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I'm with you dude. I bought one for about $70 way over 10 years ago, have ground hudreds of pounds of meat through it, works just fine. It takes some patience, you have to cut the meat up into ~ 1" strips, you can't force anything. Once in a while it bogs down, stop, dissasemble and regroup. For my needs it's just fine. I can do the meat from one deer, about 20 lbs. (I keep all roasts, neck, ribs separate) in about 2 hours. Thats run through twice, wrapped and cleaned up.

Chuck7

I got one from Walmart for 70.00 pro model..
Works great.
C7

spudrow

[ Once in a while it bogs down, stop, dissasemble and regroup. For my needs it's just fine.


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If your grinder bogs down or starts to hang up, your meat is to hotor to much silver skin is being ground.I always keep some shaved ice around to dump in the hopper to keep every thing ice cold. The ice also cleans out your plates. You can even put the plates and knife in the freezer for about 1/2 hour to helphold thecold. The colder the meat the better it can be ground.

Buckstopshere

By the way, a good way to clean the grinder when you're done is to run some stale bread through it.

spudrow

Ice does a much better job. Try it.

Texasimport

I have ground many Deer and Pigs using a hand grinder. . . .I typically do batches or 30/45 LBs at a time. . . .Turn the crank with one hand and feed with the other. . . .I am no weight lifter but not a baby either, 6'3" 190,and I have yet to get too tuckered out to finish the job. . . Why spend $300 plus for something that you use but a few times a year. . . .use those dollars and get a new gun. . . . .

nybowhunter

Here is an awesome website. They have very good quality and everything you would every want to process meats. I have one of their electric sausage machines and a grinder. Great products and their spices are good too!

http://www.sausagemaker.com/

OkieBill

I bought a hobart from a used comercial food equip store in Tulsa Oklahoma for around $200 bucks