How To Fix This Grinder So It Grinds Well
I just purchased the plastic meat grinder for my KitchenAid Mixer. All it did was turn meat to mush with a lot of pushing on the food stomper. I called KitchenAid, but they didn't know what to do about it. So I looked at the worm gear, cutting blade, and grinding disk and discovered two significant design errors. Here's what to do about them:
1. The blade does not touch the grinding disk. This is like trying to cut paper with scissors whose blades don't touch. It doesn't work. To fix this, take a thin yogurt or cottage cheese lid (1 mm thin or less) and cut a circle the size of a penny out. Then in the center of the circle, cut a 3/8 inch square out. Put this plastic washer on the worm drive before putting the blade on. Then put the blade on. Next, put some olive or other food oil on the grinding disk and put the grinding disk on with the oil facing the blade. Then put the plastic collar on snugly but not tight. Now turn the mixer on to speed four and grind away. Meat goes...
Good if you can use a lathe
The meat grider part was good. The slicer was a different story. The latch for locking the blade holder in the unit did not line up with the groove in the shaft. This made the unit worthless until I had the groove turned wider to accept the latch. Someone is not performing quality control on this product.
Detaching attachment cones from spindle
I love the shredder attachment - it does a great job on blocks of hard cheeses. Honestly haven't found as much use for the grinder attachment as yet. You might want to think about buying just the shredder attachment separately at half the price of a "set." In response to those who have problems getting the cones detached from the spindle, just insert the spindle shaft back into the mixer and twist the cone off. At least, I've found this to be quick and easy. Hope that helps.
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