![]() ![]() Next week, it might be flat iron steak and pork shoulder. The loaf is made from chuck roast and veal. In fact, while I’m writing this, I’m planking meatloaf on the kettle. Whether you are making burgers or meatloaf, the exciting part about grinding meat at home is having total control. It takes a little bit more effort but can work in a pinch. There is one more possibility, a food processor. If you already have a stand mixer, you are 75% there. It works great, and it wasn’t cost prohibitive. I use a grinder attachment on my stand mixer. While you could spend several hundred dollars on a professional grinder, there is another option, which works really well on an appliance you probably already have, a stand mixer. On the easy/manual labor side, a hand crank meat grinder can be picked up for under $30.Īs a side note, the raging biceps after thirty minutes of use are free. ![]() Pink slime anyone? When I buy 2 pounds of ribeye, I know exactly what my ground meat is: awesome. When I see 2 pounds of ground beef on a white tray inside a display case at my local grocer, I have no idea where the meat came from. ![]() Second, and just as important, I have control over the meat source and process. The CDC estimates approximately 265,000 E. coli outbreak on the news, the last thing I want to do is run to the refrigerator and pitch meat, or worse yet, sift through the trash and realize we ate something contaminated. There are two reasons I am a “home grinder” and they are directly related to each other. However, when I grill hamburgers, meatballs, chili, or meatloaf, I buy meat at the grocery, but I grind it, myself, at home. Yes, the convenience of buying ground meat is uh, convenient. ![]()
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