LCH
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I have never run out of power, grinding wild game and pork. If something happened to it today, I would probably buy another just like it.
ChaosOneZero
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I have a Walton’s #12 (.75 hp). Wife got it for me for Father’s Day last year (I buy her nice stuff, she buys me nice stuff). I don’t have a ton of complaints thus far, with the exception of the price. I believe they were running a sale at the time because the invoice says $450ish shipped including tax and now I see the website indicates the base price is $549. Tariffs prob playing a role as well.
Anyway, a few complaints: it’s huge, and heavy. Want to say it weighs close to 40lbs. Also didn’t like that the foot pedal is an add-on purchase. I don’t have one yet but will prob pick one up this year. It’d also pretty loud, as far as grinders go.
That said, manufacturer says it can do 7 lb an hour. I think I did 40-50 lbs straight last season without any shutdowns or overheating. So I didn’t exactly put it through its paces, but also didn’t have any obvious issues that would cause concern.
Anyway, a few complaints: it’s huge, and heavy. Want to say it weighs close to 40lbs. Also didn’t like that the foot pedal is an add-on purchase. I don’t have one yet but will prob pick one up this year. It’d also pretty loud, as far as grinders go.
That said, manufacturer says it can do 7 lb an hour. I think I did 40-50 lbs straight last season without any shutdowns or overheating. So I didn’t exactly put it through its paces, but also didn’t have any obvious issues that would cause concern.
Nick87
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How much you grinding a year?
Realistically, right now between 50-100lbs per year
Archelk
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Can't go wrong with MEAT. They warranty too!
Bought the LEM #12 several years ago and upgraded to the newer version of the same grinder a couple years ago. I ALWAYS recommend a minimum of a #12 grinder when asked. There is no such thing as overkill when it comes to grinding. Anything under a #12 takes longer and adds more heat to the product being ground. I grind about 100 pounds of meat once a year but use the same grinder head to run a tomato mill for processing tomatoes into tomato sauce every year.
95tigerbill
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I read an article years ago on this build and decided to put one together. It actually works surprisingly well and the belt slips to prevent tearing anything up if you get too crazy with feeding it frozen meat
