Weston 20lb Stuffer

braggjr · Dec 22, 2009

Hello everybody!

I'm have a Weston 20lb vertical stuffer. Had it for a few years now. It's been a good stuffer but the thing that bothers me is the left over meat in the bottom of the stuffer when the plunger bottoms out. I normally just package the leftovers or grill it on the spot. Just not the same with summer sausage or snack sticks. Anybody have a cure for this? Just stuffed 25lbs of summer sausage will do 50 smoked and 25 (not so) slim jims later this week. Thanks for the help!

Merry Christmas from Texas!

Dale

meat hunter · Dec 22, 2009

Oh man, I'd get rid of that thing if I were you and buy a new one. Send it to me and I'll dispose of it for you.

Ahhh just kidding. I don't think there is a way to get all the sausage out of the stuffer, you are bound to end up with some. How much sausge are you ending up with after you stuff? I just bought a new one and I can already see that I will end up with at least 1/2 cup after I stuff.
Are you talking about the sausage that is left in the stuffing tube? If so, a simple wooden dowel will push whatever is in there out. As far as the sausage that will be left in the dimple on the bottom, the part that feeds the stuffing tube, don't think there is much you can do but take it out, fry it up and enjoy.

beer-b-q · Dec 22, 2009

If there is a lot you might try getting a piece of food grade nylon (Plastic not cloth) cut the size of the cylinder and see if that would help. you can get it in different thicknesses from about 1/8" up to over 1" thickness

uncle_lar · Dec 22, 2009

I put a small dishtowel in a ziploc bag on top of the sausage in my enterprise stuffer.
all I wind up with in the bottom is whats in the channel going to the tube.
the old enterprise doesnt have a gasket on the plunget so this serves 2 purposes for me. it also keep the sausage from pressing out past the plate.

mulepackin · Dec 22, 2009

Crushed ice in a heavy duty ziplock might help push some out, or just crushed ice on top of the meat. You will always have a tube full no matter what.

zapper · Dec 22, 2009

Get creative and find something like mentioned above but I seem to recall the old folks using bread at the end of a grind to preclean the grinder and would think it might work with a stuffer too.

braggjr · Dec 22, 2009

Seems like I remember something about a new plunger coming out for it??? Can't find it if there is. When it bottoms out I end up with 2.5 pounds left over between the bottom of the stuffer and what's in the tube. I'll try the things mentioned above and let you know how it turns out. May also be able to stuff it with the grinder. The stuffer just seems to work so much better.

All else fails I'll grill it for hamburgers!! Nothing like a summer sausage burger....

Thanks!

mballi3011 · Dec 22, 2009

I'm withMuloe on this one with the ziplock bags and some ice such help you with the pushing out of meat into the casings.

skygreenbud · Nov 2, 2010

i know this might sound stupid,but did you try making a spacer for getting the rest of the sausage out?cut a small round piece of wood about 11/2 ",pull up the piston and put this wooden insert in and crank it down again.Maybe even trying a towel in a plastic bag.

ifitsdeadsmokeit · Nov 2, 2010

make 1 package of bulk when you stuff....we like to make different things from it like in meat sauce, cut up in slices in pasta dishes, wrapped around chunks of cheese and baked....lots of different ideas out there...

scarbelly · Nov 2, 2010

I have very little left with my LEM so I just add it to the bulk sausage I am making with every batch.

boykjo · Nov 2, 2010

I have 3.5 lbs left in my cabelas 30lb stuffer. I thought about making a spacer of some sort but i didnt want to dammage the stuffer or the motor drive. I bought the 5lb stuffer to finish up the 3.5 but I am finding out its not worth the cleanup. I'll just make some patties

martea · Feb 15, 2013

I treated the interior of the stuffer with wax and the applied silicone, plugged the horn hole with a plastic bottle that happened to fit and then poured 1 quart of 2 part epoxy sit over night apply heat to outside the casting loosened, drilled a 5/16 hole you'll need a M-8 X 1.25 bolt about 3 inches long you'll end up with about 2 cups of meat or less left

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