Meat Processing Equipment 103 - Meat Mixers
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Your mixer should have some stationary fingers in the tub that catch the meat mix off the rotating paddle.
On my mixer the fingers are removable for cleaning and it is possible to reassemble them upside down. Not sure how yours are attached.
On one occasion when I assembled the fingers incorrectly, I noticed the meat did not catch on them correctly and would just spin with the paddles.
Changing direction of rotation sometimes helps too.
The stationary fingers on my mixer are shown at the top of the picture.
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Young how big is your mixer and how much meat are you adding? That sounds like what happens when you don’t have a big enough batch.
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Young how big is your mixer and how much meat are you adding? That sounds like what happens when you don’t have a big enough batch.
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Young that doesn’t seem as if it would be a problem with that size verse the capacity but I’ve.never used that mixer so I don’t know for sure. How much water are you adding?
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Young that doesn’t seem as if it would be a problem with that size verse the capacity but I’ve.never used that mixer so I don’t know for sure. How much water are you adding?
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Young It has been my understanding that 100gm of water per kg helps in the stuffing, and is transparent to the product. Cheers
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Greetings.
I’m new to the snack stick making but when I do it, it will only be maybe 5lbs at a time. I already ordered the sure cure and carrot binder. But in your opinion, do you think I’ll be able to mix the mixture by hand okay or should I still look into a meat mixer?
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Greetings.
I’m new to the snack stick making but when I do it, it will only be maybe 5lbs at a time. I already ordered the sure cure and carrot binder. But in your opinion, do you think I’ll be able to mix the mixture by hand okay or should I still look into a meat mixer?
Thankskeoni02 said in Meat Processing Equipment 103 - Meat Mixers:
Greetings.
I’m new to the snack stick making but when I do it, it will only be maybe 5lbs at a time. I already ordered the sure cure and carrot binder. But in your opinion, do you think I’ll be able to mix the mixture by hand okay or should I still look into a meat mixer?
ThanksHand mixing is an option to mechanical mixing, particularly for small batches of 5 lbs.
A mechanical mixer become a real help on larger batches due to the sheer amount of product that needs to be mixed, although you can even hand mix a 25 lb batch. It is just more work, and your hands might get cold. Rubber gloves help with the cold.With some sausage styles, complete mixing is important to get adequate protein extraction and to get all the ingredients evenly combined. A mechanical mixer can help do that.
In my opinion, for a beginning sausage maker shopping for mechanical equipment , a mixer is a distant third compared to a good grinder and a stuffer.
Paul
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keoni02 said in Meat Processing Equipment 103 - Meat Mixers:
Greetings.
I’m new to the snack stick making but when I do it, it will only be maybe 5lbs at a time. I already ordered the sure cure and carrot binder. But in your opinion, do you think I’ll be able to mix the mixture by hand okay or should I still look into a meat mixer?
ThanksHand mixing is an option to mechanical mixing, particularly for small batches of 5 lbs.
A mechanical mixer become a real help on larger batches due to the sheer amount of product that needs to be mixed, although you can even hand mix a 25 lb batch. It is just more work, and your hands might get cold. Rubber gloves help with the cold.With some sausage styles, complete mixing is important to get adequate protein extraction and to get all the ingredients evenly combined. A mechanical mixer can help do that.
In my opinion, for a beginning sausage maker shopping for mechanical equipment , a mixer is a distant third compared to a good grinder and a stuffer.
Thanks Paul. I have a Weston grinder and my LEM stuffer arrived today, just waiting on the 3/8 tube attachment. Is there any other option for a meat mixer smaller than a 20lb? I was searching a bit this morning but didn’t see anything. I would like to get a mixer eventually but I also saw in a post above that a small amount of meat won’t work properly in a 20lb mixer
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Thanks Paul. I have a Weston grinder and my LEM stuffer arrived today, just waiting on the 3/8 tube attachment. Is there any other option for a meat mixer smaller than a 20lb? I was searching a bit this morning but didn’t see anything. I would like to get a mixer eventually but I also saw in a post above that a small amount of meat won’t work properly in a 20lb mixer
keoni02 said in Meat Processing Equipment 103 - Meat Mixers:
Thanks Paul. I have a Weston grinder and my LEM stuffer arrived today, just waiting on the 3/8 tube attachment. Is there any other option for a meat mixer smaller than a 20lb? I was searching a bit this morning but didn’t see anything. I would like to get a mixer eventually but I also saw in a post above that a small amount of meat won’t work properly in a 20lb mixer
There were a few recent posts on guys who successfully mixed small batches in a kitchen style bowl mixers using the usual dough hook attachments.
For a typical Kitchen-Aid type mixer, I think one guy said 3 lbs was the limit.
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Thanks Paul. I have a Weston grinder and my LEM stuffer arrived today, just waiting on the 3/8 tube attachment. Is there any other option for a meat mixer smaller than a 20lb? I was searching a bit this morning but didn’t see anything. I would like to get a mixer eventually but I also saw in a post above that a small amount of meat won’t work properly in a 20lb mixer
keoni02 said in Meat Processing Equipment 103 - Meat Mixers:
Thanks Paul. I have a Weston grinder and my LEM stuffer arrived today, just waiting on the 3/8 tube attachment. Is there any other option for a meat mixer smaller than a 20lb? I was searching a bit this morning but didn’t see anything. I would like to get a mixer eventually but I also saw in a post above that a small amount of meat won’t work properly in a 20lb mixer
Here is the link with the discussion about using a kitchen mixer.
[link text]https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/topic/3569/small-batch-protein-extraction(link url)
Paul
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keoni02 said in Meat Processing Equipment 103 - Meat Mixers:
Thanks Paul. I have a Weston grinder and my LEM stuffer arrived today, just waiting on the 3/8 tube attachment. Is there any other option for a meat mixer smaller than a 20lb? I was searching a bit this morning but didn’t see anything. I would like to get a mixer eventually but I also saw in a post above that a small amount of meat won’t work properly in a 20lb mixer
Here is the link with the discussion about using a kitchen mixer.
[link text]https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/topic/3569/small-batch-protein-extraction(link url)
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Jonathon thank you for your response. I already have the cabelas grinder. Had couple hundred dollars of gift cards so went that route. I was wanting to compare the gears but neither item description or the Meatgistics video gave me a very good picture and Walton’s sales team suggested I try this forum. I know it a stretch asking you about another companies product. I do know blue sky makes the cabelas mixer.
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