Opinions on Cabelas/Weston 11 pound stuffer

[RAF128]

Right now I've got a L.E.M. 5 lb stuffer.   It works great but, it's too small.   Refilling it constantly and takes lots of cranking to get the piston all the way up to refill.   I see the one at Cabelas which is made by Weston and two speeds which would make reloading faster.   They are going on sale on Thursday for $299, $60 off the regular price.   I read some reviews and there were some negatives.   I'm asking for some opinions.

[Salmonsmoker]

RAF, I have the 11# Cabela's and it's served me well. I've had it for at least 8 years. It has a fast return speed to pull the piston back up and disassembles easily for clean up. I think it has nylon gears, which to this point still don't show any signs of wear. The only thing that I wonder about in comparison to other vertical stuffers is the large amount of meat still in the stuffer when the piston bottoms out. I don't know if the other brands do this.

[beefmann]

11 lb stuffer is great for doing 10 - 11 lb batches of sausages,,, and i agree 5 lb suffers  are small for  most  recipes,,, my  rule of thumb is .. buy the sausage stuffer for the  size of batch you  are  doing on a regular basis,,, if it is  10 lb batch,, get the  one  closest to 10 lb.. if  you  do a  25  lb  batch,,, get the  25 lb stuffer

[Bagman]

I have the LEM 15# stuffer and do 25# batches of sausage.  Have to refill once but am usually ready for a cold beverage by that time anyway!

[ragweed]

RAF, I have the 11# Cabela's and it's served me well. I've had it for at least 8 years. It has a fast return speed to pull the piston back up and disassembles easily for clean up. I think it has nylon gears, which to this point still don't show any signs of wear. The only thing that I wonder about in comparison to other vertical stuffers is the large amount of meat still in the stuffer when the piston bottoms out. I don't know if the other brands do this.

My little 5 lb LEM leaves about 1/4 lb when it bottoms out.  Just enough to fry up and try.

[Gafala]

I have the 11lb Cabelas and have had no problems with it.

[Rckcrwlr]

I have Cabela's 22# stuffer and have had it for years.  I added the electric motor with foot pedal to help with the 70+# of Sausage I do a couple times a year.  Especially when I do it myself.

[Saber 4]

I have a Weston 11 lb stuffer with metal gears and tubes and it's a work horse.

[RAF128]

I bought the 11 lb stuffer yesterday.   I can see why it leaves a lot of meat behind.   The way the piston is a attached requires a lot of space at the bottom.   Like the LEM system better but this should serve my needs.

[Saber 4]

I bought the 11 lb stuffer yesterday.   I can see why it leaves a lot of meat behind.   The way the piston is a attached requires a lot of space at the bottom.   Like the LEM system better but this should serve my needs.

I'll have to look at it next time I go to Cabelas to see the difference, I have the Weston 11 lb and I have more meat in the stuffing tube than the bottom of the stuffer.

[Rckcrwlr]

I'll have to look at it next time I go to Cabelas to see the difference, I have the Weston 11 lb and I have more meat in the stuffing tube than the bottom of the stuffer.

Same here with the 22lb'r

[Salmonsmoker]

I bought the 11 lb stuffer yesterday.   I can see why it leaves a lot of meat behind.   The way the piston is a attached requires a lot of space at the bottom.   Like the LEM system better but this should serve my needs.

I'll have to look at it next time I go to Cabelas to see the difference, I have the Weston 11 lb and I have more meat in the stuffing tube than the bottom of the stuffer.

Interesting. With my Cabela's 11# stuffer there's got to be at least 1/2 # left over in the stuffer and stuffing tube.

[Saber 4]

I bought the 11 lb stuffer yesterday.   I can see why it leaves a lot of meat behind.   The way the piston is a attached requires a lot of space at the bottom.   Like the LEM system better but this should serve my needs.

I'll have to look at it next time I go to Cabelas to see the difference, I have the Weston 11 lb and I have more meat in the stuffing tube than the bottom of the stuffer.

Interesting. With my Cabela's 11# stuffer there's got to be at least 1/2 # left over in the stuffer and stuffing tube.

I cheat on the leftover in the stuffer tube and disconnect it from the stuffer with the last casing still on it and use a piece of paper towel wadded up and the back end of a chop stick to push it through into the casing, then I have about a 1/4 cup of sausage left in the stuffer base to fry up and taste.