Customer Reviews

KitchenAid FGA Food Grinder

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But if I did, this super grinder would have a go. This past weekend a local store had botrtom round on sale for $1.19. My family isn't into pot roast but we eat a lot of hamburger.
My wife picked up four roasts for the freezer. I trimmed the fat from one (surprisingly little) and made hamburgers for a meal and a gallon of meat sauce for about $4.50 in meat cost. I double grind using the small plate. The burger is juicy with no grease puddle left after panfrying. I grind in some fat for flavor and juice. The plates and cutter appear to be made of stainless, which I clean in the silverware tray. If you own the mixer, get the grinder. I just ordered the sausage tubes and a sausage cookbook from this
noble establishment. This item provides frugality and quality and is a must have. I have a cylindrical foam brush that does the tubular thing. Gristle, connective tissue do get wadded up in the various parts but do not impair function. You need to eyeball each part after the dishwasher.

I recently bought a higher powered Kitchen Aid and couldn't wait to try the food grinder. I bought a cheap roast last night and ground it in the food grinder. The meat was perfect after one grind on the coarse wheel - and the blender was only on 2 and the meat was coming out no problem, I was pleasantly surprised! I think my smaller classic Kitchen Aid would also be able to grind meat. I am not sure what fruits and veggies I would grind, but am looking forward to using it to make lunch meat with left over ham and poultry for school! Deff. worth the price! Also, if you're using a roast - the meat needed a bit of fat as it was dry because it was so lean - next time I will add the garlic and spices along with a couple slices of bacon in with the cubes.

The food grinder works as expected with the exception of leaving dark (grease like) tracings in the ground meat. Occurs near where the drive shaft and grinding plate meets. At first I thought it was some grease from the packaging, but now I believe that it comes from the metal to metal contact.

This product could have been an amazing addition to my Kitchen Aid collection if it was not for the metal dust that comes off from the center blade of the grinder. I end up with grey traces mixed with my meat which are hazardous enough to stop using this attachment. I thought it was a defect on my purchase, thus I researched more on this product. As it turns out, I'm not the only one with the same problem. This is indeed what happens when poor quality testing is in place. It seems that this reputable company used to make better meat grinders with stronger blades before 2002. These "newly developed ones available in the market now are really a disappointment on Kitchen Aid products.

The black thing coming out of the center. I am debating weather I return this product. I tried pork, lamb, and beef frozen or half frozen. I tried washing by hand and by dish washer.i tried to wipe every part that could has exposure to "food grade lubricant". Upto now I have used about 6-7 times, there is no sign that the disgusting is getting less. However It seems that carrots and other vegetables are better than meat. The head of the worm and the center of the blades show some marks of worn out, which makes me believe that it is metal not "grease". Any body suggests I should keep it or return it? I think this is product design problem. I am surprised that the negative reviews have been around some time but kitchenaid hasn't improved the product. If it is "grease", it is very easy to explain it at the owner's manual. But they chose to keep silent.

Just bought this last week and was really impressed. I've never made my own sausage meat before, but it was very easy. The flavour and consistency of the Hot Italian sausages was excellent! The only thing I found was that the speed has to be on at least 4. If you run it any slower, some of the connective tissue in the meat can gum up the cutter and plate. I had a hard time keeping up with the machine as far as meat supply goes. It worked very fast. Cleaning is easy if you do it right away. (Very, very hot soapy water to soak.) There are a couple of little nooks and crannys that can really only be reached with a bamboo skewer, but on the whole it was pretty easy. The thing that took the most time was cutting the meat (10lbs) into cubes and waiting for it to chill in the freezer for about 1.5 hours (very important).

I heartily recommend this to anyone wanting to provide a healthy alternative to the chemical and filler laced sausages commercially available.

I have used this product about 5 times since purchase making ground beef from cheap steak and stewing beef. I also tried it with mozzarella cheese. I did not like it for cheese but love it for ground beef. It is super easy to clean, operation was simple and my mixer handled a 5 lb batch with no problem.

The ground product comes out in long, thick strings - think like yarn or thicker, which didn't work as well with cheese. However this is not a problem with the meat. We tried both the thin and thick settings with the cheese, just in case, same result. Not bad, just not what I wanted.

I recommend this product

I purchased this item as a result of all the news about "pink slime" in store bought ground beef. I was suspicious as to how easy it would be to grind my own meat...but once again my KitchenAid mixer did the trick and it was VERY easy to do. I have ground about 10 pounds of beef so far and have had no trouble. It was easy to clean and assemble - the box is a handy way to keep the parts all together. If you have a mixer, this is a must-have item.

I used to buy a lot of ground beef. However, I was told unsavoury parts "may" be added to the ground beef as well as a lot of fat, so I stopped buying. When my son gave me a Kitchenaid Pro 600 Stand Mixer, I got this food grinder attachment so I can make my own. The grinder works well, no problems. Manual says to grind meat that is partially frozen. Follow that advice. If the meat is totally defrosted, some splattering will occur in front of the grinder. My family loves the pasta meat sauce, meatballs, dumplings, etc. I found grinding very lean meat to be a bit dry when cooked, so I added a little fat (when grinding) that I trimmed from roast/steak. Overall, I found the food grinder to be a perfect compliment to my Kitchenaid Stand Mixer.

The trick with this grinder is not to overload it. Strips of meat work better than chunks and sinew clogs it up. With this in mind it grinds beautifully. And if you have a lot of basil to crush for pesto it will do it in no time. The rest of the ingredients can be added afterwards. Add a few pieces of bread at the end of your run to push out the last of your meat. Easy to assemble and disassemble for cleaning. A nice tool for home use. Your burgers will be fresh and custom made to your taste.