Help please

[SinclairDAWG71]

For you that make your sausage at home. What is a good meat grinder? Price range 250-350

 

[NCHillbilly]

LEM or Cabelas. For that matter, I’ve ground tons of deer, pork, and beef for 15 years with a $99 northern tool grinder.

 

[mrs. hornet22]

Ill second the 99$ northern tool. It's been good to us.

 

[the Lackster]

If you making sausage COLD meat is gonna be more important that what grinder you get. NCHillbilly is steering you right though.

 

[pop pop jones]

Yep, dang near frozen

 

[specialk]

If you are just making breakfast sausage any grinder will do , but if you are doing any kind that requires stuffing then i would look at one that can grinding as well as stuffing..

 

[tr21]

if you have a kitchenaid mixer you can get a grinder attachment for it. dont buy their grinder though, i bought a aftermarket one on ebay for under $40. the one i have from kitchenaid split where it was molded together after a few times.

Kenome Mixer Meat Grinder Food Grinder Attachments For Stand Kitchen Aid Mixers

 

[NCHillbilly]

If you are just making breakfast sausage any grinder will do , but if you are doing any kind that requires stuffing then i would look at one that can grinding as well as stuffing..

The stuffer works good on my NT one. I think pretty much all of them have stuffer attachments.

 

[Studawg170]

if you have a kitchenaid mixer you can get a grinder attachment for it. dont buy their grinder though, i bought a aftermarket one on ebay for under $40. the one i have from kitchenaid split where it was molded together after a few times.

Kenome Mixer Meat Grinder Food Grinder Attachments For Stand Kitchen Aid Mixers

That's what I use

 

[Sixes]

My Cabelas is still strong as ever after ~13 years and LOTS of deer and hogs

 

[SinclairDAWG71]

Thanks for the help.

 

[sbroadwell]

if you have a kitchenaid mixer you can get a grinder attachment for it. dont buy their grinder though, i bought a aftermarket one on ebay for under $40. the one i have from kitchenaid split where it was molded together after a few times.

Kenome Mixer Meat Grinder Food Grinder Attachments For Stand Kitchen Aid Mixers

Mine split, too. I glued it back together with Rodbond, fishing rod epoxy. Any good two part epoxy would work, I imagine. I've been using mine after gluing for several years now.
My daughter bought one of those aftermarket ones, and it is great. Wish I had known about it before I bought the Kitchen Aid attachment.

 

[C.Killmaster]

The LEM or Cabelas that @NCHillbilly mentioned would more worthwhile in the long run, especially if you want to later add attachments like a meat cuber or meat mixer. I've had an LEM for 16 years and the only thing I've had to do is replace a worn out nylon bushing and sharpen or replace the knives and plate. I actually bought a dedicated sausage stuffer a few years ago to have better control over filling casings.

 

[elfiii]

The LEM or Cabelas that @NCHillbilly mentioned would more worthwhile in the long run, especially if you want to later add attachments like a meat cuber or meat mixer. I've had an LEM for 16 years and the only thing I've had to do is replace a worn out nylon bushing and sharpen or replace the knives and plate. I actually bought a dedicated sausage stuffer a few years ago to have better control over filling casings.

This. ^ LEM for the win. Mine's at least 16 years old and still going strong without a hitch.

 

[naildrvr]

I've got an LEM then I bought at Bass Pro around 20 years ago. It has been used countless times and has never failed.