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Looking for a decent meat grinder for processing my wild game. Primarily deer and hogs but did manage to get a black bear recently. Any suggestions on brands and price points.
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Not a professional, but here's my .02 worth.. I bought one of these a few years ago from Northern Tool, just to see how difficult it was to do my own processing. It's made in China, it's noisy and it's slow, but it has ground up 5-6 deer with zero problems. It paid for itself in "processing fees" after the first run. We will continue to use it until it falls apart and then probably upgrade.. My cousin is into processing a bit more than I, he purchased [b][color:#3333FF]Cabela's 3/4 hp[/color][/b] grinder. It is head an shoulders above the cheap grinder I have. It's fast and quiet, sounds like a sewing machine when running. I've only used it once, but highly recommend one like that if you can swing it...
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I have been told that the newer ones might not be as good, but I bought the Northern Tool one probably 15+ years ago and have probably processed 15-20 elk and 20-25 deer and pronghorn with it without a hickup.
Cabelas has there cheap one on sale right now for $89,but I bet the Northern Tool is better. Try to look for one with metal gearing.
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I got the Northern Tool one a couple years ago and have no complaints. You'd have to spend considerably more to get a significant upgrade.
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Thanks guys,
I will be looking into the Northern Tool.
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Bro in law and I both have the 3/4hp cabelas grinder. I picked up a 1hp in the cabelas bargain cave for dad. No complaints with any and they all get a workout. Brother in law (and family ) gets a handful of deer a year , an elk a year , usually a couple butcher pigs , and even an angus bull that was down in the back. Quite the workout.
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1 h/p cabelas works great, ground many a deer and elk.
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Seem like all good grinders. I do like that the Megaforce comes with all the attachments? Midway for price point as well? Hmmm?
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I have been extremely happy with my LEM grinder that I have owned for a few years. Mine is .35 HP stainless model (bought on sale for about $275.00), and unless you are going to be doing production butchering it will handle just about anything in grinding. I like the LEM sausage stuffers as well. I have the 5 pound one and it works very well, although I wish I would have purchased the 10 pound one. http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&am...b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4lgy43pw4e_b
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I wait until after Xmas when cabelas has their big grinder sales, I picked up a 1 HP version last year.
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My brother bought a commercial one at a used restaurant sales store and it easily handles anything. Was pretty cheap as I recall it was less than $150 and more than 1 horsepower. Such a store might be a place for you to look for a really good machine at a good price.
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Not a professional, but here's my .02 worth.. I bought one of these a few years ago from Northern Tool, just to see how difficult it was to do my own processing. It's made in China, it's noisy and it's slow, but it has ground up 5-6 deer with zero problems. It paid for itself in "processing fees" after the first run. We will continue to use it until it falls apart and then probably upgrade.. My cousin is into processing a bit more than I, he purchased [b][color:#3333FF]Cabela's 3/4 hp[/color][/b] grinder. It is head an shoulders above the cheap grinder I have. It's fast and quiet, sounds like a sewing machine when running. I've only used it once, but highly recommend one like that if you can swing it... Ditto on the cabella's 3/4 hp grinder. I bought one years ago and I have put a dozen deer thru it with no hiccups. Made lots of sausage, bologna, summer sausage, burger and jerkey. It is a bit pricy but catch it on sale and it will pay for itself in 3 hunting seasons and you will always know the quality of the meat your getting, and that it is actually "your deer" you are eating.
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i picked up one of the inexpsensive Northen tool ones as well years ago. I processed 13 deer with it before the plastic gear broke. picked up another just like it. Managed to pick the last one up for $49
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I'm pretty old-school...call it $150 and no gears to worry about getting chewed up  ![[Linked Image]](http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x134/utahlefty/falconry/harris%20hawks%202014/20140914_162423_zpsc749bb93.jpg)
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shamelessly stolen from this guy at sausagemania.combasically a #22 SS manual grinder + 13" flywheel + 1/2HP 1700 RPM motor the pillow block with 1.5" and 4" pulleys reduce grinder RPM to right about 80 not shown in the pic is a deadman's switch (foot pedal) it's basically unbreakable
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I've got 2 elk, 4 deer, and 2 antelope through mine.
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I cut up and process at least 3 deer a year. I have been using a #32 hand grinder for the last 20 years. It will last a lifetime
And the motor won't stop when you have a boned out deer ready to grind up. They cost about 100 dollars and are more work but completely reliable.
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