black friday buy that was well worth it!

First off let me start off my review by saying that there is only 2 reasons why this is not a 5 star product but the main reason for buying this product the grinding is ...Read complete review

First off let me start off my review by saying that there is only 2 reasons why this is not a 5 star product but the main reason for buying this product the grinding is a 5+++! I bought this product for my husband knowing that he as a hunter will get plenty of use out of this item! I was told by others to go with a smaller one, but being as it was a special price black friday item, it was a must buy. Knowing how much processing of bear or deer meat costs @ local meat markets and the fact that they mix everyones meat together and prepare your sausage or hamburger with their own speciality seasoning mix, this is well worth the price as in 2 yrs time or less it will pay for itself with processing fees alone especially if you are an avid hunter as well as the fact that it is your own meat and can choose which seasoning you will put in it ie: people with food allergies to certain seasoning. Heck its a must buy if you have the money at regular price. Secretly I also wanted it for myself as I whip up a mean sarma (ethnic delicacy) I would in order to have my special grind mixture (pork/hamburger/pit ham) made up @ a meat market order such a mass amount of it! Now that we have this and have ran 2 deer through it I know it will work wonderfully for the smaller jobs. I cannot overemphasize how much we love the stainless steel design/ easy set up and clean up/ and the fact that it is not too noisy! What was nice was the fact that you dont have to cube the meat small. The 2 downfalls I found was that of course not that you would even use the pan but it was very small. We plugged it in onto the countertop @ first and placed a large stainless steel bowl into the sink to catch the grind. Being as I didnt have the money to buy the large meat mixer we used a big storage bin to mix our hamburger and venisin and cure with ice chunked water! The cure had large chunks of garlic in it but everything still went through it no problem. The 2nd downfall was the smallest size sausage stuffer we wanted to use for jerky sticks didnt work quite well even with very cold meat that sat in container outside in 0 temp weather and snow! But the meduim sized one worked awesome for making polish/bratwursts! Cant wait to use the largest sized stuffer I am convinced that it will work amazingly. I know we have only had this item for 2 weeks but I beleive it was a great investment and will work for years to come. Dont even know why they would have a reverse switch listed being as it goes through without problems and grinds as fast as you can feed it (which is pretty fast) Small or big jobs don't matter I would fully recommend this to anyone hunter or not as I beleive it could do just about any job you wanted it too! Satisfied buyer!!! And looking forward to many years of enjoyment to come of any project big or small.