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Title: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: bullcanyon on October 31, 2012, 04:43:38 AM: I need to get a sausage stuffer. Tired of doing it the hard way. Thinking about going with the kitchener 15lb from northern. Any other decent ones out there for around the same price?

Thanks
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: dogtuk on October 31, 2012, 06:30:16 AM: Thats a great stuffer and great price if I needed another one thats the one I would buy I think you will need to find a 3/8 inch tube for it tho so you can do snack stix with it dont think it comes with one
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: jrebel on October 31, 2012, 11:43:48 AM: I need to find a sausage stuffer as well. I tried my first sausage this year and tried stuffing in through the provided stuffing tubes that come with my grinder. It turned out horrible.....the consistency was really fine and very compact. It was darn near uneatable. I think the back pressure on the meat due to the narrowing of the tube caused the blade to absolutely macerate the meat. Not happy sausage!!!
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: lokidog on November 01, 2012, 09:20:42 AM: We've got one on our christmas list as well. Made pepperoni last year with one of the caulking gun types which worked pretty well.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: JohnVH on November 01, 2012, 09:28:19 AM: Id like to get a verticle one of these style, I too have tried it off my grinder, really hard to do one person, and to keep consistent.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fep.yimg.com%2Fca%2FI%2Fyhst-18461728116681_2234_18420471&hash=18c3abbbafe43f4bbeecb1246bf1bf84b365203a)
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: Shed Stud on November 01, 2012, 09:29:56 AM: I don't know the price of that model, we just got one from thesausgemaker.com. Very impressed. Last year we got a cabala's one and stripped the gears right out of it on the first push, sent that one back for a refund. The stainless 15lb model we just used I feel is a once in a lifetime purchase, very easy to clean, and well worth the money.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: bullcanyon on November 01, 2012, 09:44:38 AM: This is what I'm looking at.
https://m.northerntool.com/northerntool/product/detail.do?itemId=508332
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: lokidog on November 01, 2012, 09:47:19 AM: They have a 5lb vertical stuffer for $99 and the 15lb is $229.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/NTESearch?storeId=6970&Ntt=sausage%2Bstuffer (http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/NTESearch?storeId=6970&Ntt=sausage%2Bstuffer)
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: jaymark6655 on November 01, 2012, 09:56:04 AM: Suprised this thread is still clean :rolleyes: I haven't tried it yet, but everyone I have talked to says you have to use a foot switch to turn the grinder on/off to stuff sausage with it and have them come out even.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: lokidog on November 01, 2012, 10:05:19 AM: Quote from: jaymark6655 on November 01, 2012, 09:56:04 AM
Suprised this thread is still clean :rolleyes: I haven't tried it yet, but everyone I have talked to says you have to use a foot switch to turn the grinder on/off to stuff sausage with it and have them come out even.

I do think it would be pretty tough to use a manual one by yourself. A foot switch would work great for solo stuffing with an electric stuffer.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: kentrek on November 01, 2012, 10:09:48 AM: Quote from: JohnVH on November 01, 2012, 09:28:19 AM
Id like to get a verticle one of these style, I too have tried it off my grinder, really hard to do one person, and to keep consistent.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fep.yimg.com%2Fca%2FI%2Fyhst-18461728116681_2234_18420471&hash=18c3abbbafe43f4bbeecb1246bf1bf84b365203a)

even with the vertical crank models its nice to have a second person for consistency, with this version you get a less "mushed" product an a lot of people like that

id prefer to just use our grinder with a foot pedal tho,even tho it gets alil "mushyer" you can turn out way more product an its still pretty tasty stuff

yes the hand crank can get tough esp if your trying to keep the moisture content down
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: kckrawler on November 01, 2012, 10:12:37 AM: Whatever you do, don't buy the Cabelas vertical crank stuffer, it's a pile. The gears strip out and it leaves so much in the bottom that you end up with a couple pounds of waste :twocents:
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: bullcanyon on November 01, 2012, 10:56:39 AM: If memory serves me right. The 15# has stronger components then the 5# version. Anyone have either one?
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: TommyH on November 02, 2012, 11:13:32 AM: We use the old school press, tried to use the grinder attachment that we had and ya turned it to mush. The grinding plate with holes in it, holds the auger arm in place, so you have to grind it again to make the sausage. :bash: guess i will have to make one that holds auger and allows meat to travel threw openly.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 02, 2012, 12:00:57 PM: Quote from: bullcanyon on October 31, 2012, 04:43:38 AM
I need to get a sausage stuffer. Tired of doing it the hard way. Thinking about going with the kitchener 15lb from northern. Any other decent ones out there for around the same price?

