Stuffers

[oakville smoker]

I made about 20 pounds of salami and pepperoni yesterday
The grinder worked great but the stuffing was a chore
Any recommendations on stuffers?
I dont want to spend a ton of cash as I will only use this every 3 or 4 months
I have even started looking for a used one

[lumpy]

I own a LEM 5#er and should have bought a 10#er.
You can get an electric motor with the 10#er and not with the smaller one.

Besides the size, I think its a great stuffer. All stainless steel with steel gears. When the piston hits the bottom, there is not enough meat in the canister to make a meat ball.

Lumpy

[Piker]

I have a 5 lb. from northern tool and it also has plastic gears and as long as your a little carefull it will last I have used mine for 7 yrs with only 1 set of broken gears which my buddy broke. I usually make 15 lbs. at a time about 6 times a year with no problems. I think Princess Auto or peavy mart carries basically the same thing for about $100.00. Piker

[lumpy]

OS
TSE also sells stuffers. I bought mine from BassPro on the 400.

Lump

[classicrockgriller]

Ijust bought the LEM 5lb'er and haven't played with it yet.

[oakville smoker]

Excellent
I am thinking LEM but reviews are not very positive

I was going to buy extra tubes for my grinder but I dont think its worth it at this point

A guy on kijij had a Sausage maker model for sale but he wants 160 which I think is too much
It looks like its a few years old

[classicrockgriller]

I recently made the same post and here was what was said.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=13723.0

[NePaSmoKer]

I have a PS Seasoning 5lb with plastic gears and a LEM 5 with metal. The LEM is great, Dont have enough meat at the bottom to even make a small patty. More meat is in the tube than the stuffer.

[oakville smoker]

I love this place
Ask a question and get GREAT answers
The referenced post was very helpful

I think found a vertical at Princess Auto for 99
Not sure who manufacturer is but I think Iwill check it out as well as Bass pro on the 400

[oakville smoker]

Well I did it
Just ordered a vertical stuffer from Princess Auto and the a set of additional stuffer tubes
I should have everything I need to stuff my brains out now
I will be starting the addition on the house soon to house all my smoker "toys"  LOL

http://www.princessauto.com/farm/food-processing/stuffers/8180077-table-top-sausage-stuffer

My smoked / cooked salami was a hit and the wife says lets make another 20 pounds on Sunday
I still have cuts and bruises from last weekend.  NO WAY...  JOSE !  Not without a stuffer
I am going to have to lock the salami up now or it will be gone in a week !

I am hoping this stuffer as good and easy as people say it is

[lumpy]

I can just see it now........the US guys are saying "he bought a stuffer at a company called Princess Auto" WTF?

Ya thats right......we do alot of multitasking here in Canada. We buy our sausage stuffers at the same store we buy our car parts. :D

Glad to hear you took the plunge OS!

Lump

[oakville smoker]

Hey
I bought a knife block from a company that sells woodworking tools   LOL
Go figure

if this is as good as I hope, I can see a lot of meat flowing through this puppy sooner than later

[OU812]

Good score oakville, your gona love that stuffer.

After the last batch of sausage you did this stuffer will be like childs pay.

[Piker]

Oakville good choice it looks exactly the same as mine with exactly the same weight and measurements. I think there is one company out there that makes a stuffer for a bunch of different stores and they just put their logo on it. I put my N.T. one right next to a Lem and the only diff was the price. thks Piker

[oakville smoker]

I think this was meant to be
I got a call from the store, they were down to their last one. 
They dont have the extra tube kit but I will find the one I need somewhere, but they were holding my order wondering if I would want to cancel.  8 weeks and they might have some more.

$1.99 for the 3 tubes, heck of a deal
I will be patient and wait for the tubes to come in ....  BUT
I want my damn stuffer now PLEASE !     :-*