LEM Products BigBite Dual Grind #8 0.50 HP Stainless Steel Electric Meat Grinder Machine, Ideal for Regular Use

The Lem is a Great grinder!I make my cats food. This typically involves grinding not only muscle meat, but tuff organ meats and connective tissue.This is the third grinder I have purchased.The first two failed miserably. They were both less expensive models that required the meat to be cut up into 1" cubes, and semi frozen.Both of the previous models had extreme difficulty grinding grissel, connective tissue, chicken skin etc. This required pushing foods through the grinder. Both of these burned out, while processing about 20# of meat. They both came with lots of extras, that were completely useless. To get the proper grind, I had to double grind the meat. They were noisy and extremely loud. My cats ran, and my wife would have to go to the bedroom to get away from the disruptive noise.Bottom line, this increased my processing time, and expenses. Had I purchased the Lem grinder in the first place, I would have saved both time and money.The Lem grinder is worth every penny I paid for it.It reduces my time cutting up and processing the meat. I purchased the dule grinder, which provides the perfect grind, in less time. I haven't had to push any meat through the grinder, it simply pulls everything through.This is a heavy duty grinder. You can feel it in the weight of the parts, you can hear it in the quite purr of the motor. Cleanup is easier then with other grinders.If you are grinding meat for any purpose, do yourself a favor, spend a couple of more dollars upfront, it will save you both time and money in the long run.

Do your homework and read through the reviews with tips & tricks for the size for what you’re going to be processing. First, I don’t know what some of these reviewers are talking about, this #8 dual grind 0.50 hp unit ripped through 60lbs of venison in 30 minutes. There was two of us feeding the machine and cutting up the venison as I read that freezing helps to prevent clogging etc, one tip i would suggest is to take the extra time to cut out as much of the “silver fish” or senuw? (sorry spelling) you can which was great advice, didn’t bog or clog once, it was great, this #8 will grind as quick as you can feed it, grinds quickly with little to no effort as we mixed sausage in with a few batches.Perfect size for ANY outdoor sportsman that processes meat throughout the season. Machine is very heavy, well made and easy to clean.You won’t be disappointed, you want quality then you have to pay for it.

I bought the LEM BigBite Dual Grind #8 for processing venison. Prior to buying this grinder, I was using a grinder attachment for my stand mixer. While grinding with the stand mixer worked, doing a double grind on venison was slow and cumbersome. With the LEM grinder, I processed about 25 pounds of venison and 20 pounds of pork for sausage making. Grinding and cleaning took less than an hour, and the quality of the grind was fantastic.

I’ve used older Lem meat grinders for years, grinding many pounds of venison.Durable, quality product.But this new BigBite Dualgrind #8 is a huge improvement, wonderful!I ground my first 20 lbs of venison last night with this new Lem, It took 9 minutes, total.With my older Lem grinder it would have taken 1 1/2 hours.It worked great, and is quieter than the older model.Highly recommended!

Grinder is well built and very good quality. One pass is all you need for burger. It is quiet and pumps out meat rapidly. I have #8 and I recommend highly.

I'm not getting any younger and having a grinder instead of damaging my wife's kitchen aid mixer is the answer but WOW, this bad boy ain't gonna let nothing stop the grind. A Friday night spent making sausage might not interest you, but that's my speed and this unit gave me back a lot of time.

I am very happy with this dual grind machine. It processed about 25 pounds of pork into breakfast sausage in roughly 30 minutes and would have been faster if it hadn't been my first time filling casings lol.It has plenty of power and I expect to process a couple deer each year, plus plenty of beef and pork from the store.It was easy to clean using a couple bottle brushes and then drying in a 200F oven after cleaning. Also sprayed with the LEM silicone food safe spay before storing.The most difficult thing is removing and reinstalling the bushing using the provided bushing removal tool. A rubber mallet makes it easier fyi.I'd say the only thing I'd like to see them add is a speed/reverse control so one could slow the feed for sausage and also reverse if you get a jam.Overall, a terrific machine I'm really glad I purchased!

This thing will do any thing you can put in it. minus( bones )don't do bones. And this thing is a quick and quiet.