On Nov 1, 7:59?pm, Christopher Helms > wrote:
> On Nov 1, 7:25 pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
>
> > Some input would be nice, from those of you who may be so inclined.
>
> > (Except you, Sheldon, you stupid old dickhead. And you Morrow, you flabby
> > old Queen.)
>
> > This one looks good:
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/29479d
>
> > What I want it for is grinding 4-5 lbs of beef max for burgers and meatloaf,
> > at least for now. I'm sure I will find other uses for it after it arrives.
> >From the photo, the handle seems too long. You'll be cranking it with
>
> the handle over the edge of the counter while the ground meat drops
> out in front of you onto...I guess a plate. To me, it looks like it
> would be awkward to use. Is there a way to anchor it down? Because
> it's going to require some elbow grease to do this and you don't want
> the whole thing sliding around as you grind.

That particular style grinder is designed to be bolted directly to a
table/counter or bolted directly to a sturdy piece of lumber and then
the lumber clamped to a table/counter with a couple of heavy C clamps.

But that size grinder is much too large for home use, and would be too
difficult to crank without having others take turns, or convert it to
motorized (very dangerous), and it's very important to grind meat
expeditiously, to get the job done quickly before the meat and the
grinder become warm. And that particular size/type grinder would be
okay for someone with hundreds of pounds of meat to grind once a year
if it wasn't the poorest quality piece of made in china crap $40 could
buy... I wouldn't buy it for $4 (in fact I wouldn't have one for
free), it wouldn't even make a decent door stop. There's a lot more
to know about grinding meat than buying the biggest cheapest piece of
crap grinder.... the smallest lowest priced electric ginder is a
hundred times better than that cybercooz crap... even the teensy toys
r us kitchen aid attachment is better than that chinese hunk-a-junk.

Anyone wanting to buy a grinder you need to spend for something of
quality or you're not giving the concept a fair chance from the
start... a grinder costing less than the meat you grind says something
about those who would consider it, and not very nice.

Sheldon