Post by: D-Rock425 on December 21, 2011, 09:08:06 AM
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Post by: kckrawler on December 21, 2011, 10:04:47 AM
Post by: losdaddy7 on December 21, 2011, 10:10:06 AM
This is a heavy duty grinder, only sold through Amazon (out of stock until 1/16/12) and a couple other retailers. You wont find a better grinder for the price. :tup: Check out the product reviews on Amazon.com...
Post by: jaymark6655 on December 21, 2011, 10:11:28 AM
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Post by: fishingnut71 on December 23, 2011, 10:35:23 PM
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Post by: bobcat on December 23, 2011, 11:04:37 PM
I see they still have it on sale but it's $479. Still a good price since regular it is $519. And you can get $20 off if you order before January 5th.
Post by: Bigluke1981 on December 24, 2011, 12:11:05 AM
Post by: scudmaster on December 24, 2011, 12:43:24 AM
Post by: Bean Counter on December 24, 2011, 12:56:39 AM
I don't really need a faster one even though it has chewed through many pounds of deer and elk and made much sausage. I could see if you lived back east and needed it to go through 15 whitetails a year that the 1-3/4 HP would make sense.
BTW, as a great bonus it comes with a sausage stuffer :drool:
Post by: fishingnut71 on December 24, 2011, 04:25:34 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on December 25, 2011, 11:15:17 AM
Post by: woodswalker on December 25, 2011, 11:25:34 AM
So I need a cabelas grinder the bigger the better.
yup, I'm saving my pennies for one, the 1hp if i cant get more $$ the 1.5 if i can. We wont talk about the number of Rival, Kitchenaide and other brands I've burned out over the years. yea i get them cheap at yard sales....$5-$10 for the whole kit...but its not worth the hassles of the ssllooww grind or burning one out in mid critter. :twocents:
Post by: KillBilly on December 25, 2011, 11:27:48 AM
Post by: D-Rock425 on December 25, 2011, 05:07:51 PM
Post by: Alan K on December 25, 2011, 05:15:28 PM
I go about 90% wild game, 10% beef fat. That's a guesstimate though, I just rough it. I prefer my meat as lean as possible while still holding a burger together.
Post by: elkboy on December 31, 2011, 09:20:54 AM
Post by: DoubleJ on December 31, 2011, 09:31:58 AM
I go about 90% wild game, 10% beef fat. That's a guesstimate though, I just rough it. I prefer my meat as lean as possible while still holding a burger together.
:yeah:
For burger meat, I like the flavor of pork fat better if the meat will be used soon but, if it's going to sit in the freezer for a few months, the beef fat seems to hold flavor better so that's what we use. Kids like the flavor, not too fatty, and I get good beef fat for $0.01/lb.
This year will be the first year I have made anything with my animal. In the past, I have cut up the animal into steaks or burger only. Steaks get steak treatment and burgers get cooked as burgers. Sometimes I add spices to the burger meat and make a ghetto breakfast sausage. Tastes pretty good. Sometimes it gets thrown into hamburger helper. The wife is an anti and won't touch the stuff. She saves the beef hamburger for family meals and uses the wild game burger for the kids' meals.
Post by: Whitpirate on January 02, 2012, 10:26:41 AM
Post by: jaymark6655 on January 02, 2012, 10:59:22 AM
Post by: Bean Counter on January 02, 2012, 12:31:07 PM
Quote from: Whitpirate link=topic=8 9134.msg1138651#msg1138651 date=1325528801
If one were choosing between the 3/4 and the 1HP is there a huge difference? I typically would be grinding less than 30 lbs at a time (who knows maybe this will change) but the 3/4 is in stock and the 1HP is backordered. I've got some gift cards burning the holes through my trousers and that 20.00 off coupon is nice too. Anyone have the 3/4?
:hello: see my post above? Sure the 1.5 hp would be even faster.but I haven't once found myself saying that mine is slow. Nor have I found myself wishing that it had a reverse mode.
I would consider saving the difference on a.heavier grinder and looking into a mo betta vacuum sealer. I'm starting to wish I had sp
ent more than $130 on a Food Saver.
Post by: danderson on January 02, 2012, 12:51:48 PM
Post by: whack em on January 02, 2012, 01:35:23 PM
Post by: kckrawler on January 02, 2012, 03:43:03 PM
I thought I read somewhere that one of the gears in the Cabelas model, inside the motor was plastic. Maybe it was just a rumor started by a competitor. :dunno:
The gears in the Cabelas grinders are steel. BUT, I have the green stuffer with aluminum gears and it's a pile.... :twocents:
Post by: Huntbear on January 02, 2012, 04:22:35 PM
Mine is a 1/2 hp Hobart that weighs in at about 300 lbs. It is 220v and would grind a whole elk feathers and all if you could feed it.
I have an old 1/2 hp Westinghouse commercial grinder. It will take anything I can shove down the feed tube and just grind it to a pulp... been thinking I wanted to sell it, but now, am thinking I will keep the old fashioned better made one rather than get new.....
Post by: luvmystang67 on January 04, 2012, 02:48:34 PM
Worth looking at, mine has nearly already paid for itself.
Post by: Huntbear on January 04, 2012, 03:22:54 PM
Post by: Special T on January 04, 2012, 05:20:56 PM
I plan on building one of these... Plus you "Could" use it hand powered in a pinch.
Post by: elkontherun on January 15, 2012, 05:28:41 PM
Post by: high country on January 15, 2012, 06:21:01 PM
So, I know this is not going to be super popular, but I did a lot of web research and bought one that APPEARS to be cheapy and plastic. It is a Tasin TS-108. I was really only able to find it at one online jerky store. It is 1200 watt (peak) which correlates to 1.6 hp. I threw three blacktails through it this year for myself and my friend's animals. We did 75 lbs of venison, 7.5 lbs of beef fat, mixed them both and then reground together and wrapped and were done in probably ~3 hours. The grinder is a hog. All the reviews online are good, I have nothing bad to say about it. The best part is the price... $150. I know what you're thinking... cheap crap... but it worked fine for me and has for many others. For the price and the hp rating I don't think it can be beat and I was overjoyed with the speed. (It also has reverse).
Worth looking at, mine has nearly already paid for itself.
If you need any parts I have most of that same one here. Good luck. Don't ever grind bear shanks....I burned down two on bears.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on January 15, 2012, 06:21:56 PM
I have the cabelas 1 hp and it is great we do at least 3 elk and up to 10 deer every year. We burned it up half way through my elk this year I figured it out and it did around 25 elk and over 30 deer it had a good life. We just boxed it up took it to cabelas and they replaced it no questions asked. They didn't even open the box. We had it for 4 1/2 years and they come with a 5 year warranty!:yeah: