was spending a lot of time grinding to do 3-5 deer
for 25 pounds it would be fine but I was grinding more like 100+ s Good to know. I bought a used KitchenAid mixer with the grinder attachment years ago. My wife uses the mixer all the time but we've never used the grinder. I've had the Cabela's 3/4 HP commercial grinder for over 20 years. Have done dozens of moose, a couple bison, 35 caribou, uncounted black bears, over 200 deer, and several beef cows during that time. Have also lent it out to numerous friends for untold tonnage of grinding. Keep it clean, lubed, etc. at it'll last several lifetimes. Real happy with it. Before you purchase, look into what "Yessir" wrote above. Good luck.
Jack That's the one I use, had it about fifteen years now. I swear it would grind up a Volkswagen if you could chop it small enough. I don't think they make them anymore. The new line is Carnivore or something like that.
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