I've Never Used A Stuffer.

[cal1956]

if your going to make sausage .......buy a stuffer !!!!        its just money well spent

 

[mawil1013]

You must have a big mamba jamba grinder to be able to use it for stuffing. A KitchenAid or smaller type grinder just dont cut it (for stuffing)

A grinder from northern tools, they still sell them for $100, I've had it since around 2003. Does a great job. I can do it by myself but often get my wife to load while work the stuffing to make sure it's filled just right.

 

[chopsaw]

When I do Italian sausage I cube the meat , add the spice , mix it and  refer over night . Then grind thru a stuffing tube and stuff at the same time . Only Italian . All other fresh sausage gets ground then stuffed thru a vertical stuffer . I use  a 500 watt #12 grinder . 

Chop

 

[mawil1013]

 
When I do Italian sausage I cube the meat , add the spice , mix it and  refer over night . Then grind thru a stuffing tube and stuff at the same time . Only Italian . All other fresh sausage gets ground then stuffed thru a vertical stuffer . I use  a 500 watt #12 grinder . 

Chop

I couldn't find the video, I think it was an Andrew Zimmer Bizarre foods, an East European man, literally stuffs sausage with his bare hands, not for showing off but every year his family butchers a hog and process it on a family farm!

 

[SmokyMose]

Some recipes call for adding spices before grinding, but most don't. Grinding and then mixing seems to make more sense. Anyway, that's my reason for a stuffer, besides the control factor...

 

[tx0303]

If you're making summer sausage, or similar, and adding ECA, you cannot grind and stuff at the same time. ECA cannot be put thru a grinder or the batch will be ruined.