meat grinders

[heydeerman]

I bought one for $35 on sale at walley mart. I got a buddy who has had one for about 4 years with no problem.

[Dave2old]

OK, I only read the question and not all the answers, but here, perhaps, is a different take: Since burger doesn't keep as long in the freezer as unprocessed meat, and since I cut all my meat myself, what I've come to prefer is to cut and wrap roasts or other larger chunks, then thaw them as needed and grind with a reliable hand grinder passed down from my grandmother, at least. A bonus is that should you decide you want a roast, steaks, shishkabobs, etc., you haven't eliminated that choice. So long as it all gets 'et, the form it takes on the plate is nothing but a matter of preference.

[LKH]

Dave,
I take all the trim and put in a 12 pack bottle beer box or something that will hold about 25 pounds.  I line it w/plastic and pound it tight.  Seal w/duct tape and grind as needed.  One year I had 7 of these boxes.  Really saves freezer room.

[sunshine]

dave that is a very good suggestion. in the past i would go and have all my deer processed at once. with owning my own grinder i can grind as needed. i never thought of that option. thanx alot, tim.

[dnovo]

Look at Northern Tools. I bought one from them this fall and have only done 1 deer but it performed very well. It is 1000 watts for the same price as the one in Cabelas that is 450 or 500 watts.

[Slasher]

Originally posted by dnovo:
Look at Northern Tools. I bought one from them this fall and have only done 1 deer but it performed very well. It is 1000 watts for the same price as the one in Cabelas that is 450 or 500 watts.

I have that one... I've done 4 deer with it... its not blazing fast, but its fast enough that I need to cut it off so I can catch up  with it from time to time... works okay for making sausage as well... It appears to be a taiwanese product "Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder" that sells for 70% more under its own name...

Its bargain and just plain works... its easy to clean too... My only complaint is the steel grinding plate, and will be buying stainless plates to replace the carbon steel, but you need to do that with most anyways... I paid $89 on sale and think its worth 2x that much!!!