Manual Meat Grinder - A manual meat grinder is powered by a hand crank that the user turns in a circle to power meat through the meat grinder’s blades.

Electric Meat Grinder - An electric meat grinder is powered by a motor.

Hand Crank - A lever that a user turns in a circle to power a manual meat grinder.

Hopper or Funnel - The top of the meat grinder. Meat is placed into the funnel to start the grinding process.

Stomper - A metal or plastic tool that can be used to push meat down the hopper or funnel and into the meat grinder.

Horizontal Screw Conveyor - Meat moves from the funnel or hopper and into the horizontal screw conveyor which mixes, squashes and partially shreds the meat via a large screw. The screw is powered by a hand crank or by an electric motor.

Screw Conveyor Knife - A sharp knife that is installed at the end of the screw conveyor and just before the extrusion plate.

Extrusion Plate - A plate that can have varying hole sizes. Meat is extruded through the plate after passing through the screw conveyor and screw conveyor knife.

Published 10/12/2009 12:00:00 AM

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