KitchenAid SSA Sausage Stuffer Kit Attachment for Food Grinder
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid SSA Sausage Stuffer Kit Attachment for Food Grinder
Customer Review: Are these 5 Star Reviews insane?
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a completely useless piece of plastic. The sausage gets stuck and does not extrude. I spent more time taking off the attachment and clearing the plastic piece then stuffing sausage. Then it would get stuck again, take off attachment, clean out plastic, just so that it could spurt out an ounce or two of sausage- and then inevitably get stuck again. Since the worm drive is still turning, while the sausage is stuck, it is melting and smearing the fat- rendering most of the sausage that I made useless. So frustrating. And an expensive mistake.
Not to mention the sharp corners of the plastic which caused tears in even the toughest casing.
I am following the sage advice of everyone I have spoken to and am dropping the money (about $130) for a legitimate 5lb. handcrank stuffer.
DO NOT BUY!!! (I warned you!)
Customer Review: Slow and very difficult to prevent air inclusions
Summary: 1 Stars
The combination of the long, narrow feed tube on the grinder and the plunger that is just slightly smaller than the feed tube, it was possible to push the meat into the grinder so it would feed into the casings. The difficult part was refilling the tube with the ground sausage without including pockets of air. I'd be very interested in how other folks got this item to work with any kind of efficiency... my 5# of sausage probably took us between 60 and 90 minutes to stuff. This was long enough to make it difficult to keep the meat cold during the process. We managed, but I'll be looking for another stuffing alternative. On a side note, I can't exactly ding KitchenAid for the design of the grinder (long, narrow tube) since it is how they prevent fingers from getting caught in the impeller (a safety feature I consider worth the inconvenience).Customer Review: Another excellent attachment for your Kitchenaid
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have never considered making your own sausage, reconsider it. This sausage stuffer pays for itself after the first couple uses (provided you already have the food grinder attachment). Anyone who has ever been to Europe knows that Americans have been getting fed tasteless sausage forever. It doesn't have to be that way. You download hundreds of high quality sausage recipes and buy casings from the internet and make your own.
This attachment works perfectly with the Kitchaid stand mixer food grinder attachment. Those who own the stand mixer know the quality of Kitchenaid. This stuffer matches the quality you expect from Kitchenaid.
I promise you that if you make your own sausage once, you will want to continue. This attachment makes it easy and you can make much, much better sausages than you can ever buy.
Customer Review: Did its job well
Summary: 4 Stars
I read all amazon reviews of this product and feel it helped me when it came time to use the item. This was my first attempt at making sausage and it went very well. In the grinder phase, I kept the fatty pork shoulder cold and cut it in small chunks. No problem grinding whatsoever. I put the seasoned, ground pork in the freezer for 15-20 minutes prior to stuffing. I did have problems with the sausage mix squirting up instead of down into the feeder. When I used small amounts, this became a non issue. Don't rush it and it will work fine. We made 4 different types of sausage. The one with the most liquid added to it seemed to work the best. It was also the last one we did so practive may have something to do with it. Overall, keep the meat small and cold and you'll do just fine. This is a perfect solution for the occasional home sausage maker.Customer Review: This is completely worthless
Summary: 1 Stars
I've used this stuffer for years because I didn't know any better. Please read the negative comments, they are all true. I saw Julia Childs using a jerky gun and had an epiphany. Eastman Outdoors 38237 Jerky and Sausage Gun Kit with 5 Extra Nozzles This works perfectly. It holds one pound of meat per load and I can stuff 5 lbs of sausage in about 15 minutes with no swearing and little mess. With a little practice you can load the cylinder with no air pockets and cleanup is a cinch. The one caveat is that it is so efficient that it is easy to over stuff the casing causing it to burst when you twist the links.
That said, the meat grinder is pretty good but don't waste your money or your time on the sausage stuffing attachment