Meat Grinder w Tabletop Clamp & 2 Cutting Disks, Cast Iron Heavy Duty Sausage Maker & Manual Meat Mincer- Homemade Burger Patties, Ground Beef & More, Portable Cooking, Easy to Use, Kitchen Essential

There was some break-in material in the meat as the metal parts rubbed together. I expected this, all metal machines need a break-in period. Since I bought this to make dog food, not a problem.I also froze the meat first as I’ve read this helps, it does.

My mom had same kind of meat grinder for over 50!!! years. It worked. always. for over 50 years.This product did not work the first time and never will.It's very apparent that ZERO effort was put into quality:the body is all rough with means that after sand-casting nobody took a few minutes to polish the rough edges.The cutting knife is NOT SHARPENED AT ALL. Not that it just was not sharpened enough. No! there is zero evidence of ANY EFFORT to sharpen it. It is also rough, not polished after sand-casting.The feet are not designed well as they just dig their heels into the counter with provides ZERO grip unless you want to damage the counter.The metal rusted immediately even though I followed the instructions and oiled it.Anyway. Don't buy it. The crappiest crap. See the pictures.

esta máquina promete una experiencia sin complicaciones al picar carne, ofreciendo resultados rápidos y consistentes. Solo es necesario cargar la carne en el tubo de entrada y presionar el botón para obtener resultados

sec seconds into my first use the handle striped, its a very bad design could be a lot better if the made the flat parts flat. I made it work i broke a small metal washer in half and pounded it on, only down side to that fix is you have to pound it back off to clean it.

Excellent item! Sturdy and easy to use... Highly recommended

This grinder is acceptable for small residential uses but the quality is mediocre and the food to grind has to be hand fed and pushed into the auger. The table top clamp moves and slips making grinding and turning the grinding handle more difficult. The product was received coated in industrial machine oil requiring extensive cleaning before it could be used for food.

Before you consider buying this product, and certainly before you use it, be aware that (at least on my unit that was shipped) the plates through which the meat is expelled are littered with metal barbs. My dad used to run a machine shop, so I'm a bit familiar with the production process involved in making these plates. The plates are run through a drill press and the holes are drilled out. After this step, the holes are cleaned up in a process called "de-burring". The makers of this item seemingly did not bother to spend the time on this step. The plates are full of burs. Burs are essentially splinters made of metal. This product is extremely dangerous (and I'd suggest grossly irresponsible) for use as a food preparation device. If those burs get into the food (and they definitely will), the person eating that food is going to have metal splinters in their digestive track. It doesn't take any imagination at all to understand why this is terribly dangerous. I know how to deburr metal objects, so I took the time and did so. If you buy this product and do not know how to deburr the metal plates, do not use this product.Additionally, (and inexplicably) the main body housing of the product, as well as the screw shaft and hangle, have apparently been spray-painted with silver paint. I'm less of an expert on the wisdom of the issues that might arise from having flecks of silver spray paint flake off into food over time. But it seems odd for it to have been done in the first place. Why was it done? Was it intended to cover something up? Because of this, I'm a bit concerned about the composition of the metal used in the product at this point. Again, I don't have expertise in this area as much as machining, but the choice to put silver paint all over the surfaces that touch food seems questionable to me.UPDATE: I tested the metal that dripped off this item when I ran it through a furnace and it was NOT lead. Likely a zinc dip instead. So that part (at least) was a relief. :)

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