kitchen aid mixer add on meat grinder

[Night goat]

anybody ever use a meat grinder that runs off the pto on a kitchen aid stand mixer? I ended up with my moms old heavy duty mixer, and have always wondered about the meat grinder add on

[Firedogg]

 You can get by with one, but it is slow going if you are doing any volume of grinding.

[Brushcrawler]

I made two batches of sausage on the Kitchenaud setup before buying a real grinder. It took forever. Save yourself the time and trouble and just buy a powerful grinder.

[Fl0und3rz]

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It'll work, but it is not a fun ordeal trying to stuff your meet down through the narrow tube.  Well, not as fun as such things should be.

[Whitpirate]

It is great if you like swearing and watching paint dry.  IF you are going to do any kind of volume get a dedicated grinder.  I'm the wrong guy to ask as I have a 1 1/2hp Cabelas commercial but I've put over 3000 lbs through it easy.

[KFhunter]

I used one for years and ran a lot of venison through it.  Now I have a big 1.5hp Cabala's carnivore but I still use the kitchen aid one for small batch in the kitchen projects. 

example:

One thing I like to do is I'll freeze venison burger coarse ground in 2lb packages; then I'll find some recipe off HW that looks interesting    like bacon/gorgonzola hamburgers for example...

so I'll take out a few lbs of coarse ground venison, thaw, then add this or that to it and make a small batch and run it through the kitchen aid grinder.  Lot nicer and easier than digging out a big grinder then clean up is a lot faster on the kitchen aid.

[Boss .300 winmag]

I've put a lot of deer thru ours, up to thre a year at times

Yes it slow, but it has always been hard for me to spend the dollars on the big ones for a deer a year at least, and at best when the kids hunted maybe three.

Did you get the grinder with it, what model is it?

[jackelope]

I had/have one. I used it and it worked ok until I saw an actual meat grinder work. We did maybe 15-20 pounds of a deer worth and it worked. That's all. I wouldn't want to do a lot. I bought an actual grinder and it's about 100x better than the Kitchen Aid one, and even it is just a cheap one.
 

[fireweed]

Have one and use it for small, softer things in small batches.  Works great for clams and grinding vegetables (for canned relish or soup). can't imagine using it for making hamburger.  It's worth having just for clam chowder at my house. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

Have one and use it for small, softer things in small batches.  Works great for clams and grinding vegetables (for canned relish or soup). can't imagine using it for making hamburger.  It's worth having just for clam chowder at my house.

Just imagine a hand grinder, then the kitchen aid seems awesome. 

[Bean Counter]

We looked into the idea of getting one of those mixers before buying a grinder. We basically determined that if it was just one deer a year and space was at a premium then it might be wort the space savings, going through an elk or half a dozen deer (from various states) makes a dedicated grinder a no-brainer. 

[Angry Perch]

They certainly are a handy thing to have around, even if not for your dedicated big volume grinder. If you want to thaw a couple pounds of venison to grind for chili, grind a few leftover chicken thighs, etc., it's a PITA to get the big grinder out. Also, other Kitchen Aid attachments are great. Pasta roller, and my favorite, the Spiralizer!

[npaull]

I've been very happy with mine, but I only do small batches (less than 10 lbs). So I think it's highly dependent on what you're looking for. Small batches - great. Big batches - frustrating.

[quadrafire]

I've thought about picking one up, especially if I can find it on CL or the like for small grinding jobs a burger or 2 worth of grind or some chicken/turkey etc. I keep my 1HP cabela's grinder in the basement and it is a back breaker bringing it up for a small grind.

Hmmmm. Just had a thought. Could keep the grinder in the basement and just remove the head to clean upstairs.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I will use mine if I am just cutting up one deer; I usually only end up with 15 or so pounds of grind, and clean meat in 1" strips runs through pretty quick.  If you grind a lot of crap into your meat (sinew, silverskin, etc) it gums up fast.  For any more than that, I borrow a buddy's grinder.  I do use it quite a bit in the kitchen for grinding pork loin, beef and chicken breast - I don't like to buy commercially ground raw meat.