Villaware V268-12 Manual Meat Grinder and Sausage Maker

It was kind of small. I did get good feeding after I get used to it which was about 20 minutes.

To begin with, I did not receive the table clamp model from the description, I received a bench mount model. I believe it's the same grinder, you just have to fashion your own mount. I screwed mine to a piece of 3/4 in. plywood and use a C-clamp to fasten it to a tabletop. All other aspects are as described. It is solidly built (it IS cast iron, after all!) and the tin plating is well done. This is a small meat grinder, but I am not butchering a side of beef, I just want to grind 2 or 3 pounds of meat at a time. I ground two pounds of tough pork shoulder in about 5 minutes. The first time you use it, throw away the first pound of meat you grind, regardless of how well you think you've cleaned the parts. I was ready to stuff my sausage when I noticed globs of grease in the meat. It stuffs sausage casings well, but you need three or four hands to do it efficiently. My grinder came with a booklet of about 60 pages of sausage recipes that is worthwhile.

I ordered a meat grinder from Amazon. I was going to attach it to the countertop. When I received it, it was a model that wasn't able to handle a clamp, so I sent an email to Amazon. I told them that the product they sent me was not the product in the description which as a clamp-on type.After checking it out, the CS rep called me and expressed that there was, indeed, a discrepancy. she gave me several options including sending it back and getting a refund, but I opted for an amount refunded which would pay for hardware and board I needed to buy to make it a clamp-on.I was impressed and totally satisfied with the result. I have had nothing but positive results with everything I order from Amazon and can recommend them without hesitation.I rated the product at 3 stars, but I rate the personal service at a "10!"

I bought this to make cranberry relish and I liked the way it processed the cranberries but it leaked quite a bit from the handle. I ended up using the food processor which made the relish a little too fine. I have not used it to make sausage.