Stainless Steel Meat Grinder Attachment for KitchenAid Stand Mixer,Meat Grinder for KitchenAid Mixer Includes 3 Sausage Stuffer Dishwasher Safe Attachment by Gvode

This grinder attachment is excellent quality! It fits perfectly on my KitchenAid and is very sturdy. I’ve used it for grinding meat and making sausages, and it works beautifully. The different plates and tubes make it versatile, and cleanup is straightforward. I’m impressed with how well it handles large batches without overheating. A great investment if you cook often.

Solid performer. Excellent quality. Half the price of the name brand, twice the performance. Easy to clean

So far so good. It worked great for grinding up some chicken. Next project is to try making sausage.

July 12, 2021 update; For my first usage, I used the 'sausage stuffing' grinder plate with cubed meat, and ground it directly into the casing. Worked pretty well. Now I've used with already-ground pork to stuff a sausage. What an unholy mess. At first, with my ground meat nearly frozen, things went well, though slowly. Unfortunately, as the meat warmed up, it began to squoosh around the pusher, and it became VERY difficult to make any progress at all. After a lot of work, lot of sweat, and not very much sausage to show for it, I decided to pack it in. For good. After I vacuum sealed the remaining sausage meat and put that in the freezer, and cleaned up the equipment, I placed an order for a LEM sausage stuffer. This food grinder attachment is reasonably well made for a low-end product. It CANNOT go into the dishwasher, or the tinning will come off. The pusher rod is too narrow for the grinder throat, so ground meat that isn't frozen will ooze up around the pusher. The grind plates are stamped metal, not machined. They work, but the stamping process leaves enough imperfections that they don't mate well with the grinding blades, which leads to excessive, uneven wear in both parts. I'm a bit disappointed that using ground meat was such a disaster, but still feel this device was worth the purchase price. It did very well grinding up cubed meat and stuffing sausage in one process, and it works well for grinding meat and vegetables. Oh, and someone told me those mysterious black plastic parts are for making churros. I know what those are from seeing them for sale at Costco, but no clue how to make them. Perhaps I'll find out... This product worked flawlessly with my Kitchen-Aid stand mixer - an older model in the smaller size range. It sat solidly in the appliance fitting, and - frankly - appears to be a much better choice than the plastic grinder attachment made by Kitchen-Aid. I've used this product now to make link sausage, and can speak to how well it performed in that capacity. The unboxing - I was surprised at how MANY parts fit into the very small package it came in (Hint: remember the layout if you expect to put those parts back into that box between uses!). In examining the parts, I found them to be all metal, albeit very lightweight metal, with the exception of the pusher, which was plastic, and two black plastic parts that I have yet to figure out the purpose of. There were three very lightweight grind plates (fine, coarse, and sausage-stuffer), two blades, three metal sausage stuffer tubes in various sizes, the screw, throat, and tray. A very lightweight brush was included, as well as an EXTREMELY brief user guide. First use - my first use of this product was to make link sausages. The seller could have done a better job of describing some needed lubrication prior to use, but in fairness, it seems they assume that if you're stuffing sausages, you already know what to do. I looked at nearly a hundred YouTube vids that coached you on how to use a stand mixer meat grinder attachment, but missed the one that mentioned you needed to lubricate that nylon collar at the back of the screw. Mine squealed a bit (quite loudly, too) until the pork fat migrated to the rear of the screw and provided some lubrication. Other than that, the device worked VERY well. At first it was a bit tricky to keep feeding meat into the throat with one hand while with the other managing the flow of ground meat into the casing to ensure it was properly filled, but after a little practice it became much easier. It would be easier, though, to have two people - one to add the meat to the throat, the other to focus on filling the casings. The metal stuffer tube worked VERY well - the casing slid forward easily as it was filled; I've seen several instances where those who had plastic tubes found the casings would 'stick' to the tube, making it more difficult to manage as you work. I think in most cases, making sure the tube is lubricated with either water or a food-grade oil would mitigate that condition. In my case, I made sure the casings were saturated with water before I slid them on, and kept them wet as I worked. As a result, after all the prep that went into making sausages, actually stuffing them went so quickly it seemed almost anticlimactic. General Impressions - The user guide needs work. While it does caution you the parts are NOT dishwasher safe (and they really aren't!), it does little to inform you on usage/care/maintenance, nor does it even mention the mysterious black plastic parts. It looks like it could form a giant macaroni tube, but my guess is that it's for already ground meat, though just how it is used would be nice to know. It would also be helpful to know how to lubricate the parts prior to use; that nylon bushing at the back end of the screw, for example. Also (and this may be a little nit-picky), a mention of how tightening down the collar impacts the device would have been nice. The collar is what determines how much pressure (and therefore friction and heat build-up) is placed on the knife as it rotates next to the chosen grind plate. Too loose, and the knife won't cut up the meat properly, and it gets mangled and torn more than cut as it passes through the plate, and you could have meaty-fatty paste oozing out instead of ground meat. Too tight puts excessive pressure and wear on the knife, and makes your grinder work way too hard to turn the screw. A balance of sorts is needed, and the seller/manufacturer could easily have called that out for newbies. Oh, and that included brush? Other than cleaning the inside of the stuffer tubes, it is too light-weight to be of any practical use for cleaning other parts. Use a stiff bottle brush for cleaning the throat and screw. In general, though, I feel this device was an excellent value for the money. I don't expect to get years of use from it, but it allowed me to try my hand at making link sausage without having to spend a great deal. Now that I know more, I can take the steps to help extend it's useful life a bit longer. When it eventually wears out I'll know better what types of equipment to replace it with.

