Sausage Stuffer Questions...

[diggingdogfarm]

Yeah, forget about the horn stuffer and go with the vertical!!!
Horn stuffers are a pain in the butt!!!

~Martin

 

[mike johnson]

I have a 10lb. vertical stuffer from MTN it has a 2 speed gear system but the only time I use the 2nd one is bringing the plunger back to the top faster.

 

[rexlan]

Of course if you want to go "deluxe" then this is the ticket

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/126802/anyone-want-a-water-stuffer-41
 

 

[ronrude]

That grizzly looks exactly like my LEM except for the gears.  I Love my LEM, but bought it at a store I like to frequent.  I paid $149 but it came with a bunch of sausage kits so I don't feel like i really spent any more when adding in the cost of the kits.  The kits I have tried have been great so far, but I have been having way more fun trying my own recipes to use them all yet.

Maybe I should try that hot Italian kit today.?.?

 

[boykjo]

What they all said...LOL

JJ I would recommend between a 11 and 15 lb stuffer and not get the 5 lb'er... you will wish you went a little bigger ... Refilling is not the problem its the moving around , touching things, trying not to make a mess or pick up any contamination.... Its best just to fill once and finish....... I have plastic gears on my 5 lber and have had them slip/pop making hot dogs but they haven broke yet....... Its a good time to let everyone know you want visa gift cards for christmas.... Bundle some gift cards and and sausage stuff goes on sale during the holidays with free shipping... you can really score a great deal...

Good luck

Joe
 

 

[shannon127]

If you still need a Stuffer, I have a couple of TSM 5# "Made in USA".  Bonus as I also live in Harrisburg

 

[BGKYSmoker]

I went thru 2 sets of poly gears so just broke down and spent the few extra $ on the LEM 5, Quite a few moons ago.

Wanted one of the bad boy motor stuffers like Craig but just dont have the room in the wheeled house.

 

[boykjo]

I went thru 2 sets of poly gears so just broke down and spent the few extra $ on the LEM 5,

Because your a maniac...............LOL 

 

[couger78]

No plastic here...

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• couger78
• Oct 5, 2012

Nor here...

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• couger78
• Oct 5, 2012

 

[bbqonice]

The stainless tubes are smoother and thinner, but in a good way, the meat goes through them a bit easier, and casings slide on easier, they are, of course, much more expensive than the plastic.
As far as I know,the LEM, Northern and Grizzly stuffers all use the same easy to find and inexpensive o-ring. Grizzly sells the o-ring for the 5 lb. stuffer for $1.00
False, the LEM has metal gears, the Grizzly and Northern have poly gears.
On another forum, I heard that the LEM metal gears and screw do not work on the Northern stuffer, but they do with the Grizzly (but may require a little filing so the handle slides on easier), otherwise, all parrts appear to be interchangeable. Grizzly has the best price on parts.
Grizzly has the best price on a 5 lb. stuffer, $80...I have one and I'm very happy with it.
The Grizzly dosen't come with clamps, I bought two 4 inch "C" clamps for $3 each.
I think that Pops uses a 3/8" F.Dick stuffing tube on his 15 lb. stuffer. Pops?
FWIW, here's a video review of the Grizzly 5 lb. stuffer...ignore what he says about the release valve, it comes apart easily for cleaning.Here's a video that shows the difference in size of the 5 lb. and 15 lb. stuffers and a horizontal stuffer.....this is a good video.....~Martin

I have a 15lb Northern Tool Stuffer and it has steel gears...not plastic....not sure of your info...maybe the smaller models have plastic.

it is the cheapest stuffer online for 15lb i found about 4 or 5 years ago...just clamp to the table and go...it has a low ratio though...some dont like.  you really have to crank it sometime...but one crank and you are pushing out pretty good amount.  Some like the crank 10 times real easy and go nowhere models.

what to watch with the plastic tubes....I accidently squished one of mine one year...no big deal...squished it back from oval to circle....but when I put my hog casing on and started stuffing...the one side had enough of the crease that it tore the casing.  Thus I had to sand it down.  Not a problem since.

good luck with anything u buy.  hey...what the heck...you are making sausage...nothing better to do.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

I was talking the 5lb. stuffers when I mentioned the poly gears, most all of the 15 lb. stuffers of the same design have metal gears, except for the one sold by Sausagemaker ( both 5 and 15lber.), which are Lubricomp resin gears.


