Rated 5 out of 5 by Craftsjunkie from Years of Success I've been using this stuffer for years. I've had great success. It is so easy to use that I can do it by myself (Of course, it is more fun with a partner!) I am replacing it because after many years, both sizes of tubes have cracked. It is not a quality issue, I just wore them out. Will be buying same brand!

Date published: 2018-08-01

Rated 5 out of 5 by HeatherH from great attachment Not sure why bad reviews. This was my first time for sausage and casings and the biggest issue I had was trying to open the very small sheep casing. I watched a video prior to purchase to see how it went and had only a couple issues. One being working with sheep casing as first time, I had two areas where the casing was ripped and sausage was popping slightly out and slightly uneven plumpness on first casing which I think was from me pulling on the sausage coming out. The second and third casings were almost perfect. Yes the first casing went slow as I tried to figure things out but once I got to my second all went smoothly. I used coconut oil on the tube and kept my hands and the casing wet with warm water. I've only recently purchase this so I can't address how it holds up over time but I'm pleased at this point in time

Date published: 2018-01-07

Rated 5 out of 5 by Chen from For Better Speed: Add Water to Sausage Mix I see many people writing negative comments on this sausage stuff because they are having problems feeding the meat through the apparatus and the solution is to add liquid to the mix like water or cider. I have had the same problem many here describe on other sausage stuffing equipment not made by Kitchenaid but through lots of trial and error found the secret to good sausage making is adding water to the mix. When the mix is too lean the problem becomes worse and more water is needed. Meat will dry out quickly after it is ground and this is the reason for fresh meat being preferred. The nearer the time after slaughtering the animal the better the performance of the meat mix. If you are worried about too much water in the mix then expirament by incrementally adding water to the mix until the proper flow through the sausage stuffing tube is achieved. You may even need to add more after the mix sits for a time. I hope this helps everyone!) BTW Kitchenaid is owned by Hobart, which is a highend manufacturer of industrial food processing equipment.

Date published: 2017-12-02

Rated 5 out of 5 by cfomahm from First Time Sausage Maker Success I read all the reviews of this product and was really worried it would not work properly. WRONG. I never made sausage before. In fact I had never even used a meat grinder before. I looked at numerous videos of sausage making before I tried for the first time and paid attention to 1) keeping the meat cold, 2) not trying to force the meat down the feeder - let gravity and the machine do the job, and 3) greasing the horn before putting the casings on it. Neither the grinding or the stuffing is lightning fast. You have to have patience. Don't try to push the meat down the feeder too hard and do not set your speed too high (I used #1). It will all get there and you do not have to watch it every moment, especially during the grinding process. It was actually pretty easy. Just keep putting your meat back in the fridge to keep it cold between loads on the feeder tray. I added my spices after the first grind, put the meat through again on fine and then fried up a sample to test for taste. I did not need a second pair of hands to deal with the link as it came off the stuffer. If you keep the machine on low, the sausage will not come out so fast that you can't control the fill. No problem at all with air in the casing. I made 5# of Italian last night and 5# of breakfast this morning. As I said, I never did this before and it was EASY. (Except for turning it into links. It was hard to get them the same size but that is user error, not the KitchenAid. I need some experience under my belt to get better at it.)

Date published: 2017-10-10

Rated 5 out of 5 by OldSmokerDude from Worked fine for me. Was totally impressed with the grinder attachment for processing deer, and wanted to try making sausage, too, so bought the sausage maker kit. I'm with the last reviewer -- I think the people with negative reviews must have been doing something wrong. I just made 5 lbs. of pepper sticks and it went very smoothly. Had none of the problems described below, with the exception of one or two air bubbles; even that was rare, and a pin hole solved it. The meat I used was ground fine beforehand, which I'm guessing makes a big difference. Trying to grind AND stuff simultaneously doesn't seem to work, which is probably why the instructions don't recommend that. I had a helper feeding the ground meat while I stuffed the casings, which definitely helped -- I think I could have done it single-handed, but it wouldn't have been as easy. All in all, the sausage maker worked fine, and I would definitely recommend it to a friend. I was skeptical when my wife wanted to buy one of the pricier KitchenAid mixers. But I've processed eight deer in the last two months with it, and I'm a believer. Hobart it ain't, but it's pretty darn good.

Date published: 2016-12-19

Rated 5 out of 5 by Steve from Great product I found this to be a very easy to use accessory. I don't understand the negative reviews unless it's simply user error. It worked great for me.

Date published: 2016-02-24