Hi everyone!
Remember me?? I've been kind of MIA I know. :( Hopefully things will slow down around here soon. I have 3mos off during summer so I have a lot of smoking projects planned for then.
My folks want to buy me a 5lb stuffer since they are the recipients of so much of my smoking and canning projects.
They were looking at an LEM 5lb stuffer sold by an Amazon affiliate for $145 plus $10 to ship it. I've seen some folks on this site that are happy with this brand.
I would appreciate any other reviews or suggestions of other brands. And I was wondering if this was a good price?
Thanks!
Carolyn
Hi Stranger ;D
The LEM stuffer is good but kinda pricey. There are other 5lb stuffers that are just as good and cost less. I got mine for $89 here.
http://www.psseasoning.com/index.cfm/act/product.view/category_id/28/product_id/2264
Just as good and have had no problems with it.
nepas
Thanks Rick!
I have been a stranger! How are you doing? are you recovering from surgery ok?
I've been visiting and enjoying your blog...as always!
I'll check out that stuffer right now.
Carolyn
Quote from: Caribou on May 03, 2009, 10:58:34 AM
Thanks Rick!
I have been a stranger! How are you doing? are you recovering from surgery ok?
I've been visiting and enjoying your blog...as always!
I'll check out that stuffer right now.
Carolyn
Doing good how have you been. Surgery went well i just cant eat as much :D just doing bbq and smoking in smaller batches
nepas
Carolyn,
Good to see you!
I have this one http://www.grizzlyindustrial.com/products/5-lb-Vertical-Sausage-Stuffer-SS/H6252 and while I haven't made as much sausage as Nepas it has worked well. Someone on the forum had recommended it at some point. 10.5 maybe? It's a little cheaper than the other two at $69.95 but I'm not sure of shipping costs.
Deb
Thanks Deb!
Hope Saffron is doing well!
It's good to be here again, I'll check out that one, too!
Rick's inspired me on these meat sticks but they take geologic time to stuff with the KA stuffer attachment though I'm fine with it on the larger diameter casings.
Rick, I'm glad you are doing well! And feeling well enough to do what you enjoy again.
On top of working I had a couple of teaching credential exams I had to take which took up all my free time, then I was working on some job apps and then when finished my folks came and visited for a couple weeks.
My dad and I went turkey hunting and he ate up all my snack sticks! He got a HUGE turkey, a 23lb Merrium turkey! :o
I'll be putting that on my blog soon.
Carolyn
I have a 5 lb. stuffer I like it but I sure wish it was a 10 lb. stuffer with electric drive. I very seldom make a mix that is less then 10 lb. and would rather load the stuffer only once. Also the extra hand would be nice (if it were electric) when I'm doing sausage.
Borrowed a friend of mines 25 lb. electric when we where cutting up 7 deer and what a pleasure, would have never made it with my 5 lb.er
Quote from: Caribou on May 03, 2009, 11:34:48 AM
My dad and I went turkey hunting and he ate up all my snack sticks! He got a HUGE turkey, a 23lb Merrium turkey! :o
I'll be putting that on my blog soon.
Hey, I want an invite next spring turkey season please. :)
Hey Caribou,
My daughter lives in Sagle and works at the hospital there.
Carolyn, I have the Grizzly stuffer and for the money it will do you just fine. I see you got all the fruit trees planted and deer and rabbit proofed. You did miss out on the Iron Chef. We will catch you next time around when we have one. I think everyone enjoyed doing this one and talking trash to each other. I know I did.
I'm very happy with my LEM 5 lb stuffer-- I originally did lots of comparing on-line, and the LEM offered metal gears while many others were plastic-- just seemed a bit more durable in my opinion.
Smoked
Thanks everyone!
Roadking,
I'm not too far south of your daughter, I'm just north of Hayden.
Gizmo,
Have you turkey hunted before? I'm kind of new to it.
10.5,
I did lurk around and watch the Iron chef competion...I will definitely participate next time!
Nothing has eating the fruit trees...yet!
