Dont get me wrong that grinder went through the meat like it was nothing, and was extremely quiet while at it! I was impressed for a short time!
Yep, I was using a foot pedal that day. The meat was slightly frozen. When I say the feeding tube was frosty cold, I mean when I was grinding, the tube was cold enough to make a layer of frost on the outside of the tube. The thing was cold. The motor and auger were hotter than hell though. I don't mean it was kind of hot and some silver skin got wrapped up and discolored. I mean the shit was baked on, and the auger was almost too hot to handle. It was no different than cleaning burned meat on a cast iron pan. It was a bitch to scrape off with a scotch pad. I'm glad that I'm in the minority and that you guys have had good luck with yours. I'm just putting out what my experience was.