Meat grinder question
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I know of two people that have burned the brushes up in their Kitchen Aid's from using the meat grinder, but also know of several that have had no problem. I would think if you are only doing a little grinding here and there it would be fine otherwise check the bigger grinders as mentioned before.
We have one, but also have the professional grade mixer, too. When our big grinder blade went bad last year in the middle of making deer burger, we had to finish with the KitchenAid. It worked ok, but we went really slow. As said above, I use it for smaller jobs all the time, but don't plan on using it for any big jobs again.
I was told that if I break her mixer I could find a new place to sleep, so she got a new meat grinder from Gander for Christmas last year. I think the one I bought was a 1 or 1-1/2hp motor and can do a couple of pounds of meat per minute, and was on sale for just over $100.00. For our usage this one works great and is alot cheeper than finding a new place to sleep.
show_me_the_snow
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I can't imagine a better grinder on the market for the price. Watch for it on sale for $99.99
The one Kept up north is going on 10 yrs of heavy grinding and sausage making.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200451267_200451267
The one Kept up north is going on 10 yrs of heavy grinding and sausage making.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200451267_200451267
caged_beagle
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I absolutely love my kitchenaid and the grinder attachment. We just made over 20lbs. of venison burger last weekend. We run it once through on the coarse grind, once with the fine grind, then mix with your personal favorite spices and/or sausage and lard, then one more grind through with the fine grind. One right after another, never had a problem overheating or anything as mentioned in previous posts and we have had this unit over 5 years. Plus you can make pasta with it if you buy the extra grind plates that are available, although I wish i would have known that before buying the more expensive pasta attachment, but oh well. I my opinion, you have already spent in excess of $350 probably for the mixer, why not add to its duty with the inexpensive attachments? Oh and search the web I have seen these attachments for as little as $25-$35 on some websites. And check ebay for used ones as i would have no problem buying these used as there really are no parts to wear out or motors to break. It just attaches to the mixers PTO (if you will) and is all mechanical. Just my .02¢
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when i was a newbee they told me "kid ,never let your meatloaf",i said no sir i wont ,then asked how many lbs do you need today???? They are still lol after 37 yrs...meathead
when i was a newbee they told me "kid ,never let your meatloaf",i said no sir i wont ,then asked how many lbs do you need today???? They are still lol after 37 yrs...meathead