GVODE Stainless Steel Meat Grinder Attachment for KitchenAid Stand Mixer

This is a heavier meat grinder that works with my kitchenaid mixer. For the most part it’s stainless steel, cleans up easily. Assembly is peasy peasy, it’s stable enough for grinding partially frozen meat without jamming up. That being said follow the directions for safety reasons! The blades are sharp!

Always butcher or own deer/elk but had sent scraps to butcher for burger. No more!! This was super easy to use, a great price and the burger is 10x's better than what we'd get back!!

I've made my own ground beef and my own recipe for breakfast sausage and sausage links for the bbq grill. It's so great to save money these days by purchasing my own bulk cuts of meat and putting in my own combination of meats and seasonings for me & my wife's tastebuds. It paid for itself after my 2nd use and I didn't Fudge on materials it's made from by chosing anything other than Stainless steel. I recommend highly for getting healthy and saving money over buying pre-packaged store bought meats and buying a brand made ONLY for one purpose. I highly recommend buying the Kitchenaid mixer because of your large choices of add-ons to save countertop space and money. Unless you're going to be making enough meat products for selling massive amounts of ground meats instead of home use for family, this should be your choice. Cleans up well and I use sanitizer on all my cleaned parts before storing away for my next use. It's such a good feeling of accomplishment once you taste the results and see the savings.

EDIT: I butchered a cow last week and had the opportunity to run a lot of meat through this grinder attachment. I realized my earlier assessment was a bit harsh. Before, I was grinding into tubular bags, using the largest size sausage stuffer. The stuffer tube was too small. My other grinder had a much larger tube that unfortunately doesn't fit this one. When I ground directly out the die instead of pushing the meat through a tube, the problems with clogging went away and it ran well. Maybe not quite as strong as the Bosch, but the Bosch is a larger diameter grinder so it's no surprise that it handles more. I also used this attachment to stuff about 50lbs of sausage. It worked well for that. Very few air bubbles. I had to stop and clean it out twice because the stuffer attachment plate has three crossbars that accumulate fibrous stuff and eventually clog the end of the auger. Here's my old review, modified to remove some incorrect complaints. If you are grinding moderate amounts of meat, this grinder should do the job. The consumer level grinder I can compare it against is the grinder attachment for a Bosch mixer that I have used for the past 16 years. I have put thousands of pounds of meat through it. That grinder will power through stuff that bogs this one down, but this one does get the job done if you treat it right. We butchered a few deer recently. We had two grinders running at the same time, side by side. I was filling those tubular plastic bags, so I had sausage stuffer tubes mounted on the grinders for filling bags. The Bosch had a giant tube that I use for this job and for stuffing summer sausage. This one had the largest size tube it came with, which was smaller. At first I was disappointed with this grinder, because the Bosch, whose power head is almost ready to die, was easily producing 3 times what this one did. It was the stuffer tube who was the culprit. Meat with moderate amounts of silver skin or sinew plugged it very quickly and I had to disassemble the head and clean it out every 8-10lbs on average. The old grinder ate 60lbs of the exact same trim without having to be cleaned. Luckily I ran out of bags and pulled the stuffer tube off when I unexpectedly had to butcher a cow. Then I saw that this grinder actually does work pretty well if you don't have a stuffer tube putting back pressure on the grind. This grinder is easy to assemble, disassemble, and clean. It appears to be solid and produces a nice grind. A nit I have with it is that the post on the front of the auger gets very tightly wound with sinew after a while, and it takes fingernails longer than mine to clean it off. All in all, a decent grinder attachment. Now I need to find a larger tube so I can grind directly into bags with it.

This accessory is amazingly well manufactured and works MUCH better than the original Kitchenaid grinder in every possible way. The body, auger, the grind dies (there are 4) the front screen retainer are all precise, thick and solid! The holder tray is not as thick but is perfectly fine. All outside is mirror polished. Unlike the original Kitchenaid metal grinder, you CAN wash this in the dishwasher. Why would I ever want a metal food prep accessory I cannot put in the dishwasher? Works great for grinding beef - our 30 year old kitchenaid classic tilt head mixer does not even break a sweat working this attachment, much less work than the old original grinder. Cons: Don't drop the body or the main parts, they are stainless steel and heavy - something will get hurt, and it won't be the stainless steel part. If you need a grinder attachment for your Kitchenaid - get this one - can't go wrong for less than one Benjamin... A+

So happy that this product was compatible with my unit, and at a price point that did not break the bank. This product is strong, stainless (super important) and fits perfectly with my labeled "mixer". It was easy to attach, it functions just how it should, the design is very user friendly, and it is weighty in a good way in that it is substantial and makes me feel good that it is strong and sturdy for the job! A total great gift for foodies who want to know what they are making and making it all good!

Item returned. not made well and very poor fitment.

Works great!

I enjoy this applience. It is super easy to make minced meat.