Meat mixer

[PapaSop]

Have both the 20 & 44 lb. Weston mixers. Use the 20 lb. the most. Works fine but once put a full 20lbs. in there and it was very hard to turn by hand. Only used the 44 once, hooked up to the grinder with 15 lb. of of meat and bent and broke one of the middle paddles. Discovered that on the Weston ones, those center paddles are not angled correctly. They are welded on to push, rather than slice through the meat. Looking at the new Walton’s 50 lb. that’s coming it looks like that has been resolved. I know Jonathan was experimenting with how small a batch the 50 will do but don’t recall seeing those yet.

5 & 10 lb. batches I’ve done many times by hand with good extraction and no fat out. Takes a it bit longer.

Departing Contestant too much time with…???

[bcompton53]

I wish I could try one for a batch, then make my decision.

[daddygee]

I have the 44lb first time used it put 25 lbs in it hooked it to grinder and bent both center paddles over. I have a friend that owns a welding/machine shop he straightened them back out put a small piece of SS flat bar across the shaft and both paddles. That ended that problem works great now with 25lb batches.

[Joe Hell]

Departing Contestant I find that I can get better extraction and mixing in less time by hand although it’s painfully cold. Lol

[[[global:former-user]]]

Chef +1 I do it all the time. But then again I don’t own a mixer after reading about all the issues with bent or broken paddles.

[Chef]

@Fat-Bob Know what you mean. I’m looking forward to the Walton version and how it holds up and the warranty that is offered. When I buy a product, I will pay for quality and don’t expect to have to rig it or replace it often to keep it working.

[AdamCA]

bcompton53 I have the Weston 20 lb mixer that Walton’s sells and it works perfectly for 8-10 lb batches. The least amount I’ve been able to successfully mix is about 6 lbs and the most I’ve mixes is 15 lbs. I very rarely make a 25 lb batch of sausage but when I do it is usually a Fresh sausage and I don’t need my mixer for that. Hope this helps.

[Jonathon]

daddygee I know Parksider had that exact same problem, I wonder if some bad batches got out or if this is just a general design flaw.

[daddygee]

Johathon it is a weak point in the design a simple inexpensive modification solves the problem Once and for all everything else seems to be well made and strong.

[Brian Schneider]

daddygee you should pot a picture so we can all see how to fix it

[daddygee]

Brian, Jonathon I have 3 pics, but find myself technically challenge, how do I post them?

[daktiner]

knifemaker3 I teach a charcuterie class at a culinary school and never thought of using a mud mixer to blend smaller batches; I am always looking for information to improve the course. Thank you for sharing.

[Jonathon]

daddygee click teh blue reply button below the text box (the one with the arrow down next to it) and it should bring up some different options. The last one on the right should be a picture icon, click that and you can upload, keep in mind large files over 2gb won’t post.

[Parksider]

If it were up to me I think the paddles are too big in the 44#, just creates too much drag. I’ve considered cutting them down and we have welded reenforcement to where the paddle attaches to the shaft but the whole box twists and pops out of the drive shaft. My issue is the minute you add cure it turns into cement and that’s when the wheels fall off the bus!!! I know it’s designed to pop out to save the shafts and grinder if it’s hooked up, but the butcher 22 would eat that mixer alive. Clearly i’m not a fan…but Weston has great customer service, they do try…

[daddygee]

  

[Jonathon]

daddygee I am guessing that is too big because it did upload. If you can email me the image I can post it.

[daddygee]

Thanks is your email j@waltonsinc.com

[Jonathon]

nope, it is jonathon@waltonsinc.com

[Jonathon]

daddygee That looks like it should be pretty well secured!

[[[global:former-user]]]

Small batches I use one like this, not the propeller type.