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Meat grinder and processing tips
Posted on 8/24/20 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 8/24/20 at 7:56 pm
Looking to get into my own processing this year.. not sasauge yet but I would like to make my ground meat and breakfast sasauge. I want a good grinder that I can go through a whole deboned deer quick.. where should I be looking? And what sizes
Also any tips would be great.
Also any tips would be great.
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Posted on 8/24/20 at 10:46 pm to WPsportsman
I have a Cabela’s grinder,had it a good many years.I can’t remember the hp but it uses #8 plates.I can barely feed it fast enough.LEM make good grinders also.I recommend the accessory foot switch.It came with tubes for making link sausage,works ok.If you ever get into making a lot of link sausage probably better off with a dedicated sausage stuffer.
Posted on 8/24/20 at 11:32 pm to WPsportsman
A #12 grinder is plenty big enough, a #22 is overkill. The Cabela’s carnivore grinders are supposed to be the best non-commercial grinder on the market right now.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:35 am to sleepytime
another vote for Cabelas a buddy uses them to grind for his lil sausage business
Posted on 8/25/20 at 5:09 am to WPsportsman
Cabela's, Weston and Lem's all make good grinders. I started with a .5hp. #8 from Cabela's several years ago and it was fine. A couple of years ago I upgraded to a 1hp. #22 Carnivore and it's a beast! For you stated needs a .5hp #8 would work however if you can swing it I would go with a .75 hp. #12.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 5:48 am to WPsportsman
Have a 1hp grinder from Pro Bass. Was around $300, but that has been 15+ years ago. Never a problem with it. Very fast at grinding.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 7:32 am to WPsportsman
Whatever you get, after you debone, partially freeze inch wide strips and run them through the grinder that way.
It keeps the plate from getting gunked up with sinew and helps you finish the grind faster. Do the same with pork if you can. Ya don’t have to, though.
Also, get a couple of onions, quarter them, and drizzle olive oil all over them. Run them through the grinder before you grind any meat. It helps a lot.
It keeps the plate from getting gunked up with sinew and helps you finish the grind faster. Do the same with pork if you can. Ya don’t have to, though.
Also, get a couple of onions, quarter them, and drizzle olive oil all over them. Run them through the grinder before you grind any meat. It helps a lot.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 7:52 am to WPsportsman
I use my dads stuff which he got from Cabelas
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:54 am to WPsportsman
It kind of depends on the size/strength of your grinder, but cut the meat up in chunks. Make sure to cut against the grain. Sometimes the strands or tendons get tangle up if they are too long.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:56 am to BRgetthenet
What does the onion do before the grind?
Posted on 8/25/20 at 9:42 am to WPsportsman
quote:
want a good grinder that I can go through a whole deboned deer quick.
Even with a #8 you can grind an entire deer in way less time than it takes to debone it. For most hunters it's more than enough.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 10:00 am to metryboy
Helps coat the plates with oil to help meat not to stick? 
Posted on 8/25/20 at 11:48 am to WPsportsman
I have a 1/2 HP Carnivore from Cabelas, and its more than I need, but it had some features I liked when looking at them. Anything over a 1/2HP is too much for one person, using it for a couple deer a year. Grinders are really something that people should go in halves on, I use mine maybe 6 hours a year.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:43 pm to Citica8
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Grinders are really something that people should go in halves on
Only part of your post I disagree with. Boats, camps, grinders, women, etc. should be one man's thing. Basically anything that can break and cost money to repair. Only caveat to that is if you are splitting ownership with your father or brother.
Suppose I should clarify, only folks in Alabama share their women with their family, albeit sometimes they're one in the same.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 5:57 pm to tenfoe
Boats and camps are not like $100-$400 grinders. If it breaks and neither can fix it, buy
a new one.
Grinders, sausage stuffers, and meat saws that get used 2-3 days a year at max, can easily be shared with a competent trustworthy person, and I trust a few friends more than family without a doubt.
a new one.
Grinders, sausage stuffers, and meat saws that get used 2-3 days a year at max, can easily be shared with a competent trustworthy person, and I trust a few friends more than family without a doubt.
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