I've always been annoyed that I don't have a good way to grind up and use scraps and offcuts of meat. Wondering about getting into some sausage making.
What's a good budget grinder? Are those manual ones any good?
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I've always been annoyed that I don't have a good way to grind up and use scraps and offcuts of meat. Wondering about getting into some sausage making.
What's a good budget grinder? Are those manual ones any good?
I like the idea of buying a quality manual one
the manual ones like granny used to have still work really well...we bought our last electric one from Kmart.....we have killed 3-4 of them of different types and prices over the last 20 years..... biggest advantage is making mince..... we did the sausage thing ourselves for years..now have decided its easier to just poke bucket of meat..need over 10kgs ....to the butcher and get the final product back packaged up...savalouys are awesome..not mushy wet cardboard like store bought..and real sausages cant be beaten...
Fk manual
Trade me bought one for under 250 try to fund u a link
It'd good enough , I run commercial ones in Ozzie, this is good enuff
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...ing/4414192825
Shop around I got mine for 220 incl post
Sharki I don't do high volumes, just want to dip my toes in and see how I get on. Especially when I've got a cold smoker sorted.
Hey brad have you seen that one Tasman (nz wild adventures) is using on his videos of late...looks the bees knees for dipping your toes in mate [emoji106]
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Yes I have! Very cool video.
That's just a basic manual one isn't it? Seems to do the trick for low volume stuff.
Buy once cry once
Manual is really a pain
It becomes a 2 person job especially stuffing
Manual is good for making fish burley though
Offer to use mine Brad see how u go
Yep its a basic manual one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad S
Sorry I don't have a link but someone probably will [emoji106]
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This is what you want. I have one and the original supplier is a member on here if you can sort out pickup it'll last a life time
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...4&bof=xa55iwUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JOhsv5jlvg
Dude is a Forum member.
That one above is a ripper! Def have a go at that, but if you miss out, just get one of these: https://www.headchef.co.nz/1200w-mea...tric-3prgr1740
Went halves in one a year or so ago. Recommendation from on here actually. It's done 5 deer now, with one getting turned into 5kg of veni saus. Don't usually buy shit, and pretty certain it won't last forever, but at that price, it's been great so far. Just cut the meat up into 3-4cm chunks so you don't work it too hard.
Go to a local butcher and ask for some casings, pork fat, bacon and rip into it. My local butcher suggested 8gm salt per kg meat (but that was pretty salty) and red wine which apparently tenderises the meat.
It's great fun, and you know exactly what goes into them. Did a Thai Green Curry saus once with chicken and beef, pretty bloody good.
If you get one of the budget electric ones watch out for the noise they produce, I had one that I could only use for extended time with ear plugs and muffs
If you have a kitchen aid mixer if got a mincing attachment if any one wants to buy it it goes bloody well but just up graded to a big mincer as I'm putting alot through now & maxing small goods for other people
Yep zeropac great to deal with and our one does the trick well!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harryg
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@Brad S
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....e-guide-73599/
From my experience, get a mincer. Once you get used to eating venison mince it's hard going back to supermarket stuff.
A small $80 mincer is what I started with. Needed to use earmuffs while using the thing. Was ideal as proof of concept, was very fussy and didn't like meat with too much silverskin on it. I used it until the plastic gears wore out.
One of the ~$300 chinese jobbies on trademe is a step up, quieter to run but it's worth replacing the gear box oil from new etc. Not exactly a high torque motor, but gets around that by gearing it down. I fcjked up and broke a worm wheel inside the gear box of mine.
A zeropak mincer is a step up again. Lots of small design features that all add up. Bits like an overload switch, slightly stronger mincing plate design, having a quality finish on all the machined edges. Being able to replace or fix bits is also worth keeping in mind. Craig at @zeropak is very good to deal with and will give you good advise. (wish I got a kick back from promoting him)
I've been toying with the idea for a while too. I will never do the volume necessary to justify anything expensive or that takes up a lot of space. The manual Chinese made ones in the link are cheap enough that I will probably go with one of them.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPFiatA
@Brad S That TC8 on Trademe which went for $350 was a great deal. I couldn't match that for a new machine but I will look after forum members looking for a new machine. Message me if you are interested in talking about a new machine and I will do my best to sort a deal for you.