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I must say that I grind 80 percent of my deer. Of course I harvest the tenderloins and a small roast or two.
I started with a Kitchen Aid attachment and yes it works the mixer unit really heats up but again it works.
I bought a 1 HP Cabelas grinder with a #22 grinding unit and my Daughter and I cut our time significantly. We start with the course outlet and than mix up the meat and grind twice through the fine outlet.
I will tell you the most significant thing is having the meat cold it makes a huge difference in the grinding rate.
Its like when a guy buys a set of Swarovskis he may throw up shelling out the cash but once you have them normally a guy is happy. Yes I shelled out more than I wanted but now I have it I take care of it and if a friend need to do some grinding bring it over we will get it done.
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Not to steal the other thread...
Those of you that process your own, can you recommend a good grinder that won't break the bank..? Grinder would see no more than probably 4-5 deer per year. My $69 Back to Basics grinder has done an elk and 4-5 deer now, works well though if you are a fan of overkill in your machinery look elsewhere. I plan to get get a heavy duty unit when I cross paths with one at a good price but for now, thin one is handling the 2 deer a year I get to shoot just fine. Burger jerky is arguably dangerous. I've made it; I'll make more in the future probably BUT I'm careful to use only my cleanest burger. In fact I label packages of burger to keep track of stuff that is jerky-worthy. Just IMHO.
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You guys still stand by the statements you made a couple years ago about your grinders..? Still working, still happy with them..?
Any new problems with the grinders you purchased from Cabelas,Northern Tool, etc...?
I can't live without one for much longer.
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I must say that I grind 80 percent of my deer. Of course I harvest the tenderloins and a small roast or two.
I started with a Kitchen Aid attachment and yes it works the mixer unit really heats up but again it works.
I bought a 1 HP Cabelas grinder with a #22 grinding unit and my Daughter and I cut our time significantly. We start with the course outlet and than mix up the meat and grind twice through the fine outlet.
I will tell you the most significant thing is having the meat cold it makes a huge difference in the grinding rate.
Its like when a guy buys a set of Swarovskis he may throw up shelling out the cash but once you have them normally a guy is happy. Yes I shelled out more than I wanted but now I have it I take care of it and if a friend need to do some grinding bring it over we will get it done.
Hank +10 yeah boatboy, the 1 hp Cabelas grinder #22 only way to fly, had mine for 5 years now 6-7 animals a year really like it. If you grind the meat at 50-75% frozen it does a really uniform job. Anymore I just run the meat thru once with the coarse plate and use it for everything I need ground meat for. Magnum Man
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I just ground 11# of antelope/lamb burger with the Kitchen Aide. Worked just fine and took little time.
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I bought the KitchenAid attachment ($40 with free shipping on Amazon). As was pointed out by others here there is lots of plastic involved (not the blades, of course), but it seems sturdy enough for the amount of grinding I intend to do. It did a great job making antelope chorizo a few weeks ago, so I'm happy. Basically, it made sense to me to use a powerful motor we already had and get something that doesn't take up much space. So far, so good.
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I'm another Kitchen Aide fan as well. I ground up 3 pronghorn last month with nary a hitch, just like it has for me for the past 6 years. May not be the fanciest, but since we already had the mixer I figured it was the best for the least alternative. Only thing I watch is to not let the motor get too hot. IMO, works as slick as I could need for our house hold needs.
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Be carefull which Kitchen Aid you use. Some of the newer kitchen aids are made with plastic gears inside and don't hold up too well to the stresses from the meat grinder. My wife's kitchen aid crapped out on me last year when grinding. Luckily it was still under warranty by one day, so we got a new kitchen aid. But, that's not an experience I want to repeat. "Honey, I broke your Kitchen Aid." Doesn't go over very well.
Deal with it.
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We usually end up grinding 3-6 deer-sized animals a year, along with an average of one moose or elk. Plus, my wife Eileen is a professional game cook and ends up making a lot of sausage, partly with the 2-3 wild pigs we usually get each winter in Texas. Have used a 1/2 HP Cabela's for several years now without problems, even when running 100 pounds of elk or moose through it. Dunno if it's exactly the same model anymore, but ours works fine.
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A couple years ago I bought a Northern Tool grinder due to the positive reviews in this thread. I have been very happy with it. It's areal work horse. We ground up most of the three antelope we shot this year, and it only took about 4 hours or so and we were not hurrying. I would definitely recommend it.
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I was wishing I had my camera with me on Sat as we butchered my steer at my pard's house. He has a grinder that was in a grocery store at one time. It now has a 6 HP motor and makes short work of grinding duties. We made 120 lbs of burger.
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The KitchenAid stand mixers, with a couple of exceptions, have a plastic "fuse" gear that is designed to be the point of failure with a heavy overload. I broke mine with an exceptionally heavy batch of dough. The plastic gear is easily replaced though. It's just getting harder to find an appliance repair shop of any kind.
Fortunately finding the part by internet was easy. So is the repair.
I find the grinder attachment is OK but if I was doing a lot of grinding, I'd get something else. Keeping the meat cold helps a lot.
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We've run a little cheap white grinder from WalMart the last 5 years. Does fine for what we need. I think it cost $69 or so.
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Those will work until you have to do an elk or moose every fall--along with other stuff. Have burned out 3-4.
Over a few decades (some spent with a big hand-grinder) I found a real grinder works better--and quicker!
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I used my Cabela's Club points to buy a 1 hp. #22 grinder five seasons ago. I wished I had bought one (or another professional type) years before I did when I think about all the time and energy wasted hand grinding venison.
I bought a small one, like the Walmart version, a few years before the Cabela's and took it back because the hand grinder was less work.
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Thanks for all the replies. Northern Tool has their Kitchener #12 meat grinder on sale for $109 and I received a coupon in the mail for $20 bucks off. Went ahead and picked one up at the local store for $89 + tax. Don't think I could do any better than that. All I need now is a deer to throw in it.... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/zoom_images/151342.jpg)
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Haven't read all the replies and don't have the NT. But I have used cheaper grinders, one from Cabela's and one from Basspro that I have, 200.00 and 100.00 each, I'm almost sure they have plastic gears. Anyway, through trial and error, with both. Trim most the sinew and silver skin off, tastes bad anyway... then 'drop' the chunks down the tube, don't push with handle. It'll grind faster than you can drop them and won't bind the cutter and gears.
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My 3/4hp Cabelas grinder I bought last Christmas is a dramatic step up in speed from my old $99 job I bought at Lowe's. It is also very quiet, so I can watch TV while I do the butchering. The comparison to my old grinder is honestly like comparing a big Mercedes sedan to a Chevy Cavalier. Both will eventually get you there, but one is definetely faster, smoother, quieter, and more durable.
My processing chores typically include 6-8 whitetails a year, often done in batches of 2-3 deer at a time (doe tags).
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Cabelas 1 hp, lots of grinding the last several years. Elk, deer, pork, no problems.
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I have a Warn Pro very similar to the one deerwahcker bought in size and shape.... its does fine for grinding... but I have made 100-150 lbs of sausage with it and it SUCKS for that... dropping cut meat in for grinding id fine but trying to get already ground meat into that stupid little shoot is a royal PITA. I had these dreams of a all in one machine but I was wrong... next on my list is a stuffer...
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