Mixing Sausage

[CFD200]

Being lucky enough to have two of my sons to get bucks this year we have ample venison for sausage. I enjoy making sausage and this year in addition to my favorite Cajun sausage my youngest son wanted me to make summer sausage. The only thing I don't care for is the mixing with the hands. As I get older it seems to make my hands colder and cramp up sooner. I thought about buying the $150 hand mixer but being the tight wad I am I thought of another way. I purchased a food safe 5 gallon pail and a Mix All Mixer from Menards. It says that it is specially designed to ensure an even mix of paints, drywall mud and other SUBSTANCES. By that I think they meant venison sausage. I mounted the mixer in my drill press and it really worked slick. I mixed about 12.5 lbs at a time. Frying a sample proved it was mixed well. Not bad for a $10 investment. Tomorrow I will grind the Cajun sausage and stuff both. Saturday and Sunday are for smoking.

[grundy]

Been using a paint mixer on a drill for years!! Beats cold hands and mixes the meat and seasonings well.

[Gordie]

Well I guess this was the last year for my hands to get cold!

funny thing is I have a couple of those mixers and even a power mixer for mortar, granted I wouldn't use them for mixing meat cause I'm not into crunchy sausage.

Oh it was a "WHY DIDNT I" think of that moments too.

[angle ayes]

We bought one of those $150 hand mixers this year and it was a piece of junk. Sent it back in pieces. Thanks for the great idea!

[ZachD]

and other SUBSTANCES. By that I think they meant venison sausage

That made me laugh so hard....

Good idea though

[96trigger]

I will be trying this, great idea. I don't like mixing by hand too well either and we process most of our venison ourselves.

[boXCar JiggY]

Awsome, Have mixed my own sausage before two only go find a dull spot in the meat where there shoulda been mix. Cool idea