Need Advice....Grinder Size

[Wacenturion]

Glad to hear it worked out well for you.    Thanks for the update.  Looking forward to using mine soon.

[KFhunter]

I used 1 lb butcher sacks like a regular butcher would use and a tape machine, went fast for a solo operation. Foot pedal would have been nice but it is on back order.

The concrete mixer from a couple posts back worked well too, it's a beast though so anyone wanting to use a $12 meat mixer will want to use a robust tub or bucket to mix in as it'll bang the sides and crack the tub/bucket.  It's like a blender, I think you could almost put a froth on the meat with it if you used it long enough 


edit - the tape machine sucks, the tape gives loose and it leaks blood in the fridge when you thaw it out.  I'm going to a bag stapler I think.

[quadrafire]

I used 1 lb butcher sacks like a regular butcher would use and a tape machine, went fast for a solo operation. Foot pedal would have been nice but it is on back order.

The concrete mixer from a couple posts back worked well too, it's a beast though so anyone wanting to use a $12 meat mixer will want to use a robust tub or bucket to mix in as it'll bang the sides and crack the tub/bucket.  It's like a blender, I think you could almost put a froth on the meat with it if you used it long enough

Would love to see a video of this operation  I have the same mixing paddle although hadn't thought of using it for sausage until this thread. Has mixed a bit of mortar however. I have a large stainless cooking pot, do you think that would work better than the bucket?

[KFhunter]

I think it would clang and bang and might chip off the chrome??  Most of the time I kept it off the sides but every so often it took off on it's own accord until it hit something

[quadrafire]

I have a drill that is geared real low. I think that may be the ticket. My next batch i'll give it a try

[KFhunter]

I have a drill that is geared real low. I think that may be the ticket. My next batch i'll give it a try

It just needs to spin fast enough the meat clears off between the paddles, I was constantly slowing mine down so your drill might be the right speed.

[quadrafire]

 

[Wacenturion]

My order came in so I picked up the Cabelas 7 gallon Meat mixer yesterday.  Holds like 25 lbs. of meat while mixing.  Damn that thing is better built than I thought.  Weighs in at around 39 lbs.  Can attach to grinder or you can use manually with the hand crank.  Has a tilt feature so you can dump the meat so to speak.

Starting to look like a butcher shop around here.....    

[KFhunter]

My order came in so I picked up the Cabelas 7 gallon Meat mixer yesterday.  Holds like 25 lbs. of meat while mixing.  Damn that thing is better built than I thought.  Weighs in at around 39 lbs.  Can attach to grinder or you can use manually with the hand crank.  Has a tilt feature so you can dump the meat so to speak.

Starting to look like a butcher shop around here.....    

I would take that over the concrete mixer, make a job easier dump in your stuff and walk away for a few minutes.

[quadrafire]

  . Sheepish grin here. I've lied to you boys. Just looked and mine is a 1 hp not 1.5 hp
So to recreate the thread......... You do not need 1.5hp ..... 1 hp is plenty. 
Sorry for the confusion I may have caused. 

[KFhunter]

whilst I'm here quadrafire;


You can mix 30 lbs of meat in a 5 gallon bucket with that concrete mixer and it works great, the mixer didn't kill the bucket.  It was a fresh bucket, one that's been sitting out in the sun will be more brittle and could crack.   

so I'd advice to use a fresh bucket that still is flexible.  30lbs of meat is about the maximum amount you want to do at once though. 

I just punched down all the spices so it wasn't fluffy on top the meat then started stirring.  There was a tiny bit of pepper on the bottom of the bucket, so somehow it made it all the way to the bottom and stuck there..talking about a teaspoon worth.

[quadrafire]

Thanks KF gonna buy a few shoulders tomorrow and get busy!! Thanks.
Again sorry for the misinformation. Get caught up on the food channel here and think I'm on the Gov tag or something talkin about size and whatnot

[kenzmad]

Just picked up a 1 3/4hp cabelas grinder with the mixer attatchment. Figured, if you are dropping $550-$650 for a grinder, whats another hundred. Wanna learn to stuff sausage. Now looking for a teacher

[The scout]

good lord you should be able to grind them bone and all in that beast, I have the 3/4 horse and can barely feed it fast enough really can't imagine needing more

[KFhunter]

I just picked up the tomato attachment for this Carnivore grinder

http://www.cabelas.com/product/CABELAS-COMMERCIAL-GRINDER-TOMATO-ATTACHMENT/2122099.uts?searchPath=%2Fbrowse.cmd%3FcategoryId%3D734095080%26CQ_search%3Dtomato%26CQ_st%3Db

on sale, also the additional strainer kit so I can do grapes and other stuff.


I got a bunch of tomato this year and I sure love home made sauce canned up.  SO much better than store bought.