I use mine to grind shoulder/ham deer meat and it works awesome. It takes a minute to clean, but so worth the effort. Just pay attention to instructions, and other reviews, and don’t use your dishwasher to clean any parts. Otherwise its a boss.
Scritto da: cleo jenkins sr
Easy-to-use
It's OK for what I needed to do
Scritto da: Amazon Customer
Met all expectations
Very happy with this machine! It didn’t come with an instruction manual but really easy assembly! Made potato sausage and the motor worked great to grind all of the ingredients!
Scritto da: Gelishfan
What a machine
Great purchase. I love it and it has all the power I could ever need. Made hamburger out of my entire elk.
Scritto da: Christin Potts
Great Buy very
Very heavy duty. Very quiet, love it !!!
Scritto da: Katie
The Big Bite #8 is amazing
The media could not be loaded. I bought the big bit #8 for use during deer season. I finally got to try it out after youth hunt weekend. I want to start by stating how impressed I was with the durability of the unit. Everything is stainless steel, it is heavy duty and seems very durable. There is no reverse on this unit. I was contemplating on whether I should get the next size up do to the amount of burger I usually grind. But I decided to give the #8 a try. Without a doubt, I was extremely impressed right out the gate. It was extremely easy to use, setup and clean. I think it took me longer to unbox it and clean it than it did to grind 12 lbs of burger. The unit did not hesitate or bog at all while I fed all my meat through the first time, OR the second time. It just kept eating as much as I forced too it. I seen some reviews of stating how noisy it was, I thought it wasn't bad at all compared to the Walmart special I had bought a few years back. Before to grind about 12 lbs of burger with my Walmart special would take me at least an hour. The previous unit would bog down, get clogged up and wine like no other. But NOT the Big Bite #8. I ground 12lbs of burger in 4-5 minutes. I ran it through a 2nd time and it only took me about 5 minutes again. So to say the least, I am extremely happy with this purchase. It is definitely saving me ALOT of time grinding compared to what I had before. I would highly recommend this unit, and would definitely buy it again.
Scritto da: Gadgetman
An incredible grinder!!
I have owned a few cheaper grinders that just did not hold up. Although this unit is not inexpensive, I decided to buy anyway, and I am so glad I did. I don't hunt so I have no access to venison but my local grocer puts meat, like chuck roast, sirloin roasts on sale. I like to grind my own beef so I know exactly what is in it. Same with pork. When they have a sale on pork butts, I grind those as well and make my own sausage patties, or bulk Italian sausage. So I have put this unit to the test for the few months I've owned it and it has performed flawlessly. Never shows the least intention to bog down. It is extremely quality made of heavy weight materials. I completely recommend this to anyone.
Scritto da: Kevin Woolley
Works!
get that deer meat trimmed and very cold....this grinder will go right thru it! I spread about 5lbs of cubed meat on a cookie sheet for about 45 minutes until it's kinda hard on the outside, and then start grinding. Keeps the sinew from gumming up the cutter heads. I freeze the metal parts also. This product worked great for me making venison sausage.
Scritto da: Vinny T
Tremendously happy with this product
This grinder looks and feels like a commercial machine. Heavy, good quality stainless steel. I used it to grind and stuff 10lb of meat into sausages. Like all meat grinders at any price the meat must be near frozen for smooth operation. Even as a stuffer as long as the meat is near freezing it works like a charm, it’s just slower than a dedicated sausage stuffer but works fantastic, I’m going to put off buying a stuffer now that I know how well this machine handles the task. 6 out of 5 stars. Pulled my meat out of the freezer about 26 hours before grinding and put in the fridge. (1.5 plus 2.5 kilo packs of shoulder) and it was the perfect temperature, hard to cut cause it’s still partially frozen. Exceedingly happy with this unit.
Scritto da: Neal E.
Works great. Everything I could ask for in a small grinder.
We have used our Lem grinder several times to grind meat into burger. It goes right to work and gets the job done. It is compact and easy to store. The stainless is easy to clean. We have also used it to stuff sausages a couple times. All in all a pleasure to use.
Scritto da: T.B.
This thing bites!
Ground up 120lbs of meat for sausage and this grinder was phenomenal, I couldn’t keep up as I’m used to my old cheap grinder. Handled semi frozen meat like a boss. Will definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a heavy duty personal use grinder. Haven’t tried the sausage stuffing function as I have a separate stuffed, but I feel like that would be difficult just as any other grinder would vs an actual stuffer
Scritto da: Online Shopper
Very satisfied with this purchase.
Some may feel this unit was too large for home use. However I found it perfect. I am making sausage in 5 lb batches, grinding meat with the course grinder then the fine. It works awesome. I also recommend the sausage stuffer by LEM if you are making sausage. I make Italian & breakfast sausage with online recipes and will never eat another sausage from the store.
Scritto da: Amazon Customer
Great Grinder
I spent more money than I wanted to and more time reviewing an item than usual but ended up with the LEM #8 which is more than I need for weekly home use (a #5 would have sufficed but wasn't available at Amazon.ca). The unit itself and all major grinding parts i.e. Auger, knives, plates and large meat pan (clips onto the handle) are stainless steel except the meet stomper (available in S.S.) and sausage adapters. So far the butcher meat I've been grinding feeds by itself (who needs a S.S. stomper??) in this powerful (.5 Hp) very quiet grinder and it doesn't even get warm. Previously I used to use an old nickel plated hand clamp on grinder so this is a real treat. The bonus of the #8 is I will use this during hunting season for large amounts of game meats and sausage making without hesitation.
