Some of the pros and cons of hand cranked grinders
Some of the pros and cons of hand cranked grinders
First of all any advertised estimates of through put rates should be considered optimistic.
With that statement out of the way. I believe that they can be favorably compared to the powered grinders within the same manufacturing group. I purchased one from Cabelas for $40 and got what I paid for. The crank handle was too short and the casting broke at the clamping base. I bought a #12 Choprite 2 and I have been quite pleased with it in every regard. Grinding twenty pounds in a bit over a half hour is the best I can do with it but the crank is long enough to provide plenty of leverage. The finish is excellent and cleaning is easy and reliable. If I am taking a break I can remove the crank with a slight turn in reverse and unclamp it from the table and it fits very nicely in the fridge.
With that statement out of the way. I believe that they can be favorably compared to the powered grinders within the same manufacturing group. I purchased one from Cabelas for $40 and got what I paid for. The crank handle was too short and the casting broke at the clamping base. I bought a #12 Choprite 2 and I have been quite pleased with it in every regard. Grinding twenty pounds in a bit over a half hour is the best I can do with it but the crank is long enough to provide plenty of leverage. The finish is excellent and cleaning is easy and reliable. If I am taking a break I can remove the crank with a slight turn in reverse and unclamp it from the table and it fits very nicely in the fridge.
Ross- tightwad home cook
Whew! That's work!
Tell ya what, Ross- - I'll send you mine, and throw in a free horn stuffer.
...guess I'm getting spoiled by my "modern conveniences." You'll have to "pry my cold, dead fingers" off my electric grinder and vertical stuffer. ...mainly because I try to keep 'em in the freezer as much as I can, between sausage making steps, and if it weren't for wearing latex gloves, I'd leave finger parts on 'em every time I retrieve something.
Keep on grindin' ! (Maybe this should be our group cheer?)
Duk
Tell ya what, Ross- - I'll send you mine, and throw in a free horn stuffer.
...guess I'm getting spoiled by my "modern conveniences." You'll have to "pry my cold, dead fingers" off my electric grinder and vertical stuffer. ...mainly because I try to keep 'em in the freezer as much as I can, between sausage making steps, and if it weren't for wearing latex gloves, I'd leave finger parts on 'em every time I retrieve something.
Keep on grindin' ! (Maybe this should be our group cheer?)
Duk
Experience - the ability to instantly recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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ameliorate whew! Oh boy!
Hey Duck, I know that`s a big word for birds! It means to improve, restructure, revolutionize, remodel, reorganize, modernize, rearrange, upgrade, amend, or restore. Now, repeat after me... a-me-lio-rate.
Now, let's go find a big, scary, impressive word in the dictionary and use it on Ross! Here's one I'll bet he can't define... catawampously absquantulate
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Hey Duck, I know that`s a big word for birds! It means to improve, restructure, revolutionize, remodel, reorganize, modernize, rearrange, upgrade, amend, or restore. Now, repeat after me... a-me-lio-rate.
Now, let's go find a big, scary, impressive word in the dictionary and use it on Ross! Here's one I'll bet he can't define... catawampously absquantulate
RockChuck WagonTrack
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
catawampously absquantulate(def)
I can invent definitions just as well as I Rockchuck can invent them. It really means that the man that created the sign for Lunch Wagons menu has a cockeyed mentality that allows him to believe that roadkill whistle pig ground and seasoned with stable sweepings can be sold as cowboy breakfast sausage and nobody will notice .
I can invent definitions just as well as I Rockchuck can invent them. It really means that the man that created the sign for Lunch Wagons menu has a cockeyed mentality that allows him to believe that roadkill whistle pig ground and seasoned with stable sweepings can be sold as cowboy breakfast sausage and nobody will notice .
Ross- tightwad home cook
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I have to save what little bit of shoulder muscle I have left for turning the meat-mixer handle, arthritis is a friend who's always there for me. I keep the top shelf of one of my garage freezer vacant for the very same reason, to keep the tank of my 20lb stuffer in before use. I've come to freezing the removable grinder parts also, cold is good. RAYel Ducko wrote: ...guess I'm getting spoiled by my "modern conveniences." You'll have to "pry my cold, dead fingers" off my electric grinder and vertical stuffer. ...mainly because I try to keep 'em in the freezer as much as I can, between sausage making steps, and if it weren't for wearing latex gloves, I'd leave finger parts on 'em every time I retrieve something.:
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.”
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Ross, ol' pard, you wrote:
Catawampously meant fiercely or eagerly.
Absquantulate meant to leave or disappear.
You probably won't believe this, but in the old west, these two words were actually used.I can invent definitions just as well as Rockchuck can
Catawampously meant fiercely or eagerly.
Absquantulate meant to leave or disappear.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
...and you actually heard them shouted at you over the thunder of hooves, as you glanced back over your shoulder and hung on for dear life?Chuckwagon wrote:You probably won't believe this, but in the old west, these two words were actually used.
Catawampously meant fiercely or eagerly.
Absquantulate meant to leave or disappear.
Experience - the ability to instantly recognize a mistake when you make it again.