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I finally purchased a meat grinder attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 10:57 am
Posted on 6/27/24 at 10:57 am
Waiting this long has been really dumb. I should have had this attachment a long time ago.
The first thing I did was grind some skirt steak to make hamburgers.
If I don't have to, I'm never buying store bought ground meat again. Those were the best tasing hamburgers I have ever made. They were simply seasoned with salt and pepper and fried in a cast iron skillet. Everyone loved them.
Next project is to grind my own beef and pork to make meatballs. My meatballs are already really top notch but I think I can take them to the next level with freshly ground meat.
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Posted on 6/27/24 at 10:59 am to GumboPot
Cool. Now you can make your own Spam!
Posted on 6/27/24 at 11:00 am to Darla Hood
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Now you can make your own Spam!
For real?
I do plan on making my own sausage.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 11:04 am to GumboPot
Yup. Once you start self grinding you don't go back. The quality is superior.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 11:16 am to GumboPot
Is that OEM or an aftermarket type?
Posted on 6/27/24 at 11:34 am to USEyourCURDS
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Is that OEM or an aftermarket type?
Says "GVODE" on the side of it
Posted on 6/27/24 at 11:47 am to GumboPot
I have one but haven't really used it. I have thought many times about doing ground meat with it. Significant price diff grinding yourself? I know grocery stores usually use chuck or round supplemented with whatever trimmings from other cuts but what would be a recommended cut to use for this for a balance of flavor and cost effectiveness?
Posted on 6/27/24 at 12:04 pm to GumboPot
well shite i'm intrigued. never thought about making my own hamburger meat
Posted on 6/27/24 at 12:17 pm to GumboPot
And if you branch out into making your own sausages, you will never look back.
I make my own hot, Italian, green onion, boudin and andouille sausage now and haven't bought store made in years. All I buy is pork butts when they go on sale, the natural casings on-line and add the necessary seasonings to make the different sausages.
I make my own hot, Italian, green onion, boudin and andouille sausage now and haven't bought store made in years. All I buy is pork butts when they go on sale, the natural casings on-line and add the necessary seasonings to make the different sausages.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 12:54 pm to GumboPot
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The first thing I did was grind some skirt steak to make hamburgers.
That's some expensive ground meat, skirt near me is ~$10/lb
This post was edited on 6/27/24 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 6/27/24 at 12:56 pm to GumboPot
quote:I made Spam for one of the food challenges and bought the meat grinder attachment specifically for that. But I was mostly kidding.
For real?
PS - I’ll pick up a can next time I want Spam.
This post was edited on 6/27/24 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 6/27/24 at 1:07 pm to gumbo2176
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the natural casings on-line
Is this an Amazon purchase? Is the Amazon quality good?
Posted on 6/27/24 at 1:22 pm to Shexter
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Is this an Amazon purchase? Is the Amazon quality good?
No, I get it from an on-line company called "The Sausage Maker". They sell natural and synthetic casings in various sizes depending on what type sausage you want to make.
They also sell spice blends to make the sausage for batches by weight.
The good thing about the natural casings I get is they last a long time in the fridge since they are packed in a brine.
You do need to remove what you need to use and wash them well, both inside and outside before using them, but that is pretty easy to do.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 2:53 pm to Darla Hood
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Now you can make your own Spam!
My brother did and it was so much better than store bought.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 3:32 pm to AUHighPlainsDrifter
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Says "GVODE" on the side of it
I know, what an stupid question.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 3:41 am to GumboPot
I'm glad to see you bought an all metal aftermarket grinding attackment. My Kitchenaid mixer, bought many moons ago, came with the grinding attachment from Kitchenaid. The factory grinder is a plastic housing and feed tube, it has a metal worm, blade, and plate, but the housing is all a heavy wall plastic. Now the wife (sorry no pics for the OT perverts), and I have ground plenty of meat for hamburger and sausage for many years. Eventually the plastic housing split, probably from throwing it in the dishwasher. We replaced it with an all stainless grinding attachment and didn't look back until our meat grinding projects got really large. The little grinder is just too slow and too small to handle large jobs in a timely fashion. We upgraded to a larger 1/2 hp commercial grinder that uses size 8 blades and plates. If and when that dies, I will step up to a 1 hp model.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 8:18 am to GumboPot
Should go pick up one of those choice briskets that are on sale right now at Albertson's for $2/lb. Grinding skirt steak seems like a waste of a perfectly good steak.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 9:17 am to AUHighPlainsDrifter
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Says "GVODE" on the side of it
I don't know that brand, but the metal accessories look good on the Amazon webpage. It may be better than the OEM grinder.
I've had a Kitchen Aid OEM grinder for over 20 years of light use. It's made of plastic, cast zinc and steel. After just a few uses a crack formed in the plastic body due to high motor torque. I reinforced it with a stainless hose clamp. It looks sloppy but has held up.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 9:22 am to GumboPot
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The first thing I did was grind some skirt steak to make hamburgers.
High roller. Buy a brisket next time. Much less expensive and perfect for burgers.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 5:11 pm to gumbo2176
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I get it from an on-line company called "The Sausage Maker".
Thanks for the recommendation.
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