re: Want to start processing my own deer and looking for quality electric meat grinder.

Get one with a wide throat and a quiet motor. Don't shop by horsepower because there are some 3/4 and 1 horsepower units that are small and extremely loud. I have one and am going to buy something different very soon. It's the weston 33-1301-W. It says it will grind 5 lb a minute but good luck shoving that much through it in that amount of time. It's not so bad if you just plan on running solid chunks through it in one pass. The real misery is if you double grind. You also need ear plugs to run the damn thing. I really wish I bought a more commercial style unit the first go round. This thing is more of a small batch tool for the kitchen and not game processing.

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Whatever you have budgeted to spend on a grinder, go buy the $99 dollar one from academy and spend the real money on a good vacuum sealer. Unless you’re just not trimming worth a shite I have never been slowed down by even a basic grinder, all of them can process faster than you can trim.

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All of this and Ill add get a good sausage stuffer.

I have this chamber vacuum sealer. Its a 5 star product, with the 8x12 bags you can seal a 2lb portion of sausage. I just did 50lbs over that last week.