Need Advice....Grinder Size

[KFhunter]

I have a 1 hp and it will eat an entire elk in less than 10 minutes.  This is no exageration....unless you are doing it commercially a 1 hp will last you a life time. 

This is the one I have and I have no complaints. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-MTN-Commercial-1HP-Stainless-Steel-Electric-Meat-Sauage-Grinder-No-22-/191748433605?hash=item2ca518e6c5:g:RUEAAMXQTT9RsD2a

I tried to find a manufacturers web site and struck out. Is there a link in any of your paper work?

[KFhunter]

I found a lot of reviews on the 1.5 hp #32 weston,  a lot of raw food dog people are using it.   They're shoving whole rabbits through it 3 of them in less than 30 seconds 

They grind bone and all

[Stein]

I have the 1/2 commercial one:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Commercial-Grade-hp-Electric-Grinder/744936.uts

I can't imagine ever needing anything more than this.  I can't feed meat fast enough to get it to slow down or even keep up with it.

[KFhunter]

Carnivore Grinder Ad............notice the comment....our best grinder ever

It say's free item eligible but I'm not seeing how to get the foot pedal free with the grinder?

[Wacenturion]

Did not order one yet as I plan on going to the store today.  Sale ends tonight.  I called Cabelas customer service and was then transfered to product information.  They could not tell me at the moment who makes the new Carnivore. 

However the person did say when they had training this new product it had already been out for sometime and being used heavily at numerous buther type shops prior to it's consumer release.  Cabelas essentially told the shops to subject it to whatever heavy use in an effort to try to break it.  None did, break it that is.  The tech also said the the Carnivore it is a big improvement on the existing stainless commerical version.  He said he would personally opt for the new one based on what he knew.

For what it's worth...........

[Wacenturion]

Carnivore Grinder Ad............notice the comment....our best grinder ever

It say's free item eligible but I'm not seeing how to get the foot pedal free with the grinder?

I'm assuming you get a free one at purchase based on promotion.  Just throw it in cart with grinder at the store.  Not sure online.

[Wacenturion]

Just talked to customer service again.  If you order online and as it says on the promo free foot pedal included, it automatically comes with the ginder. 

[toyman2]

I also got the 1/2hp and I was pleased with it.
I ground 60Lbs of meat this year, on a course grind it will go fast than you can put meat in it, on the fine grind it is about as fast as a guy can put meat in it.
I have a few buddies that have the 3/4 and 1hp, all have said if they were going to do it again they would have gone smaller. That is the reason I went with the 1/2hp.

[KFhunter]

The westons seem loud on youtube and I seen some guys were keeping the grinder head in the freezer so now I'm thinking that cooling sock might be a good thing for big grinders.  My little kitchenaid was plastic and maybe that's why I didn't gum up so bad but I also had to cut meat really small.   Also it would get air pockets and launch meat globs half way across the kitchen which really really irritated my wife 

Also like the carbon steel gears I think the westons are using plastic


got off chat with cabela's and they said this about the free item

[quadrafire]

Unless you are using the sausage stuffing feature the foot pedal is not that critical. When I am grinding I hardly ever use it. It's nice but wouldn't be a deal breaker

[bobcat]

Unless you are using the sausage stuffing feature the foot pedal is not that critical. When I am grinding I hardly ever use it. It's nice but wouldn't be a deal breaker

I've never had a foot pedal and never felt it was needed, except the one time we used the grinder for sausage stuffing, it would have been useful. But even then I still got by fine without it. It just requires two people.

[KFhunter]

Ok so I got off the phone with the Cabela's product team and the foot pedal does come with the grinder but you have to order off the magazine or in store not on the web.

The 1.5 HP grinder is on it's way     with the foot pedal coming a couple days behind as it's on back order, I did have to pay sales tax and I guess I would have had too online also since they have three stores in state.  Man the wife is peeved at me but I figure it would have cost me almost as much to have a processor come to my house and slaughter that boar.

If I were just doing game processing I would have got the smaller grinder, .75 hp would be PLENTY for any game processing. 1HP is just icing on the cake, 1.5hp is overkill for game

I think it's a bout $200 kill fee
.70/lb processing cut n wrap

just about pays for my grinder and I got a lot more hogs to do in the following years, it'll be paid for within a year. 


Guess I'll tip over that boar today and let it hang for a week 


I didn't like the noise of the westons in the youtube video and I also found out the meat mixer and cuber does fit the Carnivore

[Wacenturion]

The westons seem loud on youtube and I seen some guys were keeping the grinder head in the freezer so now I'm thinking that cooling sock might be a good thing for big grinders.  My little kitchenaid was plastic and maybe that's why I didn't gum up so bad but I also had to cut meat really small.   Also it would get air pockets and launch meat globs half way across the kitchen which really really irritated my wife 

Also like the carbon steel gears I think the westons are using plastic


got off chat with cabela's and they said this about the free item

I would say whoever you chatted with is incorrect.  Sale ends today, so they would have to honor it.  Going to the store shortly.  I'll post when I get back.

[KFhunter]

The westons seem loud on youtube and I seen some guys were keeping the grinder head in the freezer so now I'm thinking that cooling sock might be a good thing for big grinders.  My little kitchenaid was plastic and maybe that's why I didn't gum up so bad but I also had to cut meat really small.   Also it would get air pockets and launch meat globs half way across the kitchen which really really irritated my wife 

Also like the carbon steel gears I think the westons are using plastic


got off chat with cabela's and they said this about the free item

I would say whoever you chatted with is incorrect.  Sale ends today, so they would have to honor it.  Going to the store shortly.  I'll post when I get back.

I ordered the 1.5hp grinder, looking forward to that bad boy showing up 

[Wacenturion]

Congrats KF....a good way to look at it.  Sooner of later it will pay for itself.  Opening day of deer season my son took a buck off some property I bought last spring over in the Blues.  Dropped it off at Waitsburg to be processed.  Total $179 and change for what looks like about 40 lbs of meat in .4 oz packages.  When we dropped it off his deer (a nice 3 year old) was bigger than most in the locker.  I would hate to see what the other people got back....geez.

Still torn between the 1 hp or the 1 1/2 hp.  Definitely want the reverse and bigger throat, otherwise I might haven choosen smaller.