Best electric meat grinders according to redditors

Check this out: http://www.amazon.com/Waring-MG-800-Professional-Grinder-Stainless/dp/B0000CEURE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310746778&sr=8-2 I've found it very useful in just such situations
EDIT: It's also gotten great reviews

Like most members here, I started out with a KA grinder and sausage stuffer. The sausage stuffer was the first to go. One batch, and I saw how absolutely terrible this was. I got a LEM 5lb stuffer and have never been happier. Trust me, it's worth every cent.

In terms of grinder, the KA worked fine...it got the job done, didn't take too long, and was reliable. The problem for me was that I felt like I was burning out the KA motor. It always sounded really stressed when I sent the meat through, and it's my girlfriend's KA, so I didn't want to burn the motor out. So, after much research, I got this: http://www.amazon.com/STX-TURBOFORCE-3000-SERIES-ATTACHEMENT/dp/B0012KJBR0

Awful, cheap sounding name? Yes. Amazing grinder? Absolutely. This thing tears through 5lb of meat in about 2 minutes. I'm sure that the LEM grinder is better, but it's twice the price, and I really don't think it's twice the value. I have had this grinder for about 6 months, and I have had no problems. Even with almost completely thawed meat, it grinds it right up. It also has metal parts instead of plastic, so cleanup is MUCH easier and more satisfying than the KA.

I bought the STX turbo force and love it! Great quality and wonderful customer service. We used it last week to grind about 60 lb of meat and it didn't skip a beat...wonderful consistent grind. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0012KJBR0/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1371999994&sr=8-2&pi=SL75

Getting a dedicated stuffer makes a world of difference in the quality of your product, and the ease of making the product.

This meat grinder is on sale right now, and while it runs a bit loud, it is a quality product.

Lem 5lb stuffer is a little on sale as well.

Get both, and you're sitting around the 300$ budget mark!

Thinking of getting one of the electric grinder/mincer/stuffer like this: Homeleader Meat Grinder Mincer, Sausage Stuffer, 800W https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XPB3QLM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_F7ZBzbFGQVS59
Very thoughtful gift, what has your husband been making?

If you want to take your shit to the next level, buy a metal hand crank or power meat grinder and start doing your own blends.

Here is a decent one that costs 22 bucks.

Here is the one I use; it can do a lot more than just grind meat - i make sausages with it as well.

My blend: whole chuck, shortrib (or oxtail if you can find it, i like it better, but it's harder to find in quantity), and point brisket, (i do equal parts of each - remember to account for bone weight when buying) and get your grind on. Freeze all metal parts for at least an hour prior to grinding and all meat should be WELL chilled beforehand too. Do a coarse grind. Also get yourself some beef bones. Roast the bones to get marrow out, chill it and mix the marrow in with your ground meat. Finally I include a little red miso paste. Only a little.

This mixture makes the best burgers I or anyone who has eaten them has ever had. Best of all, it makes both smash burgers and big burgers.

Use ice cream scoops to measure your burger patties, and buy 3x3 parchment squares to separate them.

You can make as many as you want, and they freeze well.

Best choice is to get a meat grinder. You can get them pretty cheap, or pretty expensive, but the main differences between the prices are if it is electric/manual, the quality of the build (metal hand grinders will almost always beat cheap electric grinders), and amount of meat you can grind at a time.

By the way, the one I marked as expensive is by no means the upper limit of grinders. I use a grinder that came out of the meat section in a grocery store and it would have cost me $700+. But I grind a lot of meat during deer season and it can take anything I throw at it.

You can grind meat by hand or using a food processor/blender, but I haven't tried it so I can't recommend it.
Here's an article on how to do it by hand: http://www.steakeat.com/grind-beef.html

Edit: What's the recipe? I love offal and am always interested in new ways to make it.

