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Review of the meat grinder market: not only with meat

Gone are the days when mincers were just tools for making mincemeat. The market is flooded with meat grinders that slice, grate, mince, juice, make sausages and frankfurters – in short, they can replace several other appliances.

Product treatment

JUST A MEAT GRINDER

“Wow – easy,” would say our grandmothers, who screwed the antediluvian mechanical meat grinder to the tables. “Gentlemen’s kit of a modern appliance – three cutting discs of different diameters and a nozzle for cooking kebabs. Manufacturers call it variously – “kubbe”, “kebbe” and equip almost all meat grinders with it, although a few years ago it was not. But there are even very respectable companies that don’t hurry to equip their products with fancy attachments. For example, Panasonic meat grinders have no extravagances, but the manufacturer pays attention to other points: power, productivity and motor quality. The assembly of many models of this brand is Japanese.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CHOOSING A “MEAT GRINDER ALONE”

Food throughput: how much meat can a model process in a time: kg/hour or g/minute?

A trick of manufacturers: when the performance parameters are not very good, they write hours and kilograms: e.g. 60 kg/hour – impressive, really? But this only 1 kg per minute is not a good indicator, because the market is full of models with parameters

1,5 to 2 kg/min. Performance depends on power, but not only: the design of the auger, blade, pipe and nozzles play a major role.

How to choose: divide by 60.

Power. The more the better. Yes, but only when it’s not the maximum power consumption.

A manufacturer’s trick: they write and advertise the maximum power – the power that the motor can develop if you hit it with, for example, a bone. It’s called “power while locking the shaft.”. Here the figures can be up to 3000 W, but usually it’s between 1400 and 2000 W.

How to choose: don’t be enchanted by exorbitant figures, but look at the data sheet and the bottom of the device, where the operating power should be written. It is usually around 500-600 watts, but can be less – 200, it depends on the design of the motor. For example, Panasonic and Oursson models use a motor design that saves energy. If the maximum power is 3000 watts, but in reality the same 500, the first figure does not mean much. Only that the motor heats up more at such power.

Motor overload protection.

Not available on all models. And it almost does not depend on the price – rather, it depends on the conscience of the manufacturer. Motor overloading can occur accidentally – for example, a bone or the shell of a walnut. In this case, “survive” only a device that has a fuse to protect the meat grinder motor from overheating and related breakdown. The fuse can be of two kinds. The first is a plastic cap, which bursts in the case of a foreign object in the auger or when the motor overheats.

Tricks of the trade: be wary of claims that the appliance uses “only metal parts”: this means that the protective cap is absent or useless.

How to choose: in such cases, the appliance must be equipped with an automatic circuit breaker – a second type of motor protection. The breaker is two metal plates, which are normally in a closed position. If the power is critically high for example, if the shaft jams , the plates open and the appliance shuts down. There is another way to protect the motor – the presence of a temperature sensor that determines the temperature increase over a critical value and in this case interrupts the interaction between the motor and the auger. For large manufacturers, the presence of motor protection is prescribed in the data sheet or manual.

Grids. If the cutting discs are made of ordinary steel, this is a past age: now there are many models with stainless steel grids.

Tricks of manufacturers: they write – “lattices made of metal”. This usually means that they rust. When made of stainless steel, this is how it is written.

How to choose: stainless steel is preferable. Normal iron is difficult to clean, requires drying and constant oiling, and vitamin C is destroyed if it comes into contact with rusty metal. And if you need to twist blackcurrants from twenty sprinkled bushes?

Reverse. Remember the parody about “you can’t reverse the mincemeat.”? It’s very possible! The reverse function of the motor was a rarity a few years ago, but now it’s the norm with more and more models. Useful: if something gets stuck, you can easily “rescuing” this piece by pressing the reverse button. And you get less leftovers.

Tricks of manufacturers: many position the reverse as a unique feature and overcharge.

How to choose: don’t believe. Reverse is normal.

Storage space for nozzles and wire. Compactness is one of the undoubted advantages of any kitchen appliance. Even if the accessories are only discs, it is still desirable to have somewhere to hide them. Compartment for accessories – the more the better. But few models have a really “correct” compartment where all nozzles are placed, most often it’s just a small place to store the cutting discs. Moulinex offers an optimal solution for storing grating and shredding drums for example, in the ME 4151 model : the attachments are inserted one into another and fastened to the body of the device.

Self-sharpening knife. Such a blade should be enough for the whole life of the device, it will stay sharp and will not require sharpening at a metal-repair shop.

Casing and tray material. The only advantage of metal in this case is that it is not stained by food juice unlike white plastic and keeps its presentable look for a long time.

Tricks of manufacturers: it’s ridiculous to talk about the durability of the body – you’re not going to throw the meat grinder. But they say. Uniqueness, again. But if it is destined to fall, metal can also become deformed. The metal body is heavy – this is a disadvantage.