Smoked,
That is interesting info to know about the gears. If you don't mind me asking: Do you remember what you paid for it?
Carolyn
Carolyn,
The plastic gears will treat you just fine. You just have to except that the last 1/4 of the sausage just isn't going to come out no matter how hard you press the plunger down. I think that is how people strip the gears out. Not the gears fault it the guy cranking on the handle. When the plunger stops going down you are at the bottom so stop and refill.
You was lurking on the Iron Chef and didn't reply to the Chicken Lady call out? How dare you Carolyn!!!! :D :D ;D ;D
Quote from: Caribou on May 03, 2009, 06:41:13 PM
Gizmo,
Have you turkey hunted before? I'm kind of new to it.
Only 3 times and the first time was on crutches with a torn ACL.
Wasn't bad until my hunting parnter pointed to a bull across the pasture we had to cross and he said "just be careful, the bull is not friendly and can charge, but remember, I can run faster than you". Ah, yah, you think?
Never saw any but heard a few way off in the distance.
I use to belong to the Wild Turkey Federation when the chapter first opened in San Diego. Help with the fundraisers to get turkeys released here. Lot of politics. Problem with SOCal is the public land is severly restricted by the huggers and most of what can be hunted is not accessible without crossing private property which is not always easy to get permission. The private clubs want the purchase price of a house to join, and the cost of a new Benz for yearly dues. Guess the store will have to do. :(
Hi Carolyn;
Welcome back.
The 5 pound stuffer I have I got from Gander Mt. and I'm very pleased with it.
The gears are actually made from nylon, not plastic. Nylon is a very strong material.
Gander Mt. 5 lb. Stuffer (http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?r=view&i=401087&pdesc=Gander_Mountain_5_Lb_Vertical_Sausage_Stuffer&merchID=4005&str=stuffers)
Hey 10.5,
I must not have lurked thoroughly enough, I would have definitely responded to a chicken lady call! :D
Gizmo,
My biggest fear when I hunt here is being stomped by a moose, I see them sometimes when I go out hunting. This last week I saw 3 elk when I was coming back from turkey hunt which was cool.
My folks live in SoCal and my dad always talks about hunting for turkeys in SD county but has never done it.
He left all of his decoys here when he left last week, so I guess he isn't acting on it the notion of hunting SD county.
Thanks HB,
I will check out the Gander Mt stuffer.
Carolyn
If your not in hurry, watch ebay. I bought a 5 # Grizzley. It has nylon gears and I have used it heavily for two years without a problem. Pd $37 including shipping. I usually always make 10 or 15 pounds and a 10 # unit would be nice but I get by without it. I do think I will buy and electric unit sometime because my sausage stuffing buddy is not with me anymore and I miss the extra hands. As far as pushing all the sausage out, my Grizzley gets
it all out except for about enough the make a meatball, (maybe 3 oz).
Good luck with whatever you get. You will wonder why you waited to get one.
nathan
My stuffer has the nylon gears also, never had any problems like nathan said. There will be a small amount of meat at the bottom of the stuffer, i get just barely enough to make a 3" round patty. Whichever stuffer you get you will enjoy it. So stuff away.
SO THERE ;D
nepas
Thanks Nathan, I will check out Ebay because I am not in a hurry since I do have my KA set up...for now.
That sounds like a very good price!
Rick,
I thought you ran a piece of bread through it?
just kidding! ;)
But I do use your bread method on my KA stuffer because it has that auger/worm thingie in it.
You're a genius!
So there! :D
Carolyn
Quote from: Caribou on May 04, 2009, 07:11:02 AM
Thanks Nathan, I will check out Ebay because I am not in a hurry since I do have my KA set up...for now.
That sounds like a very good price!
Rick,
I thought you ran a piece of bread through it?
just kidding! ;)
But I do use your bread method on my KA stuffer because it has that auger/worm thingie in it.
You're a genius!
So there! :D
Carolyn
Next time i put bread through it maybe i will have a sausage/bread stick ready to smoke ;D
nepas
I have had the grizzly for a couple of years and have never had a problem, and have probably put over 250 lbs through it.