Get a meat grinder.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K87LVGH/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07K87LVGH&pd_rd_w=ZtUy5&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=VHOvD&pf_rd_r=J3W2M488PN80RETCGNMG&pd_rd_r=14f848e1-21f5-4bf8-b8b7-b5ce3c97e6a3&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyV0ZISjlPNjdNSkhMJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTg1NzY3Mlg5UzRFWFhPSTZQUCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODAxMjY2MjZXSVY5SzVUSjROJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Obviously read some of the books that others have stated. But, as far as grilling sausages, you basically grind up the meat (ensuring the fat ratio is close to correct), add spices for the particular sausage you are making, and then stuff it into the casings. You may or may not smoke the sausages, and if you do smoke, there is a process to follow to keep the fat from melting. In that case you would most likely want an electric smoker to keep your temps low.

That being said, heres a link to a great site that has more types of sausage recipes that i have ever heard of.
http://thespicysausage.com/sausagemakingrecipes.htm

For a grinder, Amazon has a few that are good for starting out. I bought this one, and it works great.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K87LVGH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_LOlmDbH7CXVMY

Good luck!

I have this sonofabitch. The thing kicks ass.


https://www.amazon.com/American-Eagle-AE-G22N-Food-Machinery/dp/B0187GROPW/ref=sr_1_8?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3JXtBRC8ARIsAEBHg4m9Sjat8xDXjCYZy6WRMa3nl5SfqvjwS0Rikx7lGarQzOTZotO5jv8aAluuEALw_wcB&hvadid=238267539535&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9001859&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14482128385287623213&hvtargid=aud-649564993678%3Akwd-417704512287&hydadcr=13964_9624663&keywords=american+eagle+meat+grinder&qid=1571160185&sr=8-8

My recommendation is to get this meat grinder because it can handle decent sized bones, and then go down to your local asian grocery store and pick up a bunch of chicken wings, salmon heads, a beef liver, some chicken hearts & gizzards, & some shrimp. Go home and grind it all up under the finest settings of the grinder, and then baggy/freeze a bunch of meal sized portions.

When you feed: thaw out a baggie, mix in a little extra calcium powder (no D3) just to be safe, add a little cod liver oil, and mix in some diced fruit. It will mimic a varied diet of whole prey, and he/she will gobble it up like there is no tomorrow.

Little late to the party, but my Sunmile goes through thawed chicken thighs/necks/whatever with absolute ease. It’s probably gone through about 450 pounds of chicken bones and it still works like brand new. I haven’t tried it with Turkey bones yet, but I imagine it would go through with a little convincing.

I'm in the market as well, although I did find one electric one that has over 1,000 reviews with an average of 4 stars on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/STX-INTERNATIONAL-STX-3000-TF-Turboforce-Attachment/dp/B0012KJBR0/

Has a bunch of accessories & unless you're doing a whole cow at once, seems like it can handle a decent load without overheating. If I remember right, the competing ones at Cabela's have ice packs to help with the cooling issue (and I've seen other ones with cooling fans in them), so it depends on the quantity you're planning on doing. The upshot is that electrics are easier, although I feel like a manual grinder would last longer...

The kitchenaid is generally regarded pretty poorly. It will bog down and get clogged pretty easily. I've never used a hand crank, so no thoughts there. But if you're looking for something that's relatively cheap and functional, I'd recommend the TurboForce STX-3000 which I've had for several years and hasn't failed me yet. I put about 100 lbs through it a year.

Not sure about the plate. This is the grinder

https://www.amazon.com/Weston-08-3201-W-PRO-1050-Electric-Grinder/dp/B000WCDYTA/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1518899115&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=weston+32&psc=1

I'm assuming the blade is one of these? Not sure if they are identical though.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002L9DJJC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0777KV24L/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use a Maverick MM-5501 ($86 at Amazon) to make raw food for my cats. I've ground hundreds of pounds of fryers with it and have had no problems. And by whole I mean uncooked, with all the bones/spine.