Chef's Choice 7965001 Premium Metal Food Grinder Attachment Reviews

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I had a KitchenAid mixer and has been using their meat grinder for over 20 years. It is common for the housing of the plastic grinder to crack and prompted me to purchase this as a replacement. It was a big disappointment.

After purchased, I had a chance to test it one month later thinking nothing wrong could happen to a grinder attachment. When tried, I found the tolerance was bad. The shaft was not centered. Since all contacts are metal to metal, any mis-alignment will create metal micro-shaving in the color of black inside the meat. Hoping this will go away after a few passages with meat strips, I found that it persisted after using up one pound of pork in vain.

Additionally, the cutter and disc do not match well. When the meat has any tough tissue, the grinder head was jammed. I had no problem like this with KitchenAid grinder at all. I had to take out the unit and clean it to resume grinding.

The feeder also had a problem to take in the meat. I have to push the meat with the short pusher with no success. Eventually, I had to use my fingers to push them down. (Do not tried this if you are not experienced with grinders.)

Knowing these main problems, as en engineer, I tried to match the old KitchenAid parts with this grinder with zero success.

Discouraged after an hour, I took out the old cracked KitchenAid grinder and finished the rest of the 30 pounds pork in 30 minutes without any issue.

Now, I know why KitchenAid made their grinder in plastic housing. I will accept the housing will crack, but it works.

I had many purchases from Amazon and remains a happy customer except this one. After 30 days, I cannot return it of my own fault. It is going to the trash as my expense of learning what works (or not) of a grinder attachment. Hope you do not have to do the same.

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This is a very well made grinder, all the parts fit smoothly together, I looks like it will out last me. I have used it 8 times now and have no complaints. Make sure you spray the parts with Pam after each use to prevent rust on the steel parts. You will be very pleased with this grinder and you will save money and get a better burger when you grind your own meat. No more 80/20 mixes or worse 74/26, now my burgers are 99/1 mix, family loves the taste of fresh hamburger. I do not have any problems with metal shavings. I have seen a very small amount (tiny). I think the trick is not to tighten the parts together too tight, just snug. Spraying with Pam does help with the grinding process. Over all a great well made grinder that is worth the money it cost.

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I ordered this aftermarket item because Kitchenaid is only selling plastic ones these days. and I'm glad I did. It worked great, was easy to clean, and will last forever. It went through four pounds of beef and pork with minimal effort. I had been using a food processor for my meats but this does one big batch instead of four small batches that I then had to mix together. Tip: Put metal parts in refrigerator for a few minutes and chill meat well before using -makes it work even better.

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One of the best Amazon buys I've ever made.

As long a you operate this at level 4 and don't try to speed everything through its "awesome".

Also remember never to grind meat that isn't ice cold.. don't blame the machine for poorly executed effort.

I take skirt-steaks and make the best ground beef I've ever had. Take deboned chicken thighs and grind them to make chicken sausage.

This machine is well worth the investment.

No more worrying about supermarkets pumping pink slime into my ground beef...

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Great product!, well craft., well design, excellent!!!!. I'm really satisfied with this product. This is what i waiting for....I recommend it!