Inexpensive grinder?

[TimberHunter]

I’ve been using the Amazon attachment that mounts to a kitchen aid. Works alright but slow.

I’m usually only butchers 1-2 deer and maybe an elk each year. Was thinking of the 5/8hp Weston counter top grinder for $80. Any other suggestions?


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[rayporter]

i have had 2 half HP grinders given as presents and both went up in smoke, literally. save your money.

 

[BRTreedogs]

The problem I’ve had is with the small neck size, not the power.

Have to spend enough money to go from the #12 to #22 neck

 

[TimberHunter]

i have had 2 half HP grinders given as presents and both went up in smoke, literally. save your money.

I guess keep using the super slow Kitckenaid attachment if I don’t want to fork out the big bucks?


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[BRTreedogs]

I had a hard time getting my wallet open, but I can tell u it was some of the best money I’ve spent.

 

[ColPenguin]

I would steer clear of Weston home line, looks like it's made from Chinesium. Will certainly fail after a year.

Either save up for the Weston Pro line, or go for the Meat! or LEM in a #12 size to get your best entry level value. You already have the "inexpensive" option. Any of these would be a better value upgrade.

I believe OnX, BHA, and RMEF often have member discounts for Meat!, Weston or Walton's.

*Edit* - Walton's has a #12 on sale right now, which looks comparable as well

 

[Jpsmith1]

I had a hard time getting my wallet open, but I can tell u it was some of the best money I’ve spent.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I can be a cheap SOB sometimes.

Buying a good grinder was definitely a hard spend to swallow but good money spent.

 

[gman82001]

Struggle till Black Friday then hit the lem sale

 

[Ice-kub]

My buddy and I split on a vevor off amazon, was $380 CAD and it chewed through a whole mule deer in probably 20 minutes of actual grind time. We almost couldn't keep up with the thing. We were absolutely blown away. It is made in China but it absolutely does not feel flimsy or chinsey.

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[Qholum37]

We got the LEM MightyBite #8 and it’s been great for our needs which are similar to yours. It was in the low $200’s on Amazon. Grinds meat faster than I could feed it, great value in my opinion.

 

[Shortschaf]

We have the LEM #12 and it is a hell of a grinder. We do 2 to 5 deer a year with it, and it could do more. Grinding is not the bottleneck in the process.

If we did a beef a year, I would go bigger
If only 1 or 2 deer a year, I could see going smaller.

No experience with the #8 LEM, but I am a big fan of LEM brand after using some crappy grinders, so that is the one I would research first

 

[Frozenlead]

I’ll echo the buy once cry once sentiment. I ran a little #8 sized on for a long time, did cows, deer, moose and elk with it. Upgraded to a Cabela’s (bass pro) 3/4hp #12 almost 10 years ago. Thing was an absolute game changer. No more chopping into cubes, just make it fit in the pile and it’ll grind it. Takes as long to clean up as it does to grind a deer. Also stuffs sausage casing almost too fast for one guy to keep up.

 

[MuleyFever]

We got the LEM MightyBite #8 and it’s been great for our needs which are similar to yours. It was in the low $200’s on Amazon. Grinds meat faster than I could feed it, great value in my opinion.

Using this one and its worked fine. I may upgrade this year when the holiday sales hit.

 

[BRTreedogs]

I may have been incorrect in my neck size number suggestions earlier.

All I know is the size that comes on a $70 grinder you find at the local store is not big enough.

 

[noisy]

I’ve been using the Amazon attachment that mounts to a kitchen aid. Works alright but slow.

I’m usually only butchers 1-2 deer and maybe an elk each year. Was thinking of the 5/8hp Weston counter top grinder for $80. Any other suggestions?


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Been using this cheapie from Walmart for three years and it does the job just fine for one deer and elk a year. The price is right. Yeah you gotta cube the meat before stuffing it in. I do that anyway because I'm pretty fastidious about trimming.

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