What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
Have you thought to get a motorized one. 4-5 pounds of meat is a lot to grind. And my grinder suggests grinding using both disks, large first, small second.
But if you want to buff up your arm muscles that looks like a fine choice.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
You might want to ask on rec.food.equipment, as well.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
That one is too large for small batches like that. when I was young, we would use a #10 grinder to make 20 to 30 pounds of sausage at a time.
Is there a #22 available? (I have an electric #12 that I bought from Northern a few years ago that works great)
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
Nothing at all wrong with that one, but I would prefere electric.
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What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
I would never buy a manual grinder again - especially if I plan on stuffing without a helper. 5lbs isn't much though, you could get away with a manual for that - but that one seems overkill for small batches.
Look for standard sized, stainless steel plates. That one doesn't specify.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
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From the photo, the handle seems too long. You'll be cranking it with
the handle over the edge of the counter while the ground meat drops out in front of you onto...I guess a plate. To me, it looks like it would be awkward to use. Is there a way to anchor it down? Because it's going to require some elbow grease to do this and you don't want the whole thing sliding around as you grind.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Quoted message said:
Yes, I am also googling the group.
You might want to ask on rec.food.equipment, as well.
What for... just enlarge the picturre at the web site... res ipsa loquitur.
From the photo, the handle seems too long. You'll be cranking it with the handle over the edge of the counter while the ground meat drops out in front of you onto...I guess a plate.
All the manual grinders I've seen are designed that way - to be used over the edge of the counter. Even the ones that are taller and clamp to the edge of a table/counter.
Squat body to help stability; and long handle for leverage.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max.
Have you thought to get a motorized one. 4-5 pounds of meat is a lot to grind. And my grinder suggests grinding using both disks, large first, small second.
But if you want to buff up your arm muscles that looks like a fine choice.
Do you really think the twatalator will [censored] that herself, da good ol' bums are lined up six deep... ol' cyberswallow has a large stock of Northern Tool's finast:
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
Looks like possibly a bit large for 5 pounds at a time, but will get the job done. Good price also.
I use the grinder attachment for the KA and do 15 to 20 pounds at a time for sausage.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
I remember my family back to my great grandmother also used the cranked meat grinder to grind potatoes and onions for potato latkas. (Watch your fingers!)
From the photo, the handle seems too long. You'll be cranking it with the handle over the edge of the counter while the ground meat drops out in front of you onto...I guess a plate.
All the manual grinders I've seen are designed that way - to be used over the edge of the counter. Even the ones that are taller and clamp to the edge of a table/counter.
Squat body to help stability; and long handle for leverage.
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The ones that clamp onto the edge of a table or counter easily will allow the ground meat to fall into a dish in front of the grinder - NOT over the edge. I have my gramma's, and that's how it works.
The stainless steel is certainly a huge plus, but for $20-$50 more you could get a pretty decent electric versions that support other types of attachments.
Of course if you have a KitchAid Mixer, the grinder attachment for that works just fine as several of us mentioned (but Sheldon, having never used it, will no doubt complain).
From the photo, the handle seems too long. You'll be cranking it with the handle over the edge of the counter while the ground meat drops out in front of you onto...I guess a plate.
All the manual grinders I've seen are designed that way - to be used over the edge of the counter. Even the ones that are taller and clamp to the edge of a table/counter.
Squat body to help stability; and long handle for leverage.
The ones that clamp onto the edge of a table or counter easily will allow the ground meat to fall into a dish in front of the grinder - NOT over the edge. I have my gramma's, and that's how it works.
We were talking about the handle, not the spout. The *handle* extends out over the edge of the counter, not the meat spout.
Then you'll need an electric. There's really no way to do a significant amount of grinding with a manual grinder unless it's attached to something, or you have three hands (one to plunge, one to crank, and one to hold the unit in place). And forget about trying to stuff sausages.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
Yes, I am also googling the group.
Hay Cat, Sheldon knows a lot about the meat grinder, he is full of really good information. He is the one who got me enthused about grinding my own meat ...
That one is too large for small batches like that. when I was young, we would use a #10 grinder to make 20 to 30 pounds of sausage at a time. Is there a #22 available? (I have an electric #12 that I bought from Northern a few years ago that works great)
This one looks smaller, but I cannot find any specs.
What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf, at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives. From the photo, the handle seems too long. You'll be cranking it with
the handle over the edge of the counter while the ground meat drops out in front of you onto...I guess a plate. To me, it looks like it would be awkward to use. Is there a way to anchor it down? Because it's going to require some elbow grease to do this and you don't want the whole thing sliding around as you grind.
That particular style grinder is designed to be bolted directly to a table/counter or bolted directly to a sturdy piece of lumber and then the lumber clamped to a table/counter with a couple of heavy C clamps.
But that size grinder is much too large for home use, and would be too difficult to crank without having others take turns, or convert it to motorized (very dangerous), and it's very important to grind meat expeditiously, to get the job done quickly before the meat and the grinder become warm. And that particular size/type grinder would be okay for someone with hundreds of pounds of meat to grind once a year if it wasn't the poorest quality piece of made in china [censored] $40 could buy... I wouldn't buy it for $4 (in fact I wouldn't have one for free), it wouldn't even make a decent door stop. There's a lot more to know about grinding meat than buying the biggest cheapest piece of [censored] grinder.... the smallest lowest priced electric ginder is a hundred times better than that cybercooz [censored]... even the teensy toys r us kitchen aid attachment is better than that chinese hunk-a-junk.
Anyone wanting to buy a grinder you need to spend for something of quality or you're not giving the concept a fair chance from the start... a grinder costing less than the meat you grind says something about those who would consider it, and not very nice.
