Basic Meat Grinder Functions And Features

Electric meat grinders use the same principles as manual meat grinders to grind meat. Whether electricity or good old elbow grease is used, meat grinders force meat through sharpened blades. Below are the standard features that electric meat grinders should have in order to produce ground meat.

Motor Housing: The large base of the unit which provides an outer shell and protection for the motor mechanism.

Operating Buttons: Typically should include on, off and reverse options. The reverse setting changes the direction of the feed screw, and the ground meat, and is used if the unit jams.

Food Pusher: Used to feed and push meat into the hopper tray opening which feeds into the grinder head.

Hopper Tray: Holds the meat that will be pushed into the grinder head.

Grinder Head: Contains the feed screw, cutting blade, and cutting plates for
grinding.

Locking Knob: Used to hold the grinder head tightly in place. Meat passes through the grinder head right before meeting the feed screw and cutting blade.

Feed Screw: Inside the grinder head. Looks like a big screw and rotates the cutting blade which grinds the meat.

Cutting Blade: .Inside the grinder head. Cuts the meat before it goes through the grinding plates.

Grinding Plates: Grinds meat into the different textures depending on the dimensions of the holes in the plate, whether fine, medium, or coarse.

Cap: Holds the cutting blade and grinding plates in place during
grinding.

Sausage Stuffer:. Attaches to the end of grinder where the meat extrudes and operates as a funnel to fill sausage casings when making sausage.

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