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I think alot of meat processors go heavy on the grinding. We bought half a steer a few years back and even though we were specific on the cut sheet to get mostly steaks and roast, we got tons of grind.
The same place also did game processing and they said most people would just get entire deer...
Like Bigtank, I rawpack meat chunks no liquid. Pack it in tight, leave the 1" heads pace, more if it's a fatty cut, sometimes add salt and pepper. Ground beef I brown before hand though, drain the fat/juice to separate mist of the fat. Fill the jars to 1" heads pace with drained meat then add...
I smoked a 9 pound butt on Wednesday. Kettle was running 280-310° the whole time. I pulled it off after about 6 hours when it hit the stall ~165°. Also kettle temps were starting to fall and the weather was getting nasty. Put it in a pan covered with foil and into a 350° oven till it hit 210°...
Not sure what kind of a road you live on or how much traffic it gets, but we had decent luck selling ours out of a cooler at the end of the driveway. That was until someone stole the whole cooler... we even had on the sign that if you couldn't afford a dozen eggs that you could just take them...
Looks like McMaster-Carr sell high temp grommets that can accomodate 1/4" thick material.
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/grommets/high-temperature-grommets-6/for-material-thickness~1-4-2/
Just find the one that has the right size hole for your probe wires
Those look great. Nice work!
I'm also in the dedicated stuffer crowd. Tried stuffing with both a kitchen aid grinder and a stand alone grinder and had the same experience you described. Both ground the meat really well, even if grinding a second time. But the sausage once mixed was way too...
I have the Meat! your maker 500w and I think it's fantastic. I had a kitchen aid grinder before and this one is sooo much better. It makes quick work of a pork butt or chuck roast. The most I've ever ground at once is probably 10lbs, but it went very quick...
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