daniel craig
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Is the new one plastic? Not sure how long something like that would last. But at $40, I guess it might be worth a try. I have the old Hobart metal grinder attachment, I wonder how they compare?View attachment 962377 This guy just did 20lbs of venison. Needed cleaning out halfway through but otherwise was a beast! $40 at target.
The blades are steel. Ours has lasted over 20 years, and when you figure in those 20+ years, we've used it for grinding deer meat from deer I've shot, and deer my wife has shot, as well as deer our daughter AND one of our grandsons has shot, it's been well worth whatever we paid for it - which I can't even remember.Is the new one plastic? Not sure how long something like that would last.
I have watched a butcher shop that grinds pork shoulder for making their sausage and they add ice to prevent the meat and machine from overheating while grinding.They work good. Not up to the level of a high dollar dedicated grinder, but good enough for a couple deer and a few odd sausage products per year. Well worth the money. You do need to watch the temp of the kitchenaid unit itself, it will overheat during extended grinding and needs a couple of breaks to cool down (don't break the wife's upright mixer grinding "your" venison, and it will be "YOUR" deer meat if it breaks). Ours likes the meat refrigerated or soft frozen for best operation.
The ice helps a lot, more so in a small grinder. It makes it grind much better and acts like a lubricant in a way other then keeping it cool.I have watched a butcher shop hat grinds pork shoulder for making their sausage and they add ice to prevent the meat and machine from overheating while grinding.
They make them in both metal and plastic. The important parts on the plastic one are still metal though.Is the new one plastic? Not sure how long something like that would last. But at $40, I guess it might be worth a try. I have the old Hobart metal grinder attachment, I wonder how they compare?
Is the new one plastic? Not sure how long something like that would last. But at $40, I guess it might be worth a try. I have the old Hobart metal grinder attachment, I wonder how they compare?
For us, time is cheaper than money. Especially when the grinder cost less than the meat processor would.We used one for years to grind meat and stuff sausage. Then came the time in the smoker. It worked well for what it is. Now I just take it to my local meat market and let them grind and pack it. It's cheap compared to the time it took to do it ourselves. If you enjoy doing it and don't mind the time then go for it...
I like to think that I’ll be ok because our kitchenaid is at least 20-30 years old (family pass down) and only got light use over that time, that it’s more rugged than the new ones. Buy you’re right, you can hear the difference in tone when you’re forcing it too hard, that’s when we back it it off.Guys be careful and don’t bog the mixer motor down. The motor is meant for light resistance, and if you bog it down then you end up damaging the motor and dealing with a angry woman who needs her kitchen gadget every day until parts arrive. At least motor replacement wasn’t a big ordeal. I followed a YouTube tutorial and it went fine. Would have been quicker but I had to watch, do, rewatch, redo... I got a dedicated grinder that year for Christmas, and I haven’t killed a deer since to try it out.
Yup most seem to forget that, yet another reason ice helps so much. Even a splash of water will help a lot. A friends brother pushed so hard he broke the neck off a very nice and probably rare grinder attachment for the shopsmiths.That meat pusher is meant to be used to lightly push the meat through the screw to the plates, not to try and cram 10# into a 5# space.
Yep. Go easy and clean it out occasionallyYup most seem to forget that, yet another reason ice helps so much. Even a splash of water will help a lot. A friends brother pushed so hard he broke the neck off a very nice and probably rare grinder attachment for the shopsmiths.
They make them in both metal and plastic. The important parts on the plastic one are still metal though.