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Old-ish thread but I'm posting a big thank you anyway!
I came here wanting to find out what to look for in a grinder and sausage maker. This LEM looks like it'll do the trick. Thank you!!
Happy New Year!
Murph
I only have 3 more thoughts
1. Is the plate retainer ring nut staying snug?
2. I don't know what the drive connection is on a LEM. Is it intact and not slipping?
3. Do you put your entire grinder head including plate, knife and auger in the fridge? Don't freeze it or the meat will stick to all...
I've done jumped into a rabbit hole with my new Kitchenaid mixer. bought the metal meat grinder and was wondering if it's logical to grind my on burger. We only buy burger (they call it ground chuck) at our italian mrket where they rind it there. Typiclly we buy 5lbs at a time when it's on sale...
If you are going to use the juicer then you can cut the meat into about 1” cubes and single pass them through the 1/8” plate (that’s the final grind size you want) then through the juicer, or you can one pass through the 10mm plate then re grind through the 1/8” then the juicer. I bought the...
I just ground up an 11lb brisket yesterday. I have the same LEM #8 grinder and the new duel grind attachment. Made smashburgers today with it and it was great. Even the pup got some and enjoyed it.
I would recommend using the dual grind. It comes with two plates, the larger kidney shape for...
The hub is thicker (taller?) on the Cabelas versus the Weston. I'll wait until we get north and I have tools to trim.
I thought I remembered that someone had a grinder hear that the Cabelas (BPS) didn't fit.
Thanks for the reply.
Guys, let your dishwashers help with cleaning up. Cleaning up the grinder sucks, cleaning my stuffer sucks, cleaning the counters sucks, and cleaning the cutting boards sucks.
Now I can't help with the countertops, but everything else that fits in the dishwasher goes into the dishwasher.
DO...
Yea... If you search here you will find so many that TRIED to stuff with a grinder... doesn't work so well... They end up getting a dedicated stuffer... Which we will all strongly suggest you do...
In doing so.. I will also suggest that you look for a stuffer that has the tube coming out of...
My opinion from my use. I do not make them often so using a Kitchen aid grinder is no proplemo. It will do up to 10 Lbs without much of a worry.
I learned the hard way like many others here is not to use a stuffing attachment from Kitchen Aid or you will be posting here on what a PITA it is to...
The grinder I have is a beast. I actually did the first grind on the 1/8" plate in long 1-1.5" strips. No option for a double plate on this one however.
The way the first grind came out I don't think it'd be an issue running it through the juicer at on a single grind. It didn't struggle at all...
I was wondering the same thing there gotta be other attachments or juicers that do stuff like this …. We also discussed why someone doesn’t make a budget friendly emulsifier with this technology??
No experience with any of the dual grind options.
LEM has the dual grind feature, too.
I've been reading Rytek Kutas "Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing". He recommended fine grinding of meat and course grinding of fat in many recipes.
Nice buck! Personally, I'm just getting into the grinding and stuffing game with a new LEM #8 grinder already here and the LEM stuffer soon on the way. I've read reviews on most every brand out there and other than the LEM won't hold a true 5 lbs., really nothing else negative was found. The...
How's do on heating up?
I ask because I use like a 2011 model 450-500W Waring-Pro grinder they don't make anymore and should it die on me I think I want something similar and yours seems similar.
I NEVER have to put any of its parts in the freezer AND it does not heat up at all like the horror...
The hand me down #8 Weston a friend gave me finally bit the dust. I knew it was dying last time out so I pulled the trigger on the LEM #8 big bite. They had a 20% off sale that still brought it to me cheaper than amazon and with stupid fast shipping. Holy cow is this thing a beefcake compared to...
Thanks for all the great info!
I do have food grade lube. I'm planning to grind it in the morning so I think I'll just got with the regular set up and try the dual grind later. I couldn't find any info on what size plate come with the dual grind attachment on LEM's site. I'll compare it with the...