How to choose: the ideal case is made of plastic, and the food tray is made of stainless steel.

Price of the matter. “Just meat grinders” without accessories and extravagances can cost from 1600-2000 to 6000-8000-10000 Dollars. The first option – devices of economy class with low power. When buying such a device, we recommend asking about the service life of the product, it should not be less than 3 years. The second option is, as a rule, the basic models of the line of meat grinders from well-known manufacturers. The principle is as follows: cheaper for them and 6000 Dollars is cheaper, but it is quite possible to find a model of a well-known manufacturer – Bosch, Braun, Moulinex, Panasonic – for 3000-3500 Dollars. is a device without attachments and accessories, perhaps slightly inferior to other devices in the line of power, perhaps – in a plastic rather than metal case. In this line, more advanced models can cost 8000 and 10000 Dollars. Are you ready to pay 1,000 Dollars each?. For each additional attachment and 100-200 W extra power, it’s up to you to decide.

Aksion M41 meat grinder

Oursson

Very often multifunctional meat grinders are equipped with different additional attachments, they can be from two to seven or eight. In this case, the device, in fact, replaces the food processor.

Kebbe nozzle

The set to almost any modern mincer includes such a nozzle, but few people use it – and in vain! Kebbe or kubbe is a dish, the basis of which are tubes of meat. They can be stuffed with anything and then fried – very tasty! The word “kebbe” itself is a relative of the familiar Caucasian “kebab”.

Sausage and home sausage making attachments

As the modern poet ironically remarked, “There’s something about the homemade convenience foods, or maybe it’s time for their decline and decline…” Meticulous housewives are increasingly taking the situation under control and cooking sausages and frankfurters from meat, rather than feeding their families with products made of unknown to science masses. To the narrow neck of the nozzle you need to attach a natural casing and turn on the meat grinder. One hand holds the casing and you just need to wait until it is filled with stuffing and control the uniformity of the filling of the sausage. There can be several of these attachments – of different diameters.

Juicer meat grinders

Scarlett

Meat Grinders

Here you can choose from: either the set includes a citrus juicer, or a screw-type juicer for any fruits, vegetables, berries and herbs.

Variants with citrus presses are not very common. These are Aksion M 41 and Zelmer 986 models.80, 987.86, 987.87, 986.83 Expressive as you can see, most such models from this Polish manufacturer, which was the pioneer of the direction , Moulinex HV4 ME 4111, Clatronic FW 2398, Scarlett SC-4248.

Auger juicers, built into meat grinders, are more common, they are very convenient, versatile, and if you remember that these juicers themselves are insanely expensive, then there are very decent savings. The so-called “cold-pressing” of juices, which is only possible with the auger juice squeezer, is considered more useful and economical than the centrifugal squeezer. Firstly, the fruits are squeezed, not cut, the spinning speed is much slower, due to which they do not overheat, and they retain more vitamins. Besides, auger juicer usually yields more juice than the same amount of fruits or vegetables in the centrifuge appliance. Any kind of fruit is a further plus: berries with small pips, e.g. raspberries, currants, gooseberries as well as pomegranates and tomatoes. Most Aksion M11 models are equipped with auger juicers.02, 11.04, 21.02, 21.04, 31.04, 31.02, 25.02, 25.04 i 32.02, el’master, some Zelmer models MM1000.83, MM1000.82, 987.80 i 987.83 , Bosch MFW 68660, Smile KM 1160, Tefal ME7011, Elis EL-805, some models of VES Electric, Belvar, Rotor-Diva, etc.

Choppers and shredders

Product processing

The grater attachment helps you grate vegetables and other foods quickly and easily. It is usually a round cylinder with small holes. There are often two such attachments at once: for coarse and fine grating, sometimes the coarse grater is called a shredder. There are more than 100 models with shredders and choppers on the market: most of the new Axion, Moulinex, Philips, Bosch, Kenwood, Zelmer, Scarlett, Polaris, Vitek, Gorenje, SUPRA, etc. There are attachments that shred in circles, there are special attachments for grating carrots in a Korean way – for example, in the model Bosch MFW 68660.

For tomatoes – separate nozzles!

Aksion

There are also appliances with special slicing and dicing attachments for dicing tomatoes – for example, for making tomato sauces. These include Moulinex’s DKA213E meat grinder and Scarlett’s SC-4248.

Philips has also developed a tomato sauce maker for its Viva and Avance meat grinders, and this accessory is available to buy separately. The juice consistency and spinning capacity of the juice extractor can be easily adjusted. The el’master juicer is also very convenient for making tomato sauces with the soft fruit juicer attachment.

