Weston Meat Grinders

by Weston

Product Features

• Durable crank handle
• Food-safe tin coateing
• Secures to any flat surface
• heavy-duty nylon bearing for long life
• Damage preventing rubber pads protect delicate work surfaces

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.8 x 10.6 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DINC0
• Item model number: 36-0801-W
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,707 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #21 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Meat & Poultry Tools > Meat Grinders

Product Description

Size: #8

The Weston brand meat grinders - over 100 years of quality and tradition. The Porkert multi-stage tinning process is a closely guarded secret that has never been duplicated and carries a lifetime guarantee.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

97 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rusty meat grinder, June 23, 2009

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CL (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weston Meat Grinders (Kitchen)

Upon receiving the package, the front ring nut wasn't machined properly and it even had a hole in the side; looks like a poor cast job. I called customer service and got a replacement. It also seems to fit better too.

Okay, now onto using it. It grinds stuff fairly well, and there won't be any complaints here. However, after using it, I washed it, dried all of the components, reassembled it and put it back in the box for storage.

The next time I used it, I noticed rust along all of the non-tinned parts. This includes the crank handle, the knife, the plate, the clamp screw, the thumbscrew. They should have made this from stainless steel instead of tin plating.

No big deal, I just re-washed it and coated it with vegetable oil. Now, after having used it a few times, the tin plating has chipped off the plates, the auger and grinder body where they meet when spinning; along the shaft as well as at the ends.

I think it's too late to return this now, and probably too much hassle. I would not recommend that anyone purchase this item. It looks like cheap overseas manufacturing with no quality control.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars decent grinder, it's worth it, January 10, 2010

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John G (OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Weston Meat Grinders (Kitchen)

Bought the #32 manual grinder. I got the first one from a different place (more expensive). It wasn't a Weston but it looks almost exactly the same. The first one broke after about 180 lbs of grinding when the little pin which keeps the plate from spinning broke. I rigged a decent fix by jamming a short piece of a drill bit into the indentation. I returned that grinder then bought this Weston one. I've ground 120 lbs so far and it hasn't broken; although I won't be suprised if it does (the design looks the same). Not too big of a deal though; my drill bit fix worked good. On the Weston grinder, the bolt which holds the handle on was the wrong size; good thing I had some metric bolts around to fix it. Also, the blade on the Weston grinder seemed dull compared to the first grinder. I sharpened it myself and the performance improved noticeably.

I timed my performance. I ground everything twice - first with coarse plate, then with fine plate. I could grind 2.75 lbs/min during the second grinding and 1.5 lbs/min for the first grinding. It definately pays to regularly clean the blade and plate by removing the tendons which plug it up. Grinding is fairly fast compared to the rest of the process (cutting meat into 2" cubes, cleaning the blade/plate, wrapping). As an example of overall performance, I ground 65 lbs of burger (130 lbs of grinding since I ground it twice) in one batch in 3.5 hrs including cutting meat into 2" pieces, grinding, cleaning the plate/blade, and double wrapping in 1 lb packages. Meat grinds a little faster if partially frozen.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars buyer beware, April 3, 2008

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Mary Braunch "radium87" (Gresham, OR United States) - See all my reviews

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I wanted the grinder as pictured. However, I was mailed the Clamp down. Upon advising the vendor, I was e-mailed back stating that I should have been specific that I wanted the bolt down as shown on photo....okay, whatever. To add to insult the grinder sent appeared to be a return or restock. I'll have to try to get rid of it in a garage sale..Weston 36-1001-W Deluxe H/D Manual Tinned Meat Grinder w/ Deluxe Accs Kit (#10)

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