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sleek:
I bought one for a buddy of mine that hooks to his Kitchen Aid. It seems to work great on store bought steaks. I'm not certain how it would handle deer with all the silver meat. So I'm looking for something that won't big down/clog up. Also, in an ideal world, it would be electric with a manual function incase power goes out. Is there such a creature out there?

TimBo:
I have one of the Kitchen Aid ones, and it works pretty well on venison.  I trim as much as possible, and it does clog after a while (easy to fix though, just unscrew it, scrape or use kitchen sink sprayer), but overall it works way better than the hand grinder I had.  When that one got clogged, the end would actually pop off the threads.  Apparently Pro-Cut is good, but that is many, many more bits of green paper.

bjrogg:
I’m very fortunate to have known the man I inherited my 3/4 hp no.12 cabela’s grinder. It’s a hog. Two people dropping chunks of venison at a comfortable pace. I have no idea how much it costs him but it’s ground literally tons of meat.

I’m sure it’s serious $$. If you invest that much you want to get serious about making a lot of meat besides just some venison burgers. It’s a lot of work to but it is very rewarding and I enjoy it.

Bjrogg

Ps I think the bearded butchers promote a grinder that is very similar to mine. Also their mixer and stuffer. Look nearly identical and operate the same.

chamookman:
LEM, makes great stuff. From beginners to Commercial stuff. All the different Seasonings and casings too. Bob

Eric Krewson:
The key is H/P, most of the power is listed in watts, you can do a conversion to see how that stacks up in H/P.

I bought a used cheap Chinese grinder off eBay to see what it would do before I invested more money in a better grinder, no one bid on it so I got it for $19 shipped. The dang thing will grind meat as fast as I throw it in, it is loud but surprised me how well it worked with a sharp blade and the right plate. For my needs it does just fine, if I start cutting up a bunch of deer again, I will need a better one.

 

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