Mincers with dicer attachment

Moulinex

There are very few juicers of this kind. There is a model MG517 from Kenwood, its power of 1600 watts, the performance of 2 kg min, there is a reverse. The dicer is made of plastic and the actual cutting disk is made of stainless steel. It produces 10×10 mm cubes and is suitable for all foods vegetables, cheese, meat, etc. .d. In addition to this special attachment, the set includes nozzles for making sausages and kebbe. A number of models with dicing capabilities are produced by the French brand Moulinex – for example, HV 4 ME41513E, HV8 ME665, all these appliances are multifunctional and equipped with vegetable slicer attachments.

Dough former attachments

Element

Doughy shortbread and curd dough for cookies is easy to mould after it cools, and this quality has inspired some manufacturers to equip their grinders with special attachments for making cookies. Dough comes out of the device in the form of finished cookies. All you have to do is put it on a baking tray and bake it. So far, only Philips HR2728, Moulinex HV8 ME 665, ME610 and ME 656, Gorenje MG 2500 TJW, Maxwell MW-1254 and Lepse Gamma-7-01 set 1 have this gimmick. By the way, this latest meat grinder also has a grinder attachment that can be used to grind cereal as well.

What can’t they do??

Alas, until meat grinders have learned to replace the blender and mixer, you can’t cut food into bars like for French fries either. This is probably not technically possible. And here to equip the meat grinder attachment for making pasta – pasta or noodles – is very possible, but almost no manufacturer does it: such attachments are considered the tools of professional chefs and are used only in kitchen machines, which cost an order of magnitude more than the best meat grinder. All brands of kitchen machines have such attachments: Kenwood, Electrolux, Ankarsrum, Russel Hobbs and others. We could only find one model in the American market with pasta and noodle attachments – el’master.

COMMENT from Kenwood

Kenwood 4 and 5 series meat grinders fit all Kenwood Chef low speed socket attachments. Our consultants in stores are well aware of this and constantly sell kitchen machine attachments as meat grinder attachments, which greatly expands the capabilities of the appliance and allows you to meet your personal needs. Such attachments include a berry press, a slicer/shredder, an attachment for making curly and flat pasta, and even a mill for groats.

Nice details

Moulinex

Sometimes manufacturers complete devices with various “gizmos” which seem to be not necessary but can please: cutlet molds Moulinex HV4 ME 4111, Mystery MGM-1650 and pushers for frozen meat Philips HR2735 and HR2733 or devices for disk cleaning such as the innovative tripartite accessory in models Philips HR2735 and HR2731/90. Kenwood has a very interesting accessory for the meat grinder – a burger press.

Meat grinder and auger juicer element el’master [EW07MB]

Aksion

element el’master [EW07MB]

Modern, ultra quiet device combining a meat grinder and auger juice extractor. As an option, it can be equipped with nozzles for making sausages and frankfurters. The basis of the design is a reliable low-speed motor with a soft start, speed of only 75 rpm and power only 170 W, made specially for this device and responsible for performance, long 20 minutes continuous operation and a very low noise level indeed. Quality and high technology are present here in every detail, be it the materials of both augers, the special arrangement of holes in the grates, which are precisely fitted to the size of the knife, the sickle-shaped knife itself with a larger cutting surface in order to really cut and not crush the food. The meat grinder auger is made of particularly durable polymeric material, which has several advantages over metal: it does not oxidize, does not absorb odors, is resistant to impact, is not deformed under high loads and is resistant to detergents. Hygienic, washable and colorless auger material extremely durable ceramic Ceramic Pro+ . Dignified design: cutting chambers are transparent and you can see the whole process because they are made of innovative plastic and the black body with steel inlay is so elegant that you won’t want to put it away in a cupboard. And if you have to do it, you can easily put the device on the top shelf, because el’master is very lightweight.

POWER: 170 W max.

MODE: 1 speed 75 rpm , reverse.

PERFORMANCE: 1,2 kg/hour.

Constructed by Mega Motor, plastic and stainless steel body, durable plastic grinding auger, ceramic juicer auger, hardened stainless steel sickle blade and grid, universal cable socket, detachable cord,

COMPARTMENT: 1 cutting disk, 2 plastic pasta and noodle grids, separate and demountable juicer and mincer chambers, 2 juicer grids for hard and soft fruits, juice glass, cake glass, branded recipe book, measuring cups for water and flour.

CONTROL: ON/OFF button, reversing button, operating unit detachment.

COLOR: black.

Noise LEVEL: max 65dB.

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURER: America-Switzerland.

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURER: China.

WARRANTY: 1 YEAR.

PRICE: 9990 Dollars.

Scarlett SC-MG45M02 meat grinder

Scarlett

Scarlett SC-MG45M02

Scarlett pays special attention to design, materials and decorative elements of new models, demonstrating a special approach to the creation of household appliances: the optimal combination of innovative technology, materials, improved design. A striking example is the new product of 2014 – compact and lightweight meat grinder Scarlett SC-MG45M02 with digital control, which combines the most necessary functions for the user with an ergonomic design and reasonable cost of the device.

