DIY Meat Processing Question

TreednNC · 10-28-2008, 06:44 AM

OK you do it your selfers. Got a question you guys. How many of you still use a hand crank meat grinder for your burger? More specifically the Keystone one? I run across a good deal on a Keystone 20 for$6...but not sure if it'd be worth breaking a $10 over. Id like to have an electric one, but right now can't justify it with Christmas coming up soon. Maybe next year.

burniegoeasily · 10-28-2008, 06:50 AM

Funny you ask. I was butchering a doe I shot last week and went to grind the meat and had lost the blade to my hand grinder. Thats all ive ever used, a hand grinder. My grinder is so old, I can not find a replacement blade, so im going to have to buy a new one. Ill be buying a new hand grinder agian.

Why I like a hand grinder? Its cheap and easy to clean. Besides, my daughter would kill me if I bought and electric. She loves tocrank the grinder.

burniegoeasily · 10-28-2008, 06:51 AM

Oh, yea, buy the grinder. I would.

Rhody Hunter · 10-28-2008, 06:53 AM

for 6 $ idon't think you could go wrong . An electric would be much better but a hand one will get the job done . some are able to hook up a motor to it instead of the crank maybe that is an option

WV Hunter · 10-28-2008, 06:59 AM

For $6....you can't go wrong. That's one Big Mac meal.

TreednNC · 10-28-2008, 07:08 AM

Looks to be in great condition. A little surface rust but not readily noticeable. How hard are the blades to sharpen?

burniegoeasily · 10-28-2008, 07:10 AM

Blads are just single bevled. Ive hit mine with a file from time to time and they keep working fine.

wis_bow_huntr · 10-28-2008, 07:14 AM

I use a hand grinder all the time when i grind meat. sure it take a bit longer but hey its not too bad.

burniegoeasily · 10-28-2008, 07:53 AM

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ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr

I use a hand grinder all the time when i grind meat. sure it take a bit longer but hey its not too bad.

It takes me no longer. I cut the meat, hand it to my daughter and she does the grinding. Doenst slow me down one bit. lol.

TreednNC · 10-28-2008, 08:34 AM

Just seems like a pain. Used a grinder like this the last time and it clogged up. I guess I didnt get enough stringy stuff out and enough of the thin film on the muscle off.