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Use your own ingredients to prepare ground meat at home for the ultimate in freshness. Cast iron, double tinned. Grinds approximately 3 lbs/1.35kgs of meat per minute. Cutting discs are made of high grade harden steel. Easily clamp to most surfaces. read more
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17 reviews
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Janet McNulty | Wednesday, June 09, 2010
I bought this to cut down on my meat budget. I can buy roasts that are on sale and grind them into ground beef and spend less than is I bought already ground beef. This grinds the meat nicely. The clamp the holds it on the table slip sometimes (which is why I gave it 4 stars), but permanently fixing it to a block of wood solves this. Or just tighten it every so ofter. I will warn first time buyers, meat grinding is a slow process. Occasionally you will have to take the blade off and clean it as gristl
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Stephen Foster | Saturday, August 14, 2010
My motivation for getting this item was an article about what legally passes for pre-ground beef in the US. I thought I already knew the essential facts, but the article sickened me.
I couldn't face the idea of getting and storing yet one more electric appliance, so I selected this one. I wasn't put off by the reviews that mention industrial oil residue: I just parked it in the dishwasher for a couple of cycles before using. Some reviews of other grinders complain that the cutting wheels and bl
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rva237 | Sunday, September 12, 2010
Took me half an hour and a pint of sweat to grind 2 lbs of hamburg............
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Nor Pro Meat Grinder/Mincer/Pasta Maker. 7" Height. Ideal for meats, beans, nuts and many vegetables! Make your own pasta from your favorite recipe. Includes instruction and recipe booklet. Comes with two screens: Coarse mincing plate, fine mincing p... read more
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Parkerville | Saturday, October 16, 2010
Haven't made any pasta yet, but for grinding meat it works great. It's also easy to clean and store in a plastic bag etc.
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C. Delaney | Sunday, October 10, 2010
Bought this item based on the large number of positive reviews here on Amazon. Had no intention of using it for pasta, just meat.
FIRST - no one mentions that the handle is longer than the unit is tall. So where and how it sticks to what surface is immaterial if none of these surfaces is an edge. My formica counter top has a raised lip, so it didn't work on the edge as I needed.
Overcame that problem, and embarked on my first project, grinding some top round for making meat loaf
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Kat A. | Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wanting a home meat grinder, I bought this particular model because (a) I am CHEAP, and (b) I didn't want another version of the old pig-iron hand-cranked grinder my family used to have (weighed a ton, rusted if you so much as breathed on it, imparted an unpleasant pig-iron flavor to everything that went through it).
I should have known that I was going to be likewise unsatisfied with an all-plastic grinder, but thought I'd give this a whirl. And when I tried it out, for the first few minutes, it wasn't that bad. I had a one-pound chunk of beef that I'd slung in the freezer for an hour (slightly frozen meat is much easier to grind); I cut it into small strips as directed by the instructions; I tried securing the grinder to several surfaces (didn't work at all on the wooden chopping block, but held on pretty well to formica); and I had reasonable success with the first half-pound or so of the meat, producing a nice evenly-ground result.
Alas, after that the fat and tendons began clogging up the mechanism, and finally I had to take the whole thing apart and spend a revolting interlude picking clotted clumps of animal sinew out of the holes in the plate.
So I'll be returning this, and looking for a better alternative. Giving it two stars despite my disgruntlement, because it might not be bad for someone only grinding meat that had been carefully pre-trimmed, and for all I know it might be fine for pasta-making.
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The Weston brand meat grinders - over 100 years of quality and tradition. The Porkert multi-stage tinning process is a closely guarded secret that has never been duplicated and carries a lifetime guarantee. read more
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17 reviews
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Jim | Saturday, September 18, 2010
Works OK generally - but slip off counter sometimes. Have to screw down VERY tight to prevent this.
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I. | Friday, April 23, 2010
Got the grinder recently. It is much rougher compared to the picture (and the one we had many years ago), but (so far) does do job pretty well.
For the price, is a good deal.
I.
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M. Kirby | Friday, September 24, 2010
WOW! Defect after defect after defect! I bought this after completely disregarding all the negative reviews. I'm in the restaurant business and know that often times people misuse kitchen tools then mistake them for faulty products. Now, having written that, I AM A FOOL! I read all I could about grinding and sausage making for 2 days before pulling this out of the box. Excited to get started, I washed it then tried to assemble it. 1st problem- the grind plate did not fit on the shaft. The shaft was slightly
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Perfect for all types of meat or fish, also ideal for making sausage. It cuts meats and does not smash them, this allows 100% of the meat's natural juices and flavors to be retained for maximum flavor. It also cuts meats to a consistent and uniform s... read more
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funkymom | Saturday, September 13, 2008
The assembly instructions are not all that clear. It is difficult to attach to a counter. I attached it to a stool with better results but put a small thin cutting board between the wood and grinder to protect the wooden stool. It did the job but was a lot more work than I remember my mother's grinder was to use.
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HLBari | Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Universal Housewares 301A Gourmet Meat Chopper
If no stars was an option for rating, that would have been my choice for this review. This product is very poorly designed and made. While it is not Amazon's fault, Universal should be ashamed of themselves for making something so cheap. I owned an "antique" Universal grinder that was wonderful, but lost it in a move so I wanted a new one. I looked for the Universal brand, thinking I would get the same quality that I was used to. What a mistake that
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