Deb, Caribou, I wish i had seen the Grizzley when i was looking. Got my 5# from the Sausage Maker. Over $200. It has Nylon gear but was sent a steel one as a free gift?????BS???????.
Yes San Diego brings back many memories. Buddy and I had the pent house there in Pacific Beach. 4944 Cash St, but that was 35 years ago. Anyway good luck on the Stuffer.
Tom
Thanks Tom,
I have never purchased anything from Sausage Maker, still very new to this, but I love their catalog! They look like they have everything anyone would need.
I'm not from SD but growing up just north in OC we visited SD a lot. We would fish for sand bass in the bay and for calico bass out in Pt Loma kelp, too. Very good memories. :)
Carolyn
I own a LEM 5#er and love it. It stuffs easy and there is hardly any leftover. They may be a bit pricier but IMHO, I think they are worth the extra.
BTW, I purchased mine from Cabela's.
Lumpy
Thanks Lumpy!
Actually I was going to post an update on this thread and a big thank you to every body for sharing their ideas.
I forwarded the posts and the links for all the stuffers to my folks, since they were buying this for me, and my dad got his heart set on the LEM because of the steel gears.
So, yesterday they ordered one for me from a site called "Everything Kitchens" here's the link:
http://www.everythingkitchens.com/LEM-5-lb-sausage-stuffer.html
It was $139.99, shipping included.
If I was spending my own $$ I would have gone with something less spendy, you guys gave great suggestions...but I'm not looking a gift stuffer in the mouth! ;)
Rick,
I'll be making some snack sticks soon...so, there!
Carolyn
Quote from: Caribou on May 08, 2009, 06:18:58 PM
Thanks Lumpy!
Actually I was going to post an update on this thread and a big thank you to every body for sharing their ideas.
I forwarded the posts and the links for all the stuffers to my folks, since they were buying this for me, and my dad got his heart set on the LEM because of the steel gears.
So, yesterday they ordered one for me from a site called "Everything Kitchens" here's the link:
http://www.everythingkitchens.com/LEM-5-lb-sausage-stuffer.html
It was $139.99, shipping included.
If I was spending my own $$ I would have gone with something less spendy, you guys gave great suggestions...but I'm not looking a gift stuffer in the mouth! ;)
Rick,
I'll be making some snack sticks soon...so, there!
Carolyn
Thats great Carolyn. Just holler if you need some help.
So There :D ;D
PM me and i will give you my # if you have any questions.
nepas
;D Your looling good Carolyn. Now that you have the stuffer, anything is possible. You will be surprised at all the new friends you will have when they taste all the good stuff you will be making.
Yes i know OC. Great area..... fishing, diving, saling, YES I do REMEMBER!!!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Tom
Thanks Rick,
You are already my sausage making guru!
I'll be contacting you for help...so there!
Thanks Tom,
I think now with my new stuffer I'll be able to control the universe!!!
(Insert evil laugh here!)
Or maybe make great sausage! :D :D :D :D
Carolyn
Quote from: Caribou on May 09, 2009, 11:26:39 AM
Thanks Rick,
You are already my sausage making guru!
I'll be contacting you for help...so there!
Thanks Tom,
I think now with my new stuffer I'll be able to control the universe!!!
(Insert evil laugh here!)
Or maybe make great sausage! :D :D :D :D
Carolyn
Anythime my friend ;D
so there :D ;D
nepas
iF ANYBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED, THERE ARE SEVERAL ON EBAY RIGHT NOW
Scuse the caps
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=380123886771
Now, you tell me! UPS just now delivered my new LEM 5# that I bought from Amazon.
Nepas,
How long have you had your PS Seasonings and Spices stuffer? And how do you like it. Was thinking of ordering one from them. Thanks.
Quote from: coleman on July 10, 2009, 05:27:05 PM
Nepas,
How long have you had your PS Seasonings and Spices stuffer? And how do you like it. Was thinking of ordering one from them. Thanks.
I like mine. The price was right and its held up fine. Have had it for about 6 months now.
nepas