Meat Mixer
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Joe Hell Jonathon Yeah our mixer is the weak link in the process right now. Deer harvest was down dramatically this year in our area so we don’t have the volume to process that we have in the past, only 9 deer, usually around 25… The Weston 44 mixer just doesn’t get it done. It would be fine to mix like italian sausage but add cure or hot dog mix and it just can’t handle it and we only put 25# in at a time. Weston people we very helpful but this unit just isn’t built for what we need it to do. I can’t seem to find a Hobart for under a grand so it’s on the back burner for now. Especially since i can’t get my eye off the Weber SmokeFire…
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Parksider Was it just not enough time to hunt or is there a problem up there, has chronic wasting disease made it to your neck of the woods?
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Joe Hell Jonathon Yeah our mixer is the weak link in the process right now. Deer harvest was down dramatically this year in our area so we don’t have the volume to process that we have in the past, only 9 deer, usually around 25… The Weston 44 mixer just doesn’t get it done. It would be fine to mix like italian sausage but add cure or hot dog mix and it just can’t handle it and we only put 25# in at a time. Weston people we very helpful but this unit just isn’t built for what we need it to do. I can’t seem to find a Hobart for under a grand so it’s on the back burner for now. Especially since i can’t get my eye off the Weber SmokeFire…
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Parksider I’d look at a pitboss before I dropped the coin on the Weber pellet grill! I’ve run better than half a ton of pellets through a custom built pelletpro cooker, and really like the pitboss pellet grills! Jm2c.
@s-a-m I am more than satisfied with my Pit Boss purchase. IMO it’s far better than any comparable Traeger…and designed by Mr. Traeger himself. I just picked up some of their ‘charcoal’ pellets and I’m using them on a ‘Chinese BBQ’ style rib cook today. They smell just like a charcoal grill. I can’t wait to see how these turn out!
Better Living Through BBQ!
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@s-a-m I am more than satisfied with my Pit Boss purchase. IMO it’s far better than any comparable Traeger…and designed by Mr. Traeger himself. I just picked up some of their ‘charcoal’ pellets and I’m using them on a ‘Chinese BBQ’ style rib cook today. They smell just like a charcoal grill. I can’t wait to see how these turn out!
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Joe Hell their looking good! Watch the traeger pellets some are flavored with oils not actually wood!
@s-a-m Traeger pellets are 100% wood, only food grade soybean oil used process the pellets, not to flavor it, they are made in Oregon. I personally don’t buy their product anymore, because they have gotten way to pricey. I use Bear Mountain made in OR and a new brand Smokehouse that are made in OR as well. Get them at Smart Food Service for 1/3 less than the Traegers.
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@s-a-m Traeger pellets are 100% wood, only food grade soybean oil used process the pellets, not to flavor it, they are made in Oregon. I personally don’t buy their product anymore, because they have gotten way to pricey. I use Bear Mountain made in OR and a new brand Smokehouse that are made in OR as well. Get them at Smart Food Service for 1/3 less than the Traegers.
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@s-a-m Traeger pellets are 100% wood, only food grade soybean oil used process the pellets, not to flavor it, they are made in Oregon. I personally don’t buy their product anymore, because they have gotten way to pricey. I use Bear Mountain made in OR and a new brand Smokehouse that are made in OR as well. Get them at Smart Food Service for 1/3 less than the Traegers.
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John Gehringer I’m all about about supporting the beautiful Pacific Northwest!
Joe Hell you misspelled north east lol
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@s-a-m Traeger pellets are 100% wood, only food grade soybean oil used process the pellets, not to flavor it, they are made in Oregon. I personally don’t buy their product anymore, because they have gotten way to pricey. I use Bear Mountain made in OR and a new brand Smokehouse that are made in OR as well. Get them at Smart Food Service for 1/3 less than the Traegers.
John Gehringer said in Meat Mixer:
@s-a-m Traeger pellets are 100% wood, only food grade soybean oil used process the pellets, not to flavor it, they are made in Oregon. I personally don’t buy their product anymore, because they have gotten way to pricey. I use Bear Mountain made in OR and a new brand Smokehouse that are made in OR as well. Get them at Smart Food Service for 1/3 less than the Traegers.
Mesquite and hickory are 100% wood just not hickory or mesquite, their either Adler or oak with oils. A simple search shows that and most bags of treager pellets aren’t 100% the specie’s llike apple is like 30-40% apple and the rest is oak or Adler , I stick to lumberjack brand.( it’s a free country people can buy what that want) jm2c -
Jonathon Most people I talk to said the overall harvest was down a couple even got skunked and they put the time in. No chronic wasting here yet, in PA so I’m sure it’s headed our way.
Parksider its all a bad deal they were checking this year in Maine with deer and moose .
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Parksider its all a bad deal they were checking this year in Maine with deer and moose .
craigrice so I’m not familiar but my understanding is you shouldn’t be cutting any bones? Or just the spine? I missed getting a saw so we just debone everything and make jerky/sausage/roasts. What’s health Dept recommending?
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Parksider This seems to be a renewed response on an old thread but I’d like to hear some updates. Personally…I’d go for a big Hobart even if it’s not the perfect choice for the simple fact that I could make a crazy amount of baked goods.
Joe Hell How big a Hobart Mixer are you looking for?
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Here is one getting auction off tonight in Pennsylvania
TomKat1962 Wow… nice mixer… and sold for $452… Now I wonder how much shipping would cost…
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craigrice so I’m not familiar but my understanding is you shouldn’t be cutting any bones? Or just the spine? I missed getting a saw so we just debone everything and make jerky/sausage/roasts. What’s health Dept recommending?
Parksider chronic wasting is a deseise that affects wild game and it is working its way all around even here in maine the local DNR wanted the glands to test for it
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craigrice I think he was saying that one of the main worries with animals that are possibly infected with CWD is that it is heavily present in the bones and some organs. This http://cwd-info.org/hunting-faq/ has some good information for anyone wanting to read up on it.
And, though this isn’t necessarily the proper place for it but BHA (Back Country Hunters & Anglers) recently had a film event here and for anyone looking to support a good cause check this out https://www.backcountryhunters.org/ they put on a film that was a series of short stories from people like us and some were funny, some were beautiful and some were just downright sad/inspriing.
One was a guy had a daughter with downs syndrome and she wanted to hunt so he set everything up for her and carried her to blinds and made a stand so she could actually pull the trigger…darn it, it is getting dusty in the room right now!
Thank GOD I missed the one about the hunting dog!
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craigrice I think he was saying that one of the main worries with animals that are possibly infected with CWD is that it is heavily present in the bones and some organs. This http://cwd-info.org/hunting-faq/ has some good information for anyone wanting to read up on it.
And, though this isn’t necessarily the proper place for it but BHA (Back Country Hunters & Anglers) recently had a film event here and for anyone looking to support a good cause check this out https://www.backcountryhunters.org/ they put on a film that was a series of short stories from people like us and some were funny, some were beautiful and some were just downright sad/inspriing.
One was a guy had a daughter with downs syndrome and she wanted to hunt so he set everything up for her and carried her to blinds and made a stand so she could actually pull the trigger…darn it, it is getting dusty in the room right now!
Thank GOD I missed the one about the hunting dog!
22qt two speed mixer I’ve been doing a little work on, hopefully get to try it soon! -
@s-a-m You are going to love that thing and if it doesn’t work it looks like you could take the motor off it and have at least a pretty badass mo-ped?
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@s-a-m You are going to love that thing and if it doesn’t work it looks like you could take the motor off it and have at least a pretty badass mo-ped?
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