For years I used an old hand cranked grinder that was my Grandmother's, a few years ago I bought an electric grinder from Cabela's when the local store opened. I have ground meat twice on occassion using the coarse plate first then the fine. This year's deer was ground with the coarse plate as most was intended for chili and meatloaf. I ground pork butt separate from the venison and mixed the two separately after grinding although I have sometimes ground both together at times.
