Need recommendation for meat grinder

[Iluv2hunt]

Hand crank grinder to start. They can be had cheaply....

Other wise I pay a good butcher $40 plus $1 lb for anything made into sausage. Usually a $50-60 deal, cleaned, cut, seasoned and wrapped!

Hand crank grinders SUCK!

[treefarmer]

Iluv2hunt, you got that right!!! Thats why I put a motor on my #32 hand grinder with a pulley reduction to get it to run about 80 rpm's. Ain't the fanciest thing but it does work well and the investment is minimal. Treefarmer

[M12Gunboy]

Hand crank grinder to start. They can be had cheaply....

Other wise I pay a good butcher $40 plus $1 lb for anything made into sausage. Usually a $50-60 deal, cleaned, cut, seasoned and wrapped!

Hand crank grinders SUCK!

No shart, but most on this forum don't have any $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, therefore hand grinder is the only option.

[nachogrande]

a strong right hand will git er done, or better, pay the butcher. I think most would buy another gun before a good electric grinder and a cheap one won't last and you would be back to hand grinding anyway. if you have enough guns (like that ever happens), AND kill lot's of game then maybe electric. kinda like buying a good safe or spotting scope. been meaning to for 20+ years but keep buying guns instead.

[TerribleTed]

Well what allot of game?
I usually do harvest about 8-10 animal's between deer and hogs every season.
I have the grind to do from 4 of my deer did the last one just so i have some burger. Only one hog so far but i plan of fixing that this week end.
I go out looking for hogs this year and only find deer. Now i making ham and bacon so i need more hog for sausage.

If you do off fishing and need chum a good electric grinder works great. I can feed in whole 12 inch mullet and it spits out goo witch i freeze for offshore fishing. You can make buckets full fast.

[Cr0ck1]

Mine. Got it at a kitchem aid store . Lake park ga. 99 bucks. Works great. Sent From Cr0ck1' IPhone most likely from the woods.

I got the same one from Lowe's a couple of years ago for $75 after rebate and I use it every season. Great little grinder.

Dam lowes? 75 bucks?

[nachogrande]

a pos hand grinder mounted to the transom or gunwale of a boat works well and just leave it there. it will corrode in salt water fairly quick but can be replaced at garage sales for a few bucks or less.

[TerribleTed]

I like it frozen that way for bottom i can bag it and drop it way down.


I grew up with industrial kitchen appliances 9 kid on a small farm my grand father use to do our cattle.

[TerribleTed]

when you start grinding and want to make sausage just post up allot of us on here make it and we can give you tips and advise.

[9dawgs]

Mine. Got it at a kitchem aid store . Lake park ga. 99 bucks. Works great. Sent From Cr0ck1' IPhone most likely from the woods.

I got the same one from Lowe's a couple of years ago for $75 after rebate and I use it every season. Great little grinder.

Dam lowes? 75 bucks?

Yep, just happened on it really. I wasn't even shopping for it but I was walking through Lowes one day and saw it on sale. They also had a manufacturers rebate at the checkout. Great buy. It ain't often I have an extra $75 in my pocket but I had some giftcards from my birthday so it was in my cart.

[Iluv2hunt]

Several places sell that exact same model. They just slap their own label on it. same with LEM products. The exact same models are sold at Northern Tool for 1/3 less

[nachogrande]

my grinder is very similar but attaches to a kitchen aide mixer. I don't use it much at all for game, as I don't shoot hardly any but for ANY kind of leftovers, grind it and make soup.

[TerribleTed]

yea i have an old steel -cast kitchen aid grinder attachment best on cooked turkey for turkey salad.

[M12Gunboy]

Go old school for $20-25 on ebay!

[TerribleTed]

dam i must thrown at least 4 of those away when i cleaned up.