Sunday Funday - Field to the Freezer
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Don
I like my LEM
Its not fast, bust works good and Ive paid for it many times over by doing my own meat in smaller quantities.
It took me most of the day today to do my deer, but that was doing it all by myself.
It really helps to slightly freeze the meat befoer grinding, and also put the metal auger and throat in the freezer before grinding.
This helps keep the heat down and the meat wont get mushy
Cold meat is good!
If I shoot an elk next weekend, I will be taking it to the processor, because I dont want to be doing meat for a week
I like my LEM
Its not fast, bust works good and Ive paid for it many times over by doing my own meat in smaller quantities.
It took me most of the day today to do my deer, but that was doing it all by myself.
It really helps to slightly freeze the meat befoer grinding, and also put the metal auger and throat in the freezer before grinding.
This helps keep the heat down and the meat wont get mushy
Cold meat is good!
If I shoot an elk next weekend, I will be taking it to the processor, because I dont want to be doing meat for a week
Old School
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- Feb 4, 2016
- 156
Looks good Brad - and thanks for the tips on freezing the auger - never done that and I have issues towards the end of the grind with the venison being warm and mushy (I\'ve got a 1 hp Cabelas commercial grinder). Sunday afternoon my youngest son went out to the shop and butchered his brothers entire deer - we\'ve just got to grind about 40#\'s tonight and I\'ll use your tips. One of the benefits of having 2 younger sons at home - they both love butchering and processing deer, and I\'m more than happy to let them
Thanks!
--Mitch
Thanks!
--Mitch
colorado russ
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- Aug 10, 2017
- 1,083
Never froze the auger before either(good tip) but always kept the meat in the freezer prior to grinding. Like Mitch, I\'ve got a 1 hp but from LEM and it works great!
Another tip if you don\'t already know. Easy way to clean up auger is push 2-3 pieces of stale bread through after finished grinding meat. It\'ll get the last bit of meat out and anything left in housing.
Another tip if you don\'t already know. Easy way to clean up auger is push 2-3 pieces of stale bread through after finished grinding meat. It\'ll get the last bit of meat out and anything left in housing.
I picked up this old grinder 20 years ago for $50.00 It has ground a couple elk, a cow, 8 hogs, and probably close to 60 deer. It is a General Model D and the plate size is a #12.
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cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
- 5,345
I spent the weekend doing a bunch of similar work. I still had 15lbs of elk grind from my bull last year, so made all of that into jerky. Also took 25lbs of grind from this year\'s bull and made breakfast sausage. We also made 40lbs of burger the day we de-bonded everything, so the freezers are officially full :upthumb:
