Sales Rank: 130


Features:

Grinder attachment greatly expands a stand mixer's flexiblity

Ideal for grinding meats, grating cheese, making bread crumbs and combining dips, salsas, spreads

Includes fine and coarse grinding plates, tips, and recipes

Most parts dishwasher safe for easy clean-up

Grinder can be used with any KitchenAid stand mixer

Average Rating:
Rating: - the attachment workhorse
I've used this attachment more times than I ever thought I would. I've used it to prepare food items for my family as well as food items for crowds as large as 200 and regardless of what it is I've been making, this attachment has rolled through it without complaint. In combination with other pieces such as the sausage stuffer or the fruit attachments, you may well find that this single attachment stays on your machine the longest.

I am absoultely stunned at how easy it is to put together and how simple it is to get wonderfully ground items out of it. I've had no trouble grinding any cut of meat (marbled or lean), type of meat (venison, beef, pork, chicken), or state of meat (cooked or raw). Things like chickpeas also get ground just the way I like them. The two, differently sized grinding plates give you just what you need in texture. My biggest pleasure in using this attachment is during hunting season when my husband brings home more than one deer. Venison burger meat and sausage processing never went faster. No more late nights with a hand-crank grinder!

When you're done, there's nothing simpler in the cleanup. Nothing seems to stick to the plastic (plus, it's dishwasher safe!) and the metal pieces wash up quickly by hand. Even the little wooden stomper cleans well (and I've felt lost without it when I couldn't find it during sausage making). I think this attachment is the easiest to use of all of the ones I've tried.

I'll never regret the purchase of this attachment.

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Rating: - Now you too can have legendary meatballs!
This is the only attachment that I've bought so far for my Kitchenaid stand mixer, and it has paid for itself in two months!
Now, I'm not a gourmet chef (unfortuantely for my husband), and I have no prior experience making sausage (unfortunately for me), but it is surprising how inspirational a little gadget like this can be when I have had such success for so little effort with several recipes. Even though I have only used this attachment for grinding my own beef and turkey, my meatballs and meatloaf have suddenly become toddler-friendly. Even re-grinding ground meat from the grocery store to a finer consistency has boosted my swedish meatballs considerably.

I admit to having no experience with other brands of grinders, so I cannot compare Kitchenaid's -- but I see no reason to try.

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Rating: - Not for meaty bones
I bought this attachment thinking I would be able to use it to grind chicken wings and other small meaty bones to prepare the BARF diet for my dogs, but it definitely is not intended for that purpose. I have ground some meat with it, and it seems to mash more than grind, but perhaps I should have partially frozen the meat first before grinding as one of the package instructions suggested. I'm primarily posting this review for anyone searching for a meat grinder that is intended for bones in addition to meat. Keep looking - this one can't do it. The entire attachment gyrated and probably would have broken off the hub if I hadn't cut the power first, and I have the powerful professional 6.0 model stand mixer (which is great for large amounts of cookie dough, by the way - no more burnt-out hand mixers!). Check out the other reviews if you're just looking to make sausage or something, but if you're trying to become a BARFer, look elsewhere! I just ordered a VillaWare 5265-05 Power Grinder 320 on the advice of another reviewer, so I'll be sure to review that one once I receive it and see what it can do. Good luck!