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aydee
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hand crank mincer Jan 10, 2015 17:30:44 GMT 10 via mobile

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Post by aydee on Jan 10, 2015 17:30:44 GMT 10

Excuse formatting. PC blew up. On phone.

Got a hand crank mincer for my birthday from wife. This is fine. I don't mince much.

But I'm wondering about an form of technique. I chilled the meat and mincer. No connective tissue or gristle. But I was still finding it wasn't mincing as well as I remember seeing mincers work. My grand father smashed through meat, but he is long dead.

So... Meat chunk sizes? I was going about 20mm chunks. Crank speed?

Know I need a pusher for the mincer. Didn't come with one, but I can make one.

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smokey
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hand crank mincer Jan 10, 2015 20:06:56 GMT 10

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Post by smokey on Jan 10, 2015 20:06:56 GMT 10

Make sure the disk and blade are lapped. meat grinders really need to be precisely made.
The blade needs to be right up against the plate. Any play and you wil have problems.
Try cutting into strips like a chicken tender loin is shaped and semi freeze.
Turn rate should be a lazy two turns a second.
It's also better to use the largest hole size plate first, Then re chill and then re run through a smaller plate if you want a finer mince.

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hand crank mincer Jan 11, 2015 9:49:08 GMT 10

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Post by chrisg on Jan 11, 2015 9:49:08 GMT 10

Yep,

Another way of saying they don't make 'em like they used to. One of my brothers-in-law had the family heirloom mincer finally fall to pieces on him couple of years ago, it took him a deal of fiddling and if I recall a couple of returns before he had a replacement that satisfied him.

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Post by aydee on Jan 10, 2015 17:30:44 GMT 10

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