Sausage Stuffer

[GR5]

Any thoughts on the crank down sausage stuffers. I've been using my grinder, but it tough pushing 50/60 lbs at a time.

[Smart]

Make sure you have a table you can attach it too.....C-clamping it to a banquet table is not the ticket. In my experience, the crank down stuffers are more physical work than the standard grinder/stuffers but seems to be more consistent in the links.....unless your grinder is of the commercial variety like below......

Added another picture of the hand crank and an electric motor version of the "crank. The motor however failed on the first use. And yes...that is a Persian duck hunter....and pretty good one at that...this is his "Silence i kill you" look

[coonazz]

I bit the bullet and bought one before deer season and love it! Absolutely the best investment I made. I process all my deer and ended up doing around 11 deer this year (including my daughters', wife's, and dad's deer.) It is so much better than trying to stuff using a grinder.

I shopped around quite a bit before settling on this one. (I hate to spend money.) Whichever one you buy, pay attention to the gears (you want metal ones) and as much capacity as you can afford (assuming you do more than just a few pounds of sausage at a time).


http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...3+90401+500891

[TXHUNTER26]

I may be a little immature but I just couldnt walk up to store clerk and ask "where do you keep your sausage stuffers!" with a straight face...Im a goof ball though.

[coogfan]

I just bought the 15lb stuffer from Gander. Normally $199 but on sale for $140. We made 80lbs of sausage over the last couple evenings and it worked great. A lot quicker than using the grinder like in the past.

[captainkyle]

Is that how you are supposed to make sausage,one long link then cut it into smaller pieces afterwards or what do you do??I alway's start/stop cut the casing and repeat over and over and.............Lot's of work this way.Been wanting to buy a stuffer for jalapeno and cheese though so the cheese will stay in larger chunks by not having to go through the 3/16'' plate I stuff through.

[Fishndude]

Is that how you are supposed to make sausage,one long link then cut it into smaller pieces afterwards or what do you do??I alway's start/stop cut the casing and repeat over and over and.............Lot's of work this way.Been wanting to buy a stuffer for jalapeno and cheese though so the cheese will stay in larger chunks by not having to go through the 3/16'' plate I stuff through.

Tie as you go! There should be no cutting

[Smart]

Is that how you are supposed to make sausage,one long link then cut it into smaller pieces afterwards or what do you do??I alway's start/stop cut the casing and repeat over and over and.............Lot's of work this way.Been wanting to buy a stuffer for jalapeno and cheese though so the cheese will stay in larger chunks by not having to go through the 3/16'' plate I stuff through.

Yes....Make one long link as long as the hank will allow........the stuffing goes by so much quicker and links stay uniform without all the initial pushes and stops......and yes....cut into a measured individual link (usually place marks on table) and have several tiers then hang and smoke. Makes for a more uniform and standard link for packaging as shown in the first two pics.






We will also smoke hunters sticks like below in the full length collagen casings and cut after smoking.

[tgil]

I just ate, and these pics make me hungry all over again!

[True Texan]

I've got the Cabela's 30lb vertical stuffer, I also have the electric motor on it. I like it and have used it for several years. My complaints are that the shear key has sheared off twice now, including last year. Also, the gasket on the piston has become flat on one side letting some ground meat squirt onto the top of the piston. I have ordered two new gaskets at about $18 each and are waiting for them to be delivered. Overall I think that it is a great stuffer, especially for the cost of the unit compared to other motorized 30lb stuffers.

[captainkyle]

Son of a .I've been doing it wrong all these years.Thanks for the info.

[bcdawg1]

Jason we currently do our own sausage but am interested in doing some of the snack sticks, couple questions, did you have to use a smaller/different funnel on the stuffer than u used for sausage and also where did u buy the collagen casings? also are there different sizes of the collagen, possibly something a little smaller than what u have in the pics?

[Smart]

Yes....you have to use a smaller horn....the collagen casing will not fit over the standard link horn.....

we buy collagen casing from here http://www.askthemeatman.com/collage...29_casings.htm

[Old Goat1]

I just bought the 15lb stuffer from Gander. Normally $199 but on sale for $140. We made 80lbs of sausage over the last couple evenings and it worked great. A lot quicker than using the grinder like in the past.

x2 did the same thing and if it's still on sale, good price for metal gear one. Probably have run a little over a 100#'s through it and works great.