Meat Grinder recommendations


 
timothy said:
If you already have a food processor that will work for doggie food.
Just pulse till you get the right texture.
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More than dog food :D I use my processor when I make Bolognese. I make my pestada in it, I grind my beef and my veal in it as well. Sometimes I use mushrooms to sub for the other meats I cannot put in there because of my wife. It works great!
 
Brett-EDH said:
got this for $35 on an Amazon Lightening deal in 2020. it does go on sale frequently from past experience. it works very well. hand wash only. freeze for 30 minutes before use to keep a cold working environment. and 1/8 turn back off the locking nut ring that keeps the cutting plate in place to avoid over pressure on the plate and potential for metal shavings in your food. let your protein provide the pressure to the plate and nut.

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I have this one also. Works well for me.
 
LMichaels said:
Really? It doesn't start getting the grind chamber hot to where the beef fat starts to melt and get a little "gooey"?
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My meat is partially frozen and I freeze the metal grinder and parts for an hour prior to using. No smearing.

But if you use it warm and your meat isn’t cold, you’ll have smearing.
 
Brett-EDH said:
My meat is partially frozen and I freeze the metal grinder and parts for an hour prior to using. No smearing.

But if you use it warm and your meat isn’t cold, you’ll have smearing.
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I do the same with my old Hobart grinder but it's pretty much useless pretty quickly
 
I have the same one as Brett also and it works good.
I think having a stand alone grinder would be really cool but not necessary because the KA works well enough for me.
My money and minimal space would be better spent on on a real vacuum sealer or sausage stuffer.

Richard I really like your dog food idea.
Can you go into a little detail on what you do or want to do?

A couple years ago my wife was on the phone with her cousin and her cousin (a traveling Canadian Arctic nurse) said “hold on a second I have to toss my dog a fish”.
The wife was surprised at that statement and asked her about it.
She replied what else am I going to feed the dog.
Apparently Huskies do just fine on a salmon diet.
 
AndyK said:
I have the same one as Brett also and it works good.
I think having a stand alone grinder would be really cool but not necessary because the KA works well enough for me.
My money and minimal space would be better spent on on a real vacuum sealer or sausage stuffer.

Richard I really like your dog food idea.
Can you go into a little detail on what you do or want to do?

A couple years ago my wife was on the phone with her cousin and her cousin (a traveling Canadian Arctic nurse) said “hold on a second I have to toss my dog a fish”.
The wife was surprised at that statement and asked her about it.
She replied what else am I going to feed the dog.
Apparently Huskies do just fine on a salmon diet.
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Bet you’ve never seen a Boston Terrier devour a live chicken. Sad but true. Feisty terriers.
 
Resurrecting this. I'm gonna be having a bunch of beef trimmings coming up for grinding. A bag from the last brisket I did, a bunch from trimming the rib primal I bought the other day, and a bunch more coming up from the brisket I will be buying today for this coming weekend large gathering at my house Saturday. (celebrating my 74th from last Friday, my daughter and son in law's 9th and wife's and mine 40th coming up on Sunday.
So I ordered this attachment for the KitchenAid https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH2S8GB1?tag=tvwb-20
The old all metal Hobart I got from my mom is pretty well worn out and I cannot get a new "knife" for it. So I ordered a new one. Hopefully this new stainless steel one does a good job. No worries about power from the KitchenAid since we have the 1.3HP 8qt Commercial
 
LMichaels said:
Resurrecting this. I'm gonna be having a bunch of beef trimmings coming up for grinding. A bag from the last brisket I did, a bunch from trimming the rib primal I bought the other day, and a bunch more coming up from the brisket I will be buying today for this coming weekend large gathering at my house Saturday. (celebrating my 74th from last Friday, my daughter and son in law's 9th and wife's and mine 40th coming up on Sunday.
So I ordered this attachment for the KitchenAid https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH2S8GB1?tag=tvwb-20
The old all metal Hobart I got from my mom is pretty well worn out and I cannot get a new "knife" for it. So I ordered a new one. Hopefully this new stainless steel one does a good job. No worries about power from the KitchenAid since we have the 1.3HP 8qt Commercial
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Looks
Like mine which is aluminum iirc. I’d recco hand washing anyway and. It using the dishwasher. It’s only a few minutes time to clean after use. And par frozen beef grinds best so the fat doesn’t smear. Happy all those date and have a fun fest!
 
I just didn't like the idea of aluminum. Which is why I was looking for SS. My Hobart is aluminum. And quite honestly it's a bone of contention for me. Mostly because of aesthetics
 
LMichaels said:
I just didn't like the idea of aluminum. Which is why I was looking for SS. My Hobart is aluminum. And quite honestly it's a bone of contention for me. Mostly because of aesthetics
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lmk how this new SS goes for you. i've been happy with the aluminum one so far. and we always hand wash my cooking tools (knives, accessories, parts and stuffs). the dishwasher is for plates and regular stuff.
 
I store the grinder blade and plates in a small ziploc baggie with a folded oiled paper towel.
Depending on the quality of the SS you can still get some surface rust.
 
I've tried doing the sharpening procedure I see online nothing helps. Not sure of the model. Mom, got it in the 60s IIRC it came from a company at the time called Steinburg Baum right on the border of Niles and Chicago. So, I am hoping this new stainless steel one pushes out some meat. I'd hate to buy yet another appliance in a stand alone
 
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