Looking for a low cost meat gringer for making gound meat out of a chuck roast.
Tired of buying ammonia hamburger meat with all those fillers.

bass pro has had some on sale, check there. if you have their card mondays are 15% sitewide for most things.

https://www.basspro.com/l/meat-grinders

Just to provide another option...

Most, if not all stand mixers either come with or accept attachments to allow meat grinding / sausage stuffing. We get a lot of use out of our stand mixer for other things like baking or mashed taters so also being a meat grinder is nice. One less appliance.

Maybe I'm a snob, but I'll only eat hand-ground meat. If it goes through a grinder, I won't touch it.

Take the time with the meat, feel it, let it warm while you are working with it, and hand grind it over a couple hours. That's artisan ground. That's how I do.

Maybe?

I assure you, a human cranking a shaft vs a motor doing it doesn't change the meat.

The same tender love and care can be taken when using an electric grinder.

correct but hard to get good grind in a store but it's definitely quicker and easier but not as good unless you pick it up right after you see them grind it. A lot of grind can be old dark meat and lesser quality meats.

I picked up one at Academy a few years ago. its 1/2 horsepower. Heavy SOB but can handle anything you throw at it. IT was on 1/2 price at the time. Cabellas has a few good ones too. Don't go cheap, you just frustrate yourself.

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I thought this was about the war in the Ukraine

We used Mrs RayBob's KitchenAid mixer last with its grinder attachment. It's the most powerful of stand mixers they make and it was still S-L-O-W ! Been looking at stand alone grinders too but for a good one you best be ready to open that wallet wide !

How wide are we talking? What's a quality meat grinder gonna set me back?

Nobody is cranking their shaft over here. We hand grind it in the old world style, with our fingers. It's laborious, sure, but when you have a desire for an artisan grind on all your red meats, well, then you suffer with love because this here is a passion.