SALAMI TIME

[ThunderLund78]

Thanks for the reco on the stuffer!!!  I've been looking for a good deal on one.

[Mid-Lake Rock]

R1:

Thanks for the info on the stuffer.  I will think about it.  I only make sausage once or twice per year.  I travel a lot to fish and am gone most weekends.  I use my grandpa's old recipe and hand form them.  

I'm going to give this salami a shot.  Thanks.  

[reinhard1]

I'm sure you will do fine.  I've hand formed them myself and they all ate great.  good luck.

[Mid-Lake Rock]

R1:

I checked out Northern Tool page.  They have the suffer you mention.  They also have a grinder/stuffer for $60.  I'm guessing this is a "you get what you pay for" situation.  Any thoughts?

[reinhard1]

ya, they call it a grinder stuffer.  This may do for small amounts but forget it for stuffing.  Stuffing from more expensive grinders is not a good idea.   Depending on what you make per year and how much you can spend is the key of course.  Do you have a Kitchen Aid mixer by any chance?  They have a grinder attachment you could get for it from $60 bucks to $80 depending if you buy the hard plastic or stainless steel.   Still the stuffer should be bought on it's own.  The $60 dollar one would be slow grinding as well because the power is not there in my opinion and you would have to cut the meat in smaller cubes and feed it slowly.  It is true that you get what you pay for but that 5 pound vertical stuffer they sell there has given me years of trouble free stuffing.  That 1/2 horsepower that I saw on there would be good for smaller amounts [the one for $99 that was $129.00 before].  Again, it depends on how much you are going to use it.  I paid $500 bucks for mine years ago and it's still runs like the first day.  But I was making larger amounts processing deer so I needed that one.  I'm thinking of getting a grinder attachment for the KitchenAid for smaller amounts so I don't have to clean up the larger one.  Then still use the larger grinder for larger amounts that I will be doing this week and next.  good luck.