I've never used grinder before. Should this work well for sirloin steak into ground meat,breakfast sausage? Thanks
1316778
If you keep the meat cold almost frozen it works better. Don't force the meat too much and it will do a great job. I use mine to grind chuck roast and pork butt.
1316779
Yes, It will grind any meat, and it has several grinding plates to grind from fine to course.
1316780
Of course it will do great. We even use it to grind whole chickens, bones and all, for dog food.
1316781
Yes, you can grind most any meat to make ground burger or sausage. That's the beauty of grinding you own. You know exactly what's in your burger or sausage. I would suggest cutting into cubes and putting in the freezer for a short time to firm up the meat while you get everything set up. Then remove and start grinding. This grinder worked well for me. I made lots of deer burger and sausage last fall.
1189469
I also bought it for grinding steak it made great hamburger hope you enjoy it as much as I do, hope this helped you out
1933961
the blade should face out towards the grinding plate. if used the other way their would be a space between the blade and grinding plate which you DO NOT want as it can bend or snap the cutting blade; simply put, ground meat feeds outward not inward. never rely on a guess answer.
124279
Yes, you have to grind the meat first. This is only a stuffer not a grinder. We used to use the grinder to also stuff but it is very time consuming, this is a great stuffer and fast.
880632
I am no help here. I have only used it for coffee. IT seems like it would work fine, but that is only a guess on my part. I would say it is one of the best grinders for coffee that I have owned.
2027620
I would imagine it could grind thawed non-stringey (not too many tendons) or boney meat, but I wouldn't throw a frozen block of ground beef inside ... that would certainly damage your blades.
2052811
I love my "grinder" & use it for a lot of things but never for bones, it was not made for that job. I have made mincemeat and cranberry sauce that is healthier then store-bought. each piece is uniform and same size last year, I was given a turkey. I stripped the meat off the bones and ground it. it was good but not a job that I will do again.
2126638
No I have never used it to cook ground beef. Not sure what outcome you are looking for but the masher's holes are relatively small in diameter - so if you want to squash the fats out of the meat it would probably work ok.
1154497
I own this product and use it for grinding all of my meat, in addition you can adapt the meat grinder into a sausage stuffier. This thing grinds meat like a champ and it is easy to keep the cutting wheel sharpened. The sausage stuffer can be difficult to use but it does work once you get the hang of it.
1523212
If you intend to stuff sausage cases, you will need to either get your meat already ground (ground beef, ground pork, ground turkey or ground veal)to use in your recipes or you will need a grinder if you use whole cuts of meat. There are several good grinders available. Lem is a good one. Depending on the qty of meat you will be processing should determine the size, power and rate you will need. Grinders come in several sizes. Shop for best price as these can get expensive.
467095
I haven't used this one for grinding spices but I do have a Krups that I use and it works great. I don't see why this one wouldn't work.
952035
I make a lot of Cajun Boudan sausage, using cooked pork loin. I have had no trouble grinding the pork loin. It works best if you don't over stuff the grinder. It took me a little while to get the hang of just how much hand pressure to use on the meat while turning the hand crank. It cut the meat very well and I was surprised at how well it did that. I have not used the stuffing attachment yet. Cleaning it is very easy.
1423143
It would appear as if this will work as if you look at the item http://www.amazon.com/Grinder-Attachment-KitchenAid-Sausage-Stuffer/dp/B00FW0NANC/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid;=1420731162&sr;=8-11&keywords;=chefs+choice+meat+grinder it is using this sausage stuffer.
1760183
According to the company itself, you have to grind your food first and follow those guidelines. Then you can use this attachment for stuffing the casings. With the way the attachment is made, you do not have proper fitting if you try and use the grinder attachments. Plus its better to grind first then stuff later. Because you have to prepare your food and then stuff it. Hope this helps.
1107142
Yes! Works great with one issue. We have the little brown/greed/red plastic ones. (Not metal) They do give you one of theirs though (a little better design too). The issue is that this grinder always grinds too much, even on setting "1". So you have to stop it manually after 5/6 seconds. If you don't mind that, it's a lot easier than refilling those from a bag.
899207
I would have to say that grinding fish, bone and all would be a bit beyond the intended purpose of the Kitchenaid meat grinder. Personally I would not risk ingesting minuscule pieces of fish bone. I had a very bad experience with a fish bone resulting in hospitalization. So I would say no the grinder is not suitable for this purpose. I hope this helps. You may email Kitchenaid and get their response concerning this as they will definitely give you an answer.
722010
I have fed my dogs raw ground meat for the last 2 years and it is a great diet for them. I am thinking of grinding the meat myself and would like to find out how much a grinder that can do that would cost. CAn this grinder grind bones?