I have been fighting for years with a kitchen aid meat grinder, the kind that goes on a mixmaster. Yesterday my wife tried it. We processed two deer, she saw what a pain that grinder is. Today she kicked me out the door to go buy something decent, I never complained to her about it before. We did the research, checked the reviews and I picked up a LEM Big Bite, .5 hp grinder. We did 40 pounds in ten minutes without having to use the plunger. Very heavy duty stainless steel components and unit. She got into it and wouldn’t let me do the grinding which I have always done. She told me to get a good one, screw the cost, $545 including gst. Easy to operate and very quiet, easy to put together and take down, no reverse though, however from what I saw I won’t need it. It is also a sausage stuffer. I’m not advocating you go out and buy this one, but if you home process your game, do yourself a favour and don’t procrastinate like I did. I just love that lady, also tells me to buy any firearm I want as she knows it’s better than throwing it away on beer and wings, which are also a great thing. You just gotta love a good woman, 40 years together and it only gets better.
PS, between my son and myself we have a bull moose, one mule deer buck, one mule deer doe, two WT bucks and two does. It sounds like a lot but with specialty products and normal cuts it all gets used. My son can’t eat beef, he reacts strongly when he eats it.