I have been wanting to make some hot dogs and bought a seasoning kit. My question is about the meat, typically the meat is finer in consistency. I remember reading a post, I have not tried to find it again, and the person making hot dogs reground their meat in a food processor. That would not be a problem but I have a small food processor and do not want to burn it out (wife would not be happy)and doing 5 pounds would take forever. I have a KA mixer with grinder attachment, I have not used it much, can I take ground beef and grind it 2 or 3 more times to get the same consistency? Or once it is ground to a certain "hole" size on the blade will it just push through doing nothing?
Thanks for any help
Daryl
It is my understanding that it is not so much a regrinding as you are making a meat emulsion.
I'm not sure regrinding will work in the way that you want it to.
Good point FBL I had not really thought about it in that respect. I will have to think about this some more.
Unless you have a grinder that is 1/2 to 1.5 hp to handle the emulsifying thru the fine plate i would use the processor. Mix the dry with the ground meat and do small batches in the possessor.
Your KA grinder will fail you on this.....trust me
thanks for the advice!!!!!