On 11/25/15 6:56 AM, wrote:

> Me too but if I want some then I would throw in the food processor,
> mine does a job that's just as efficient as a grinder with less clean
> up.

Sorry, but that's not true for everybody. A food processor tears the
meat, creates wildly unevenly sized chunks with more surface area, and
is very difficult to time repeatedly for a particular result.

A decent grinder has plates for a wide range of sizes of meat "pellets",
produces a much more consistent result, and is perfectly repeatable. And
it can easily grind twenty pounds of meat in minutes.

Plus my grinder is considerably easier to clean and takes up less room
in the dishwasher than my food processor, even though it has one more
piece -- 5 vs. 4.

As an example, chili made with a food processor is just horrible. Chili
made with my largest grinder plate, with 1/2 inch holes, saves me a
half-hour of cubing beef by hand, and is terrific.

FWIW, for about ten years, I've been using a Maverick, from pleasanthill
grains.com:
http://pleasanthillgrain.com/maverick-5501-meat-grinder
$82 and well worth every penny.

-- Larry