judyg
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2025
This is a quality grinder as it should be for the money. We have used it to make our dog's raw food diet. We use the coarse grinder then the fine grind on chicken (bones and all). A whole chicken leg will go down the feed tube and is easily ground. This is a fairly large piece of equipment and is heavy. We keep it on a rolling table so we don't have to lift it to move. It is made out of high quality materials and the pieces can be removed for easy cleaning.
Kyle lee
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
Great grinder. It works perfectly. We process a couple thousand pounds of meat per year and this grinder hasn’t missed a beat. Plenty of power to get through the meat.
Lyn
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2025
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Dee
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2025
This grinder has made my life so much easier. I suggest to place this machine on a utility cart so you can roll it away when it's not being used. It's very heavy so I keep it on the cart even when I'm using it.
Kay
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2024
I’ve waited over a long time to write this review. I purchased this as a birthday gift for processing bear and deer for my boyfriend. We have had this for going on two years this January 2025. It works like we just bought it everytime we use it! Super fast, great HP, heavy duty, sleek design and super easy to put together. It is heavy! But absolutely amazing grinder.
northern guy
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022
After I posted my terrible review, CS got in touch with me. Maybe they would have anyway and the timing was coincidental. Anyway, after a couple emails and documentation, they sent me a brand new unit. Now I can speak to the effectiveness of this machine. I use it to grind my own dog food, about 50 pounds every other week (3 hungry dogs) and it does a phenomenal job. I grind chicken (bones included), beef, organs, fruit and vegetables, and it works great. The dogs get better food than what is commercially available, at least in my price range, and I can control everything about it.I have had this for less than two months, and mid-use it stopped working. I have only used it 4 times. Initially, it was working great, but now it will not start, and worse yet, I can't get in touch with anyone in customer support. Call the number and you will just get a recording saying to fill out a report online. Well, I did that, and so far, no response. Considering this is almost a $1,000 unit, not only should it work, but when it doesn't, someone should answer the phone and help me figure this out. Ugh, I am angry about this.By the way, yes I did make sure all the outlets have power and tried pushing the circuit reset button. That's all the manual suggests.
Michelle
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2018
Ok, so I'm still in the honeymoon phase of using the grinder. I've used it all of twice, once on a small batch and once on a larger batch. I haven't given it a good test with bone-in chicken, but will try to remember to report back after that. Thus far, though, this thing is AMAZING! It's quieter than my last grinder (but keep in mind, it's grinder so it won't be silent). It's definitely quieter than a blender. I don't find the noise to be jarring or hurt my ears. It's also fast! I had a Tasin 08 before (which broke) so my comparisons are all based on that.I don't find that the Weston overheats nor does the meat get stuck or back up. I do wish it had a reverse button as I don't see one anywhere on the machine. It's a nice feature to have just in case. Thus far, though, I have no need for it. It took in large chunks of boneless chicken and ground them up very easily. It also took in the pre-ground (very coarse ground) whole chicken which was a mix of chicken, bones, organs easily. I needed a finer grind for my cats due to one having few teeth.Clean up is relatively simple. It's like my Tasin - take it apart, wash by hand, dry off, put it back together. It's easy to take apart and put back together which is great. It is fairly heavy, in my opinion, but that's not a big deal to me. I'm not sure what else I can say other than I absolutely love this grinder!When more time has passed, I'll try to remember to come back and give some updates.