Meat Grinders?
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My wife.
Tried already but item was ‘not as described’. I’ll speak to eBay for a refund.
Do you have a stand mixer ? If so an attachment is probably a good way to go
Otherwise a good thing is get one that will fit in your freezer if you’re going for a hand one.
The KitchenAid grinder attachment I bought was £135 in metal although I believe a plastic one is £85. The only reason we went for this ludicrously expensive option was due to space. If we wanted to use it lots then it would have been a standalone version.
How is the kitchen aid mixer?
mum torn between that and the kenwood major/titanium range
Also can you let me know how the grinder attachment fares after a few uses if you end up with metal particles coming through or black grease or white oxide?
they seem to be the common problems people have with every grinder but it’s hard to tell if it’s just disgruntled idiots not using them right a one off or whatever
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I have the KA one. It’s brilliant. Last years. Just don’t over fill it and cut the meat into strips. Happy days.
The wife got the KA more because it completes a 'look' in the kitchen. KA sold out to Whirlpool (those bastions of quality) a while back. Despite charging £600 decided they couldn't afford to use metal gears so swapped them for plastic.... I kid you not! You pay through the nose for the design nothing else.
Will let you know how we get on with the grinder in a few weeks after it's been used a few times.
Will let you know how we get on with the grinder in a few weeks after it's been used a few times.
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Kenwood's Kmix ones are supposed to be good, if you have a suitable mixer. About £45, I think.
I spent ages researching both brands, as the wife wanted one and was big into the romanticism of the KitchenAid.
Reviews generally favoured the Kenwood brand though, especially the Kmix one we ended up with. Apparently the British Bakeoff caused a right stir when they ditched all their 'old faithful' benchtop KA models and put Kenwood ones in.
The biggest criticisms against the KA is that it's a bit underpowered, and that it can end up rocking too much on high power or under heavy loads (but still within specified recipe quantities), like when making bread dough, to the point where it wobbles its way along the counter!
We got her a Kenwood, in the end. Avoid the ones with glass bowls, though...
Our KA also rocks. When I've made a low hydration pasta dough especially but more worrying to me at least was after 8 minutes was how incredibly hot it got. 600 quid!
Wouldn't take any notice of KA getting replaced on bake off as it was probably because another company gave them more money!
Wouldn't take any notice of KA getting replaced on bake off as it was probably because another company gave them more money!
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I just thought all the outraged comments about it were funny... "How DARE they replace a stalwart servant with a better model!!"
Oh it should just be 1 plastic gear.
It's a fail safe. If you apply enough resistance to stall the motor (and so burn it out) he plastic gear will strip and break first protecting the motor.
A plastic gear is much much cheaper than a new motor.
You'll actually find that in a lot of stuff.
The professional/commercial model is all metal ad its assumed no one would be putting an incorrect mixture in and wear resistance/up time is more important as the motor is protected by proper use
If you meet someone who broke the 5 pound kevlar plastic gear they just got saved a 300 quid motor bill
Fuse?
For 75 odd years KitchenAid used metal with no issues whatsoever. Along comes Whirlpool the same people that make £100 washing machines (not going to say anything about tumble dryers!) and so No, your doing it all wrong you should be using plastic.
It is a fuse, just a mechanical one that works fast enough to save the motor. A thermal fuse would be very annoying and. Normal fuse wouldn't work fast enough (can't be fast break because the motor makes high temporary draw when turning on and off).
And they burnt out in the past, or stripped a brass gear, there wasn't modern tunable composites like kevlar nylon around
If your gear train is stronger than your motor then your motor breaks first.
Otherwise if you want all metal replace the single plastic pinion gear gear in the otherwise all metal gear train with the metal one from the Pro version they cost 12 dollars
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371165395696?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28
Same as sticking a nail in the fuse holder though and they are brass vs steel of the other gears to kinda help protect them.
Worm follower gear/pinion gear is the search termbut you can buy the whole assembly for more if you cba taking it apart.
Makita and a lot of other companies use the same mechanical fail safe
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I'll ask again... .
Why after KitchenAid has sold millions of units over 75 odd years was the fact that using metal gears was burning out motors not noticed until it was bought out by a company well known for for selling ultra cheap crap? Come to think of it why do KitchenAid still use metal gears in its professional mixers if its burning out motors?
Why after KitchenAid has sold millions of units over 75 odd years was the fact that using metal gears was burning out motors not noticed until it was bought out by a company well known for for selling ultra cheap crap? Come to think of it why do KitchenAid still use metal gears in its professional mixers if its burning out motors?
Because professionals don't missuse the tool. (And more down to wear resistance for the "pro" which a really more enthusiast/artisan)
And because they did its been there since kitchenaid was hobart, the huuuuuge hobarts still have them and they cost upwards of 5 grand so don't want to risk the minimum wage bakery employe breaking it.
Why do you think the hobart mixers, the Chad of mixers, has a fiber gear in a otherwise all metal chain?
It's a fuse nothing more that's why it's easily replaceable and a service part.
You can swap it for metal if you like but it is the same as sticking a nail in th fuse holder
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https://www.ascateringsupplies.com/fibre-gear-hobart-h800-mixer.html
The fiber plastic gear in hobart h800....
A £16,000 mixer
Do you think they have it for cheapness?
Given it costs nearly 400 quid for that one gear
The fiber plastic gear in hobart h800....
A £16,000 mixer
Do you think they have it for cheapness?
Given it costs nearly 400 quid for that one gear