Lots of meat!

[billythekidrock]

Lots of meat!

Now that all the seasons are over (and it didn’t hurt to have a three day weekend) we got around to grinding most of our game meat from last season.  Most of the burger had a mixture of pork butt and beef suet added. The rest of the burger had 50/50 pork blend. There was a slight flavor difference and I think I preferred the beef suet blend. We also made a 30lb batch of Polish Cheddar sausage using a kit by Hi-Country. All in all we processed nearly 400lbs.

Prepping the casings by soaking and running water through them.



We used a universal stuffing tube kit and had to adapt multiple flanges but we never had a leak.



(We did try the 10mm tube but it would not push the meat through. Even though this is a commercial grinder I think we will need the high-speed stuffing auger to make pepperoni.)

It did work great with the larger tubes



30lbs of stuffed sausage.




Layering the game meat and pork/beef blend.



After we mixed the initial grinds we ran it back through for a second grind.



The burger is then packed into a pre-weighed container to make two pound packages.



Then we packed them 20 packages per tote.



At the end of the day we still had two 8lb+ pork butt roasts that were partially thawed. I took them home and made pulled pork in the oven. First I cut them in half and then I rubbed them with regular Johnny’s seasoning, Johnny’s Garlic seasoning and some brown sugar. Then I baked them at 275 degrees for seven hours. When it was finished I had 10.5 lbs of pulled pork.

[Aneoakleaf]

WOW that's a big job!!

[Huntbear]

So when is dinner?   

[robb92]

Looks Good!!!!!

[Skyvalhunter]

Looks good BTK!!

[markts]

Looks like that ate up your weekend Mark

[runamuk]

Wow...

[dogtuk]

Nice that grinder looks like a beast Cabelas sells the auger for the 10mm stuffing tube you guys had a busy day

[ICEMAN]

Freeze your hands a bit?

[huntmando]

Good write up, looks like fun. I need to try that pork butt method it seems pretty simple.

[billythekidrock]

Nice that grinder looks like a beast Cabelas sells the auger for the 10mm stuffing tube you guys had a busy day

Yes, it is a beast! It will suck in and spit out 5lb chunks of meat. You can put a closed fist in the throat/hopper.

I am wondering if the auger would fit since the square end of the worm drive is nearly a half inch x half inch.

[billythekidrock]

Freeze your hands a bit?

Ya think? lol

Yes, they were frozen. If your fingers don't hurt then it is not cold enough.

[ICEMAN]

Yeah, everytime we grind, we get a few guys who give up and can't mix..."it burns like needles!!!"    (Wussies)

[dogtuk]

the one for the cabelas #32 is 1/2x1/2 i just measured mine it should fit

[billythekidrock]

the one for the cabelas #32 is 1/2x1/2 i just measured mine it should fit

That just made my day. I may have to run by and pick one up (or two). It seems that some of the online retailers are out.