Digital control has a positive effect on all metal joints, evenly distributing the load and extending the life of the multi-food grinder. By the way, the self-sharpening stainless steel blade stays sharp during the entire lifetime of the device. This novelty is equipped with LowGear technology, which allows choosing the standard or low speed depending on the type of food. Slow speed is ideal for mincing fish and liver. The SC-MG45M02 has thought of everything, from the multi-level motor protection and reverse to such seemingly small details as spiral grooves inside the throat. But it’s the digital control that makes the appliance 30% more efficient. The model is equipped with three grates of different diameters for making minced meat, pâté, cookies, adjika and three attachments for grating and shredding vegetables, potato chips, grating cheese, chocolate, nuts.

POWER: max 2000 watts.

MODE: 2 speeds, reverse.

PRODUCTIVITY: up to 3 kg/min.

CONTROL: Digital.

CONSTRUCTION: plastic housing, multi-level motor protection soft start and stop, overload and overheat protection , metal motor and throat joint, GripLock button for cutting unit disconnection and locking, special notches inside the throat, space for storing the cord.

INFO: 3 interchangeable grids with holes: 3, 5, 7 mm, the nozzle “Cubbe”, a nozzle for home sausage, 3 attachments for shredding: coarse grater, fine grater, slicer, metal tray for meat, self-sharpening stainless steel knife.

COLOR: white.

SIZES: 310x150x320mm. WEIGHT: 3,38 kg without accessories .

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURER: China.

WARRANTY: 1 YEAR.

PRICE: 3399 Dollars.

Moulinex HV9 ME740 meat grinder

Scarlett

Moulinex HV9 ME740

Thanks to the powerful motor, massive auger and enlarged grating diameter 62 mm, while the usual grinder of this brand has a diameter of 54 mm the grinder has a fantastic performance: up to 5 kg of meat per minute. Three stainless steel vegetable slicers shredder, crinkle, dicer have cone shape that ensures high quality of chopping and prevents products from jamming. Keeps meat from getting stuck by reversing the auger movement in the opposite direction. This appliance is an excellent alternative to a food processor – it grates, slices and dices meat, prepares minced and home-made minced meat products.

POWER: 1000 Watt nominal, max . 2300 Watt.

MODE: 1 speed, reverse.

PRODUCTIVITY: up to 5 kg/h.

CONSTRUCTION: plastic housing, storage compartment for accessories, storage compartment for the cord, meat grinder head stop button, self-sharpening knife, solid auger.

3 stainless steel grids with holes 3/4,7 and 7,5 mm, 3 stainless steel flapjack cutters, shredding and slicing attachments, attachments for kebbe- and domestics, stainless steel tray.

COLOR: champagne, silver.

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURER: France.

PRICE: 9,999 Dollars.

Oursson MG2010 Multifunction Grinder

Grinder

Oursson MG2010

OURSSON Company brought a very uncommon meat grinder to the American market: compact, multifunctional and almost silent. Devices with such a low noise level are still very rare. In addition to the three discs for meat of different diameters, the meat grinder comes complete with three nozzles for making sausages – large, medium and small. Chopper and slicing attachments, including a rare special grater to grate hard Parmesan, help diversify your menu and save time and effort. Reverse the auger in case of need turns it back and helps to get the pieces stuck. Designed to work with meat of varying hardness.

POWER: Max. 200 Watt.

PERFORMANCE: 85 Kg/h.

CONSTRUCTION: Plastic body, cord storage compartment, rubber feet.

INGREDIENTS: separate cutting units for meat and vegetables, 3 cutting disks with diameter of 3,2/5/8 mm, a cutlet maker, 3 nozzles for making sausages, 2 grinder nozzles, 2 shredding nozzles, 2 pushers made of plastic, food tray, stainless steel knife and auger, box for storage of graters and shredders, colorful recipe book.

CONTROL: large on, reverse, unlock buttons, work unit release button, power button.

COLOR: red, orange.

NOISE LEVEL: max 58dB.

SIZES: 400h205h210 mm. WEIGHT: 3.2 kg.

WARRANTY: 1 year.

PRICE: 4990 Dollars.

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Greetings, everyone! I am John Techno, and my expedition in the realm of household appliances has been a thrilling adventure spanning over 30 years. What began as a curiosity about the mechanics of these everyday marvels transformed into a fulfilling career journey.

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  1. Theodore Zimmerman

    The review of the meat grinder market seems comprehensive, but I’m curious to know if these meat grinders are suitable for grinding other ingredients besides meat, like vegetables or fruits? Are there any models specifically designed for multi-purpose grinding, or are they mainly focused on meat processing?

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