Meat Grinder Suggestions

[Sliverslinger]

The wife and I are looking to buy a nice reasonably high end meat grinder. We’ve used a Kitchenaid attachment for years and occasionally borrow a buddy’s 0.75 hp older style Cabela’s grinder. The 0.75 seems like a beast and probably about what we are looking for. Stick with Cabela’s or are there other grinders we should consider? Primarily used for grinding a deer and elk each year and occasionally making pepperoni and sausage in the off-season. Thinking around $300-400. All suggestions welcome.

[KFhunter]

Carnovore, no brainer

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[KFhunter]

Search carnivore in butchering cooking section, lots of discussion.  Im on my phone search work good

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[Lucky1]

I recently purchased a Weston 33-0201-W for about $80.00.
We ground up the trim from a couple deer with it. It worked well. I am happy with it. Not sure how durable it will be. It will only get used for deer and hopefully a elk if I can get one in the late archery season.

[brew]

carnivore for sure.  I only have to cut the meat up enough to be able to stuff down the throat.  I can grind 30 lbs of chilled meat in about 3 minutes.  it grinds it faster than I can feed it

[adamR]

I've been very happy with my LEM 1hp big bite

[Mudman]

Cabelas commercial grade 1hp has been good for us.  Plenty fast and large throat/feed.

[bobcat]

I have the 1 HP Cabela's grinder, before they started calling it the Carnivore. I'm more than happy with it. I think the 3/4 horsepower grinder would be fine as well.

The main reason I went with the 1 horsepower is that it has a forward and reverse. The 3/4 horsepower only had forward.

Hold off until they go on sale if you can. They generally always seem to go on sale around Christmas time. Mine was on sale for $399 when I got it.

[northwesthunter84]

Another vote for the 3/4 HP Carnivore.

[Sliverslinger]

Another vote for the 3/4 HP Carnivore.

This is precisely the one we’ve been looking at. Sounds like a winner.

[Buckjunkie]

I have a Tor-Rey model 12 FS. I had a Hobart but my uncle moved and took it with him. Both are excellent grinders.

[Bowhunter3]

I have the 1/2 hp carnivore and it is more than I imagine I would ever need. I could only imagine the 1hp is nuts. Carnivore all the way.

[Bowhunter3]

Whoops. I have the 3/4 hp, but everything I said still applies. Awesome machine.

[KFhunter]

I've got the #32 size which I think is the 1hp?   Carnivore


12 hogs through it, including several breeders over 600lb
1350 lb steer
bear
deer/s

I accidentally ran a very hard bone I think out of a joint, about twice the size of a marble and it stopped the grinder cold in its tracks and it just started humming but not moving.
got the reverse on, dug the bone out, and put it back together and didn't miss a beat, nothing broke, nothing smoked

now I use a foot pedal on the rough grind because it grinds faster then I can stuff and just in case I get a bone I can be off the foot pedal quicker than finding the knob on the side,  on the 2nd grind I just let it run


I also have the juicer attachment, ran a bunch of tomatoes through it and it did well.  Just have to feed the pulp through over and over until it quits juicing, but it went very quick.  It'll process *a lot* of tomatoes for sauce quickly. 

[Smokepole]

I have a Lem Big Bite #12.  It feeds itself.  I highly recommend it.  It also has a footswitch a juicer attachment available.  Check them out.  The bigbite auger has real advantages.