I'd become so disheartened trying to find a good quality grinder attachment for my KitchenAid mixer, but then I found this set. After many skinned up knuckles and finger tips from hand grating, I felt like I'd stuck gold! Right out of the box I was impressed. It's heavy, yes, but once I attached it (easily) to my stand mixer, it was solid! I grind fresh meat to freeze dry all varieties of meat, for dog food, as well as for home cooking, as well as for sandwich spreads (ham/bologna salad), and the variety of plate size is so helpful to get exactly what I'm needing. It did cost a bit more than others I'd found (and purchased), but being stainless makes it all so worth it, and a great deal for the price. I could put it in the dishwasher, which offers a great option if I don't want to hand wash, it washes up very easily! I highly recommend this set for anyone who wants a quality product.

UPDATED REVIEW. SEE FURTHER DOWN. I could post a similar picture as the many that are already included in these reviews where the square post that the cutting blade mounts to has stripped out and no longer stays attached to the auger. I bought this about a year and a half ago and was VERY pleased with the weight and quality of the components. Upon first use, I noticed it worked OK, but not great primarily because the blade does not sit tight against the plate with the holes in it. As such, sinew, tendons, etc. within the meat would not be sliced off and they would collect against the back side of the plate stopping the whole grinding process. The only way to fix it was to clean all this JUNK meat out of the space between the blade and plate, then start again. Upon the second use, the square post that the cutting blade mounts to stripped out of the auger and the unit is now useless. I never removed this post from the auger. This is just a poorly designed weak link in what otherwise could be a decent grinder. When I bought this, there were plenty of reviews touting that the manufacturer had fixed this problem with a more robust post, and I thought I was getting an improved model. Sadly, no, I spent a whole lot of money for this thing and, after two uses it is no longer fuctional. UPDATE: Gvode left a comment (below) to contact them, which I did. I sent them pictures as well as my review and they sent me a new auger for my grinder. I was very pleased. I noticed an improved seal on the rear of the auger and I noticed they had welded the square post onto it. I also noticed the square portion of the post was shorter, which would allow the grinding plate to sit closer to the blade. Three relevant, necessary improvements! When I tried it in the assembly, I heard an awful grinding noise and the thing was rocking back and forth on the mixer. Upon inspection, it had shredded the retaining ring for the seal, leaving lots of metal shavings behind the seal and I determined the shaft was bent, which was causing the rocking. I explained this to them and sent pictures and they determined the new auger was not compatible with the old grinder assembly, so they sent me a brand new meat grinder assembly. I was very pleased. I tested it and it was nice and smooth and there was no rocking. I did get a small amount of metal shavings on the mixer side of the seal, but I determined most of this was from the plating coming off of the retaining ring for the seal. I ran it without the retaining ring and noticed a very small amount of wear on the auger shaft on the mixer side of the seal and a very small amount of metal shavings. I sent this information to Gvode with some recommendations on how to fix it and hopefully they will continue with their product improvements. I think the grinder could be used as is because the small metal shavings I am seeing are on the mixer side of the seal, but it sure would be nice to have a meat grinder that did not have any metal shavings... Bottom line, I think the product is vastly improved from the one I bought in 2018, but still needs some work. I have found Gvode's customer service to be outstanding and will post a comment about that in their vendor ratings as well.

Je l ai acheté en pensant que c est du metal et la qualité sera au rendez vous, mais je suis deçu , c est facile a casser ou a tordre ,aprés 2 utilisations il s est déformé

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Passt perfekt zur KitchenAid. Sehr hochwertig, sehr zufrieden. Aus meiner Sicht übetrifft der Fleischwolf samt Zubehör das Originalteil

Parfait très bien

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