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Kitchenaid meat grinder metal shavings. I ve used it a couple times now and see no sign of wear or tear. At the time the mixer i had at home was a very old kitchenaid i got second hand so i had never been warned and luckily my old machine had no trouble. With the included fine medium and coarse grinding plates and two sausage stuffer tubes. About 2 minutes into the kneading metal shavings started to drop into my dough.
I finally used my meat grinder for asian chicken patties with semi frozen breasts and a gray ooze was coming out of the middle area. I tried flicking that part out. Bought this kitchenaid meat grinder attachment from amazon. Includes fine and coarse grinding plates tips and recipes.
Grinder can be used with any kitchenaid stand mixer. Some people put a handful of beans through a grinder upon first use to burnish off these first shavings. However once meat juices or small particles are squeezed through the center of the plate around the auger shaft the juice and probably fat carry the shavings out into the meat. The other gears look like pot metal not great.
I have had no problems with metal shavings since the first use. Stand mixer sold separately. Simply attach the metal food grinder to the power hub of any kitchenaid stand mixer. The worm gear speed reducer on my kitchenaid has a plastic worm.
It turns out that i had ignored the warning on the dough hook which says not to use it on anything but speed 2. For some reason they chose to use the weakest material for the most stressed part. Ideal for grinding meats grating cheese making bread crumbs and combining dips salsas spreads. Help the fat in the meat process more easily.
Search google for kitchenaid grey ooze and many other buyers have complained about this. I do recommend freezing the grinder parts for about 3 4 hours before use and definitely letting the meat firm up in the freezer for at least 30 60 minutes prior to grinding but it will work if. Consistent metal shavings is why i never purchased the kitchenaid grinder in the first place and went with smokehouse chef instead. That makes metal flakes.
Easy to set up. The meat around the center is thus colored grey. Parts feel solid and like they won t get metal shavings in my food so that s cool too. Meat should be cut in 1 inch strips before processing to help it feed into the worm gear more easily.
Then let the mixer do all the work. Most parts dishwasher safe for easy clean up. Grinder attachment greatly expands a stand mixer s flexiblity. Now i m reading reviews on amazon about this and some people think it s a bad design and harmful.
If the worm gets distorted it passes on some of its strain to the gears down the chain. When the meat is not extremely cold or partially frozen the fat in the meat can build up on the knife blade and slow the processing down. I d washed it well before use.