I just made a batch of andouille (see below) and they came out great, but it was a lot more work than it needed to be. I have the Kitchen Aid meat grinder attachment, it does OK for grinding, but sausage stuffing is a chore. The feed tube is larger than the pusher and it's difficult to get a consistent feed into the casing.

I want to upgrade the my equipment, should I buy a stand alone, hand crank, sausage stuffer, or an electric grinder that also stuffs sausage?

Recommendations for equipment and/or procedures from a more experienced person would be appreciated.

Thanks, I'm sure the F&DB brain trust will come through.

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Posted by FowlGuy

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 12:03 pm to andouille

I have a 1hp cabelas grinder and love it. I never use it to stuff although I can if I want. I have a 5lb LEM vertical hand crank stuffer. So much nicer then the electric grinder stuffer although if I could start all over I would buy a vertical electric stuffer with food pedal so I can have both hands on the link (#nohomo). I make my own aundouille every year with deer and pork, get a lot of stuff from Walton’s.

The vertical stuffer is the way to go, the electric is more expensive but if you can afford it jump on it.

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Posted by unclejhim

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 12:05 pm to andouille

Your sausage looks good! Get a stand alone stuffer. I have a Lem 5lb. and it works fine.

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Posted by sleepytime

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 1:12 pm to andouille

Another vote for a stand alone stuffer. Get a 10 or 15 pound one to speed things up. The 2 speed hand crank ones are nice.

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Posted by gumbo2176

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 2:11 pm to sleepytime

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Another vote for a stand alone stuffer.

And yet another vote for stand alone. I have a hand crank one that holds 5 lbs. and it works fine for my needs since I usually make hot, green onion, Italian, boudin and andouille in 5 lb. batches.

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Posted by andouille

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 2:19 pm to gumbo2176

Thanks for the advice everyone. Stand alone it is.

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Posted by Btrtigerfan

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 2:45 pm to andouille

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sauage making

I’ve been enjoying YouTube videos made by the “Bearded Butchers.” You might also enjoy. Summer sausage.

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Posted by theantiquetiger

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 2:52 pm to andouille

The hand crank one is not what you think. You are not going to sit there and crank it like a grinder. It’s a very slow crank, maybe one revolution a minute. The one difference between the hand crank and electric one is that one person can do it alone with the electric one, it takes two people to work the hand crank one.
(I guess one person could do the hand crank, but maybe a pain in the arse to crank and make the links at the same time)

I have the large hand crank one from Cabala’s, it holds 11 pounds.

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Posted by gumbo2176

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Posted on 8/30/20 at 3:07 pm to theantiquetiger