~Martin

 

[smokinhusker]

I went thru 2 sets of poly gears so just broke down and spent the few extra $ on the LEM 5, Quite a few moons ago.

Wanted one of the bad boy motor stuffers like Craig but just dont have the room in the wheeled house.

I was afraid of this happening, so I just got the LEM 5 - no plastic gears!

 

[genek]

I got a horn type from the local farm supply store, about $50.00. It claimed to be five pound but I could only get thee pound into it. On large casing summer sausage it was ok, but the killer was the small tube for the fresh sausage in 21mm casings, so much blow back past the piston I spent more time putting the sausage back in front of the piston.

So I got the Grizzly 5 pound and it works like a charm. The horn is relegated to the garage.

GeneK
 

 

[hoity toit]

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/g/a/86845/my-sausage-stuffer/

This is the one I have,. Its 11lb and has 2 speeds, all stainless steel. Got it from WaltonsInc.com used to be MidWest Supply. .It has held up well and Im happy with it. I also use the food grade silicone from Lem for the gasket. I was told by a friend that you couldput some plastic wrap under the stuffer plate if the gasket ever fails and he said it would seal it good enough to get the job done if the gasket ever fails.. thats all I know..

 

[boykjo]

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/g/a/86845/my-sausage-stuffer/

This is the one I have,. Its 11lb and has 2 speeds, all stainless steel. Got it from WaltonsInc.com used to be MidWest Supply. .It has held up well and Im happy with it. I also use the food grade silicone from Lem for the gasket. I was told by a friend that you couldput some plastic wrap under the stuffer plate if the gasket ever fails and he said it would seal it good enough to get the job done if the gasket ever fails.. thats all I know..

Just a heads up HT

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/115175/2-speed-vertical-stuffers

Joe

 

[junkcollector]

anybody ever use one of these?

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• ac45acp
• Sep 29, 2012

i used to use one of those units 8-10 years ago. got married and moved 4 times in 6 years. all my food prep stuff went into storage. we recently got it out. unfortunately i never have figured out what happened to my stuffer. it was the same as the one in your pic. cast body with a zink coating or something. there are some of this style made of stainless but more expensive. at the time, i was happier than a hog in slop with this kind of stuffer. since i have had to buy a new one, i ended up with a 5lb lem vertical. got it off amazon.com. we're prime members so we get overnite shipping for $3.99, no exceptions from *prime* shippers. So i got to poking around, found my lem at $149, then they had *used* ones that also qualified for prime. checked em out. ended up getting one shipped to my door arriving the next day for $120 n change. looked new, listed as used. 

 

[dward51]

I was at Bass Pro this past week and happened to wander through their outdoor cooking section.  Got a look at the 5# LEM vertical stuffer, and I think the guys saying go with a 10 to 15# model are right.  That 5# model looked pretty small to me in real life.  If you have a local Bass Pro, Cabela's or Academy Sports you might want to check out the size in person before putting your money on the table for a purchase.

On a side note I was compelled to pick up a Lodge 10.5" square cast iron skillet while there. Why square?  Seemed like it would fit bacon and grilled sandwiches better.  And I have my great grandmothers round skillets anyway (my mother washed them when she inherited them, and then promptly hung them on the wall as a decoration.  Horrors!!!!!   It's ok, they have been rescued and restored to their former black non-stick glory now)

We now return to your regularly scheduled SMF thread.....

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• dward51
• Oct 15, 2012