Customer Reviews

Meat Grinder #8 with Meat & Sausage Stuffer

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This item shipped promptly and I received it last night. I gave it a thorough going over, cleaned each part meticulously and sharpened the cutting blade with an Arkansas whetstone. One of the product reviews I read, prior to purchase, made the notation that he had to sharpen the blade before the thing would cut right. For this reason, this was the first thing I checked and the gentleman was right on the mark.

I gave the unit its first use this morning to make a batch of ground bologna and was well pleased with the operation of the unit. My only complaint with the unit is with the plastic pusher. It is a die cast piece, and for some reason they left about a 3mm (1/8") hole in the middle of the big end. This allows the thing to collect water during washing and is very difficult to get it out. I will most likely have my friend make me a wooden one out of maple and then give it several good coats of mineral oil. This is the only reason I let my rating go to 4 stars.

One thing to be aware of with this meat grinder. Both the plate and cutter are made of high carbon steel (as they should be as stainless alloys simply do not take a good edge) and will rust if not properly cleaned and coated with a small amount of mineral oil prior to storage. I used a Q-tip to coat the inside of the holes in the plate. Note: Never use vegetable oil for this purpose as it will turn rancid after a time, and if the grinder is not used for an extended period of time, it will also semi-solidify and be very difficult to clean off. In any event, always clean a meat grinder immediately after use and be certain to oil coat the high-carbon steel parts. Meat grinders have some nooks and crannies in them and it is much easier to clean them before the last item ground has had a chance to dry and stick.

This is not as well made as the older, made in U.S.A., model that I used for most of 40 years, but all considered, it does what it is supposed to do, all of the parts fit correctly (even the sausage stuffing tubes). A decent value for the price. I would recommend this product to my friends.

Decent meat grinder, but not great. It certainly did the job for us, but had some drawbacks. The parts of the grinder are not made precisely to size and fit into each other awkwardly. The narrowest plastic sausage stuffer funnel that comes with the grinder is too wide for the 3/4-inch lamb intestines that we used. We had a regular plastic kitchen funnel of our own with a narrow enough opening, so I cut its wide end in order to fit into the meat grinder and use for stuffing. Now we'll have to buy another kitchen funnel to replace the one I cut.