Electric Meat Grinder - Size #12 - Model STX-4000-TB2-PD - STX International Turboforce II - Air Cooling Patent - Foot Pedal Control, 6 Grinding Plates, 3 Cutting Blades, Kubbe & Sausage Tubes - Black

Vraiment parfait, le hachage est parfait, la pédale apporte vraiment un plus niveau hygiène et praticité, vraiment satisfait.

I've used this one time so far. I ground up about 50lbs of chicken thighs (with bones cooked until powder soft), liver, gizzards, and hearts for my cats. Worked like a charm and was VERY easy to clean!! It ground it all into a nice patte and the cats love it!

Worked great at first and had enough power but after 2nd time Making sausage, motor died. Sounds like gear broke inside. Junk don't buy

Bought this for my husband and he loves it! Works nicely for wild game. We don't use daily by no means so I can't give an opinion on consistent use. Easy assembly, didn't clog up, grinding so far has been effortless. We have only used a few times but it does appear to be durable. Foot pedal was so nice to have. The only thing I would've like to have seen is a storage bag to store pieces easily and together but that is nothing we can't find and purchase ourselves.

I normally do not get to be the one who leaves the first review on a product, but it looks like my review is going to be the first so I am going to do my best and tell you all about my 1st month's experience with this STX grinder. My husband and I have been wanting a new meat grinder for about a year and been searching for one that was, what you might consider, a Full Kit with everything needed for meat grinding and sausage stuffing, but all we could find was grinders that only had 3 different sizes of grinding plates, 1 cutting blade, no stuffing tubes, etc. We were also looking for a grinder that had a larger diameter of meat stuffing tunnel (the place where you stuff the meat into) and a larger diameter of where the meat comes out, but most all of them we looked at were (as we found out) what is considered a smaller size #8 kitchen grinder and not the larger size #12 grinder. When we saw that this new Turbo II show up on the market, we saw it was a larger size #12 grinder, came with 5 different sizes of grinding plates, 1 beaner plate, 3 sizes of sausage tubes with a kubbe attachment and "get this" - a foot pedal control you can use if you want for two hands free while grinding or stuffing sausage! Here's my Pros - kind of redundant, but what the heck: 1) The price - Can't Be Beat for all you get with this package 2) This is a very nice looking grinder (we bought the black one) and the chrome accents make it look very nice on my kitchen counter 3) It's a Size #12 Grinder and not a size #8 4) It includes a total of 5 Grinding Plate with sizes of holes ranging from 4mm up to 12 mm and also what they call a Wagon Wheel Plate for those large sausage grinds 5) It also includes 1 Beaner Plate - this is used for stuffing sausage only and not for grinding, but it allows for the sausage to be stuffed into the casing faster and smoother - it worked Great when we made some Italian Sausage last weekend 6) Of course, the 3 stuffing tubes and kubbe attachment are a nice addition 7) Best of all, the added foot pedal is nothing short of fantastic as one person can do most any job with this grinder - especially when you are stuffing sausage with it 8) Instructions - Well written with many photos on how to assemble the parts for different purposes. Also includes hints on grinding correctly, sausage stuffing and how to clean all of the parts My Cons: 1) The only thing I was a little disappointed with was, at first with this unit, that is was somewhat loud, but I had not read a special note that came with the grinder. They had a note that states that the grinder would be somewhat loud when you first started using it, but after 5 to 10 hours of use, it would start getting quieter. We have used this unit for around 15 hours so far and it has quieted down to a normal sound (where you can talk) much to our satisfaction. 2) This is really not a Con, but I had to put this in with my review someplace. When we first got the grinder, we read the instructions on how to clean all of the parts (do NOT use your dishwasher) and cleaned them for our first use properly. We then reassembled the grinder and had 2 lbs of a chuck roast all cut up and ready to grind. We started grinding and the meat that came out of the front of the grinder was coming out very slowly and it looked like "MUSH" and we were quite disappointed. My husband (I don't read instructions) looked in the instructions and found where the company had states clearly, "Make sure that the Cutting Blade is Inserted Correctly" as otherwise your grinder would not work properly. Well, of course, we checked our cutting blade and yes we had installed it backwards:)!!! We took the cutting blade out, turned it the other (correct) way and the result was "Grinding Perfection". So the moral to this story is make sure and install your cutting blade correctly and/or read the instructions before using this product. No other cons at this time, but if I run into anything, I will edit my review and let you all know. I might mention that as far as what this company states about their Quad Air Cooling making the unit last longer, I cannot comment on this as we have only had it for a month, but their statement about this new cooling system keeping the grinder cool while using it - this "Does" work. Two weeks ago, we ran this grinder for over 3 hours in one sitting and it was as cool after the 3 hours of use as when we first started. Signed, One Very Happy Customer