Customer Reviews

Maverick MM-5501 Mince Master 575-Watt Meat Grinder, White

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This was a BIG mistake! The grinder is very cheaply made, and I mean VERY.. I got things all ready to grind some meat, turned it on and it spit out 5 or 6 meat grindings and then made a horrible noise. I quickly turned it off, and took the grinder apart. Meat was wrapped around the screw (the one that turns to push the meat out, which had to be cut off very slowly with a knife and pair of scissors. After finishing that long task, I saw at the end of the grinder screw that the plastic nut was cracked in 4 places(which explains why I had plastic chunks in the few strands of meat that did come out). It hadn't been cracked when I put the grinder together. I had a huge mess to clean up, not to mention all the aggravation I went through with [...]. I absolutely DO NOT recommend this product. [...]

This meat grinder works really good. We've only used it once so far, but it ground the meat nice. We ground around 10 pounds of meat in just a few minutes. We were impressed by how good it worked.

I purchased the Maverick-5501 after reading positive reviews, however next time I checked most of the reviews were very negative. After receiving the grinder I could see that it was indeed poorly made, my biggest concern was the assembly where the grinding mechanism attaches to the body of the machine. The male and female fittings are both plastic,small and not very sturdy. I was concerned that the machine would not last long and with only a 30 day manufacturers warranty policy I decided not to take a chance on it and returned it. I purchased the Cabela pro 450 from Cabela's, the quality is so much better all stainless steel and cast aluminum. I've used it several times and have had no problems.

I have used this product for a few months to grind chicken and cheese. Both work great on fine grind die. I am confused about the advertisement that Amazon claims it grinds nuts because the safety instructions say in one place that it will grind nuts but then on another page it says not to grind nuts... confusing. I have saved over $90 buying frozen chicken breasts at $2/lb and grinding it vs the $6/lb I used to pay. I have seen complaints about the plastic components but have not had troubles as of yet; they may have never bought it or didn't read the directions and over tightened the assembly. I ground about 4lbs in less than 20 mins. The longest is prep and cleaning which is way easier than I though it would be. Buy a special bruch that will clean the dies they hard fairly hard to clean (at least the fine one is due to the small holes). I have owned the product between two and three months.

I have nothing to say but positive things about this grinder. I have had mine for a couple of years now and have used it extensively to grind my own ground beef and pork as well as to make sausage. It is powerful and makes the job easy. I can't understand the negative reviews....perhaps an unfortunate lemon or just maybe operator error.

I bought this grinder recently. My first experience with it was terrible. I set it up, turned it on, and fed in a slice of beef to see what would happen. The machine started shaking violently, the case split open, and some plastic parts flew out. The machine was not engineered properly. After 2 minutes use it turned itself into a pile of junk . It is now waiting for me to take it back to the store. I would say you should pass this one up.

I bought another meat grinder that got good reviews on Amazon but it didn't work well for my purpose--grinding chicken necks for dog food. I ended up selling it to a hunter after I used it once. Then I bought this Maverick and have used it four or five times with no problems--it is excellent for grinding chicken necks. Do not put the aluminum pieces in the dishwasher on sanitize setting however--they will end up dark with a powdery coating that comes off on your hands.

The engine burned after one month of using, but store replaced the engine without any question. They have 3 month warrantee.

I bought this product for $75. The mechanical parts are made of plastic therefore it is broken easily when any food or meat stucks in the grinder.
I got what I paid for!