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[ben ji]

Not sure if I should post this here or in the cooking thread but does anyone have any suggestions on sausage making equipment? I'm slaughtering so many pheasants this year and I want to make some half pheasant/pork sausages.

I don't need some fancy industrial grade stuff. I just need a little machine to grind up 5-10lbs of meat and stuff it in a sausage tube. If I enjoy the end product I would probably upgrade in a couple of years but for now I just need an entry level sausage making grinder/stuffer.

Any recommendations?

[KST8FAN]

Not sure if I should post this here or in the cooking thread but does anyone have any suggestions on sausage making equipment? I'm slaughtering so many pheasants this year and I want to make some half pheasant/pork sausages.

I don't need some fancy industrial grade stuff. I just need a little machine to grind up 5-10lbs of meat and stuff it in a sausage tube. If I enjoy the end product I would probably upgrade in a couple of years but for now I just need an entry level sausage making grinder/stuffer.

Any recommendations?

Meat Grinder Attachment for KitchenAid Stand Mixer,Meat Grinder Attachment with 4 Grinding Plates,3 Sausage Stuffer Tubes, 2 Grinding Blades,Kitchenaid Mixer Attachments by TPGSING https://a.co/d/0XtOTRO

Do you have access to a Kitchenaid mixer?


Tom

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[ben ji]

Not sure if I should post this here or in the cooking thread but does anyone have any suggestions on sausage making equipment? I'm slaughtering so many pheasants this year and I want to make some half pheasant/pork sausages.

I don't need some fancy industrial grade stuff. I just need a little machine to grind up 5-10lbs of meat and stuff it in a sausage tube. If I enjoy the end product I would probably upgrade in a couple of years but for now I just need an entry level sausage making grinder/stuffer.

Any recommendations?

Meat Grinder Attachment for KitchenAid Stand Mixer,Meat Grinder Attachment with 4 Grinding Plates,3 Sausage Stuffer Tubes, 2 Grinding Blades,Kitchenaid Mixer Attachments by TPGSING https://a.co/d/0XtOTRO

Do you have access to a Kitchenaid mixer?


Tom

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Negative, no KitchenAid mixer in the mix.

[meow meow]

grilling season is upon us lads!  bought a propane grill last year and worked great, but a big wind storm last fall blew it over on the deck before i brought it in for the winter.  some pieces broke and tried firing it up over the weekend to no avail.

think i may go the pellet route this spring.  had a traeger in the past, didn't love it, didn't get hot enough for grilling, fine for smoking.  i'm sure they've gotten better, and there are a lot more options now then when i bought it 17 years ago.  what should i be getting?  also like the thought of ceramic grills so would listen to those opinions also. 

this thing will be used 90% for grilling would be my guess but would like the option to smoke on it also.

[Cire]

grilling season is upon us lads!  bought a propane grill last year and worked great, but a big wind storm last fall blew it over on the deck before i brought it in for the winter.  some pieces broke and tried firing it up over the weekend to no avail.

think i may go the pellet route this spring.  had a traeger in the past, didn't love it, didn't get hot enough for grilling, fine for smoking.  i'm sure they've gotten better, and there are a lot more options now then when i bought it 17 years ago.  what should i be getting?  also like the thought of ceramic grills so would listen to those opinions also. 

this thing will be used 90% for grilling would be my guess but would like the option to smoke on it also.

Green mountain grill (pellet smoker) I've had several friends that love/use theirs for smoking/grilling.  I think you can get it up to 450 degrees to sear/reverse sear.  The new traegers all get that hot as well.

[pissclams]

i would never buy a pellet smoker to use as a grill.  they’re terrible for that.

[Cire]

i would never buy a pellet smoker to use as a grill.  they’re terrible for that.

Burgers cook up fine.  IDK about anything else though.

[KST8FAN]

Grilling season opened today with pork chops with Squeal rub, parsley potatoes, and mexi cali corn.


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[8manpick]

Back in January I made some pastrami.  Cook setup was optimized to spend almost no time outside. Charcoal snake with some real wood kindling for smoke, finished in a low over.  Pretty happy with the results.  Flat was cut in half to fit in bags for the cure.

[KST8FAN]

Back in January I made some pastrami.  Cook setup was optimized to spend almost no time outside. Charcoal snake with some real wood kindling for smoke, finished in a low over.  Pretty happy with the results.  Flat was cut in half to fit in bags for the cure.

Talk to me about that meat slicer.


Tom

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[8manpick]

Well it’s the Chef’s Choice 615A . Aside from that it does a nice job slicing meats

[waks]

Well it’s the Chef’s Choice 615A . Aside from that it does a nice job slicing meats

this ish is the reason I keep renewing my premium sub

[meow meow]

anyone have a kamado joe?  thoughts?

[Institutional Control]

anyone have a kamado joe?  thoughts?

I used to have one.  Worked great but too much work compared to a pellet smoker.

[meow meow]

ugh

[yoga-like_abana]

I went electric and I don't think I'll ever go back

[pissclams]

anyone have a kamado joe?  thoughts?

i think they are great.  not any more work than a traditional weber kettle for grilling, a tad bit of work for smoking but they’re pretty good at maintaining temperature.

i had the big green egg.

[meow meow]

when you say "too much work", does that mean getting the grill ready to use/getting it to temp, or what?  i get a pellet grill you flip the switch and basically your kid could grill on it

[Cire]

when you say "too much work", does that mean getting the grill ready to use/getting it to temp, or what?  i get a pellet grill you flip the switch and basically your kid could grill on it

I have an egg and it’s hard to get good smoke on it because of the way the air flows or something


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[pissclams]

when you say "too much work", does that mean getting the grill ready to use/getting it to temp, or what?  i get a pellet grill you flip the switch and basically your kid could grill on it

I have an egg and it’s hard to get good smoke on it because of the way the air flows or something


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that’s user error bro

[pissclams]

when you say "too much work", does that mean getting the grill ready to use/getting it to temp, or what?  i get a pellet grill you flip the switch and basically your kid could grill on it

pellet smokers being used as grills require a lot of cleaning to avoid grease fires.  they really aren’t good for grilling regardless of what their marketing department tells you.

grilling with a kamado is better than a weber in that it gets to much higher temperatures.  you can buy a fan controller attachment that makes managing temperature easier for overnight smokes.

but it’s not as convenient as a propane.  why not just grab the weber genesis 2 e335 at costco?  they have it on sale for $100 off right now.

[pissclams]

i forgot another option is the gravity fed charcoal things, kind of new

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/outdoor-living/grills-and-smokers/charcoal-grills/8103440?x429=true&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJF7t9tlDje6Whs2-92I_LfqD&gclid=CjwKCAjwp8--BhBREiwAj7og1-VaDbVqySatAqtPt2YTLKbcv9jHnvZDIej5bclsJZ7u7pOTpcZtMRoCEwcQAvD_BwE

[kitten_mittons]

i forgot another option is the gravity fed charcoal things, kind of new

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/outdoor-living/grills-and-smokers/charcoal-grills/8103440?x429=true&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJF7t9tlDje6Whs2-92I_LfqD&gclid=CjwKCAjwp8--BhBREiwAj7og1-VaDbVqySatAqtPt2YTLKbcv9jHnvZDIej5bclsJZ7u7pOTpcZtMRoCEwcQAvD_BwE

These are the real best-of-both-worlds option.

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[meow meow]

reviews on the gravity fed charcoal one don't seem all that positive, feel like i'd lean towards something like that over propane