Customer Reviews

VillaWare V5267 Elite ProGrinder Electric Meat Grinder

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I am on a very restrictive diet. Since I require extremely lean meats I must know the quality of the meats in ground products. I needed a quality meat grinder to prepare my own ground meats. This machine does a fabulous job. So far I have used it on beef, pork, chicken, and turkey. All have been speedily ground to perfection using one or more of the 3 interchangeable coarseness plates. The machine has never clogged and the powerful motor makes quick work of the task. It is stable when in use and the suction cup feet keep it in place. The only negatives as far as I am concerned are the noisiness of the operation and the lengthly but necessary task of cleaning the machine when the job is done - both of which I expected anyway. Fortunately, the machine is easy to disassemble and reassemble. Since I buy large quantities of the meats that I wish to process when they are on sale though, I can freeze enough to last a good long time and the cleanings are infrequent. I've used other grinders with less powerful motors and been disappointed in the results. If you are serious about grinding your own, this is the one to get.

We love our new meat grinder. We have already made burger out of three deer this season. It works really well. It is very stable and quick. No problems at all so far. It's pretty easy to clean up too.

My girlfriend bought this model; I bought a food grinder attachment for my KitchenAid mixer. We use them to grind cooked channa (lentils) and pressure-cooked, tender lean beef. The VillaWare is ok. It makes a lot of noise and the griner attachment and food funnel move around while it grinds. The VillaWare basically does not feel solid. Yet it DOES do the job, with some extra effort relative to the KitchenAid attachment. The KitchenAid is a FAR superior product and costs literally half as much as the VillaWare, assuming you already have a KitchenAid mixer. No comparison here--the VillaWare is adequate; KitchenAid food grinder is vastly superior.

I bought this grinder because I want to grind whole, raw chicken, bones and all, for cat food. It works okay for this, even though the directions clearly state, "No bones." For this purpose, use the largest of the three grinding sizes and work very slowly, alternating boney pieces with non-boney pieces. You can tell the grinder has to really work at those bones, so just give it time to do what you want it to.

I received the ProGrinder sooner than expected. So far, I have made sausage patties from ground Pork Shoulder and Chili and Spaghetti from ground Chuck. I love the fresh taste. It is also nice to know the quality of the meat that you are cooking with. The texture of the meat, while mixing in ingredients as well as while cooking, is markedly better than the pasty, mushy feel of pre-packaged ground meats.

The grinder has only been in use three times, but has performed wonderfully. It goes through six pounds of chuck in a matter of minutes. It is easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to clean. Storage does take a bit more time as you need to coat the metal parts with cooking oil to keep them from rusting. But I do not find it overly bothersome. Just five minutes to protect the parts, and it's not like you will be grinding meat every day.

I follow the recommendations I have seen and cut the meat into long strips that will easily fit into the feed tube. Then put them in the freezer to harden a bit, but not freeze. After cutting the meat into strips, I put it on one of those metal thawing trays before putting in the freezer. The temperature conductivity of the tray works in reverse and it speeds up the process. While the meat is in the freezer, so are the metal parts I will be using, so everything stays cold.

When I feed in the strips, they are just pulled in by the machine. I've read that it is loud and was a bit worried, but it is much quieter than a blender. Nothing to make the neighbors upset, as long as it is not 2am.

It's too early to say anything about durability, but it seems sturdy and I am so far delighted with it.

I was looking at both this VillaWare 5267 and the Waring Pro 800. I had read a review that listed both as top quality meat grinders and both have good reviews on amazon. I decided to purchase the VillaWare. I received it today and it's awesome! I had it out of the box and grinding within 20 minutes. It was easy to put together, easy to use, easy to clean up. The instructions are good. I was able to grind 5lbs of beef within 5 minutes. The machine is loud, but I'd expect that from an industrial type machine like this. It's very well made. I felt as if I was using an industrial grade machine. Clean up was easy. The parts came apart easily, wash with hot soapy water, dry, then wipe them down with some olive oil, wrap in parchment paper and store in a zip lock. I highly recommend this unit - it was beyond my expectations. The instruction booklet has a few good recipes for sausages, gyros, and turkey loafs.

My husband has really gotten into making jerky and we were not to sure about grinders we are really new at this. And wow what a great grinder it is very simple to use and works great. Im very happy with it. It hummed rite along never bogged down or slowed down.

We use this grinder primarily for grinding chicken wings, bones and all, for our border terrier
If cut into small pieces and fed slowly through grinder, it works well.

If you use it for making hamburger you will have absolutely no problem at all. Its a breeze when we were making hamburger from different cuts of beef.
I give it my seal of approval.

Very good grinder for the price - I used it to grind up fish for chum. I have now ground up around 250 lbs and the grinder is still running great!

I have bought this product, but I think I overpaid a little. The product is good and it does the job, the only thing is that I think I overpaid little bit, I have seen similar product for much less.....