Thanks
Whats the hard way? :dunno:

I use a kitchen aid, works great. :tup:
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: lokidog on November 02, 2012, 01:05:17 PM: Quote from: TommyH on November 02, 2012, 11:13:32 AM
We use the old school press, tried to use the grinder attachment that we had and ya turned it to mush. The grinding plate with holes in it, holds the auger arm in place, so you have to grind it again to make the sausage. :bash: guess i will have to make one that holds auger and allows meat to travel threw openly.

Easy way would be to get an extra grinding plate and drill the holes out maybe?
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: Papadave on November 09, 2012, 07:19:18 AM: I have the Northern tool 5 lb. Plastic gears have held up for 5 years now. I make lingucia once or twice a year which is pork cut into strips and chunks and it goes right through, ground meat is even easier.
Typically run 5lbs through then worry about linking the full casing.
Next time I would go for a 10-15 lb, motor would be nice but hard to justify for once or twice a year.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: TommyH on November 09, 2012, 07:27:27 AM: Quote from: lokidog on November 02, 2012, 01:05:17 PM
Quote from: TommyH on November 02, 2012, 11:13:32 AM
We use the old school press, tried to use the grinder attachment that we had and ya turned it to mush. The grinding plate with holes in it, holds the auger arm in place, so you have to grind it again to make the sausage. :bash: guess i will have to make one that holds auger and allows meat to travel threw openly.

Easy way would be to get an extra grinding plate and drill the holes out maybe?

:tup: :tup: exactly!
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: brianb231 on November 09, 2012, 07:28:01 AM: Well I bought the Grizzly/LEM vertical 5lb stuffer tha has the nylon gears and it has worked great. Still better if you have a second person available to crank but does not waste meat and has worked great the past couple years. I ordered mine stratight from Grizzly for like $79.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: elkaholic33 on November 09, 2012, 07:37:58 AM: I have one of these -

http://www.chop-rite.com/Sausage%20Stuffer%2035.htm (http://www.chop-rite.com/Sausage%20Stuffer%2035.htm)

Best stuffer out there. I have been using it for almost 20 years. Still looks like the day I got it.

A couple things to make the going easier. Add a half gallon or so of water to your meat after you have mixed it. Makes it easier to put through the press and it will cook out. We also double grind our meat through the large plate. I is not mush, but easier to put through the press. Usually grind the meat (beef, elk, deer) by itself the first time, then grind the meat with pork the second time. All of the fat used in our sausage is from the pork.

Jasen
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: bullcanyon on November 09, 2012, 08:25:18 AM: Shot them am email. $675 for that stuffer. I bet its a nice one, but too much for my use.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: Bigshooter on November 09, 2012, 08:33:36 AM: Quote from: wastickslinger on November 09, 2012, 07:52:20 AM
When I read the title I was hesitant to open, with the new laws that passed in WA I though maybe it was a political debate. :chuckle:

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Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: elkaholic33 on November 09, 2012, 09:39:57 AM: Yeah, I wouldn't pay $675 either. You can find them used, but you have to work at it. If you find an older one they say enterprise on them instead of chop-rite. I think I got mine for $75. It needed clean up, but its cast iron so that wasn't that hard.

Jasen
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: Wea300mag on November 09, 2012, 06:00:12 PM: Get the largest capacity you can afford. You will get real tired of reloading a small capacity one. I have a 15 lb and a 30 lb, the both work great but the 30 lb gets used most of the time.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: bullcanyon on November 09, 2012, 06:26:16 PM: I've decided to go the spendy route and have my buddy fab me up a hydraulic unit. Anyone got any leads on a ss cylinder? He's built 3 of them so just rounding up parts for now.
Title: Re: Sausage stuffer?
Post by: Wea300mag on November 09, 2012, 06:34:36 PM: Quote from: bullcanyon on November 09, 2012, 06:26:16 PM
I've decided to go the spendy route and have my buddy fab me up a hydraulic unit. Anyone got any leads on a ss cylinder? He's built 3 of them so just rounding up parts for now.

Can't wait to see the final product. I've looked at some of the commercial hydraulic units but couldn't convince myself to spend the money.