In the market for a new sausage stuffer and looking for feedback. I currently have an older cabelas 5lb stuffer, but the gears have gave out. Im looking to get something with a larger capacity. The Hakka 11lb stuffer and waltons 11 lb stuffer look really similar and are in the range for what I want to spend. Anyone have any feedback on either of these stuffers? Or other recommendations?
Hi there and welcome!
I owned a 5 pound Lem that I gifted to my brother after I got a 7lb Hakka.
I also own a 10L (22-23lb) Arksen.
I have never owned a 10 or 11 pounder BUT I can say that it would very very very wise to go get your hands on one in person and see if it is going to be too big or heavy to be practical for you to use.
These things get big and heavy fast so be sure to pick it up and understand that the box size will be very close to the actual size of the thing so you will need that much space to house it.
Also keep in mind that the larger the stuffer and the smaller the tube, MUCH more pressure will be needed to force that much meat through the tube.
My 10L Arksen takes 2 humans to work when using.
1 burly strong enough person to crank stuffing 20mm-32mm (sheep casings to brat size hog casing) sausage. It takes some considerable force to crank that much meet that no child or sub-burly person is going to be able to do.
Hopefully someone will chime in and say if they can fill an 11 pound stuffer and work it solo to easily stuff 32mm brat size sausage. If you get an electric one then cranking is a non-issue since the motor does it for you.
I can manually work my 7 pound Hakka but have never done 20mm or smaller sized casings. Only ever done 32mm or much larger fibrous casings and did them all solo.
I hope this info helps.