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KCMINCER8 Features: -Mincer No.8 with Display Box. -Italian range. -Cast iron finish. -Easy to use and easy to maintain.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Clearly there must be (or have been) some quality control or supplier problems with this. Deciding I wanted, on retirement, to try my hand at classic French recipes (and inspired by Tony Bourdain's "Les Halles" book) I wanted to make pates, so I needed a mincer. Not wanting to spring the money for an electric one I bought this, not least because it appeared to be a dead ringer for the Spong mincer my parents had 50 years ago.
It works. It can be a little tricky to assemble (make sure you have the four prong chopper behind the extrusion disc the right way round), everything properly seated and you need to tighten the table attachment screw quite hard (I used my kitchen steel as a lever inserted in the attachment screw handle to get a couple of extra turns). None of the troubles reported here although you do have to push the meat down into the funnel to make sure the screw drive engages it (watch your fingers!). Mincing is slow but effective (two pounds of pork pate mix took about 20 minutes) with no great effort needed to turn the handle. You need to cut the meat chunks fairly small for it to work properly (no bigger than 1" all round) but that ought to be common sense.
You DO need to clean this by hand soon after doing the mincing AND then dry and lightly oil the cutting chopper and the extrusion disk. They appear to be made of carbon steel, which is more durable and retains its edge longer than stainless but it rusts very easily (e.g. even if you dry them thoroughly the damp air of a kitchen will rust them without oil). Use cooking oil or use one of those one-cal spray things. DON'T put it in the dishwasher. My ordinary washing up tools (a brush and scrubber) did the job with no problems. This is neither difficult nor rocket science. The body of the mincer is cast iron covered with paint so if it gets chipped it may rust, it's also possible that the paint might flake in the dishwasher. None of the problems mentioned here, many of which have arisen because, I suspect, people these days have forgotten (or never knew) that you need to respect your tools and treat them properly. Tools rust if you neglect them. Hey, who knew!
I'm now considering a move up to an electric one only because I'm now mincing a lot more regularly (that Bourdain pate recipe is foolproof, produces sensational results and is infinitely variable for a wide range of meat mixtures). In addition you might want to think why supermarket mince (or butcher mince) is so cheap: it's because they put a load of stuff (some of which you definitely wouldn't want to know about) in it they couldn't sell on its own. But if I wasn't I'd be perfectly happy to carry on using this.
It works. It can be a little tricky to assemble (make sure you have the four prong chopper behind the extrusion disc the right way round), everything properly seated and you need to tighten the table attachment screw quite hard (I used my kitchen steel as a lever inserted in the attachment screw handle to get a couple of extra turns). None of the troubles reported here although you do have to push the meat down into the funnel to make sure the screw drive engages it (watch your fingers!). Mincing is slow but effective (two pounds of pork pate mix took about 20 minutes) with no great effort needed to turn the handle. You need to cut the meat chunks fairly small for it to work properly (no bigger than 1" all round) but that ought to be common sense.
You DO need to clean this by hand soon after doing the mincing AND then dry and lightly oil the cutting chopper and the extrusion disk. They appear to be made of carbon steel, which is more durable and retains its edge longer than stainless but it rusts very easily (e.g. even if you dry them thoroughly the damp air of a kitchen will rust them without oil). Use cooking oil or use one of those one-cal spray things. DON'T put it in the dishwasher. My ordinary washing up tools (a brush and scrubber) did the job with no problems. This is neither difficult nor rocket science. The body of the mincer is cast iron covered with paint so if it gets chipped it may rust, it's also possible that the paint might flake in the dishwasher. None of the problems mentioned here, many of which have arisen because, I suspect, people these days have forgotten (or never knew) that you need to respect your tools and treat them properly. Tools rust if you neglect them. Hey, who knew!
I'm now considering a move up to an electric one only because I'm now mincing a lot more regularly (that Bourdain pate recipe is foolproof, produces sensational results and is infinitely variable for a wide range of meat mixtures). In addition you might want to think why supermarket mince (or butcher mince) is so cheap: it's because they put a load of stuff (some of which you definitely wouldn't want to know about) in it they couldn't sell on its own. But if I wasn't I'd be perfectly happy to carry on using this.
58 of 61 people found the following review helpful
Beware, Biggest load of rubbish under the sun. The inner feed screw is to small for the outer casing, the spindle that locates in the front sieve is off centre and has worn away leaving bits of metal in the meat. Had to sharpen the cutting blade and sieve before any resemblance if mincing could be achieved. Sausage filling is an effort as mentioned the inner feed screw is to small for the outer housing thereby not feeding the mince properly. The overall casing and manufacture of the unit is of a poor and bad quality. Not expected from a "Kitchen Craft" brand name. Kitchen Craft ICast Iron Meat Mincer No.8 with Sausage Making Attachment
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Used this for 1st time today, even though bolted as tight as possible to the worktop, it moved about & loosened itself, within seconds. You need 3 hands to use it effectively, one to turn handle, one to push meat down & one to hold the mincer onto the worktop. After at least 35 minutes & a LOT of effort I managed to produce about 100g of mince....at which point I gave up & tossed the machine in the bin. What a load of rubbish
Most Recent Customer Reviews
good value, a couple of tips:
I already have an electric mincer 75kg per hour and 8kg stuffer and used to make a lot of sausages on a regular basis. Read more
Published 2 days ago by brian
Need a mincer look elsewhere
Absolute CRAP - stay away from it. Need a mincer look elsewhere - not suitable neither for meat nor for vegetables or fruit. Extremely heavy piece of useless crap
Published 4 months ago by Denys Baranyuk
Meat mincer
I had been looking for one of these for years for an elderly (92!) friend. I got it for her for Christmas and she is so pleased. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rosiep
It does the work
It does the work but very very slow. When you think you need a LARGE mincer DO NOT buy this one as I would barely call it small.
Published 4 months ago by littlestar
low quality home mincer
This mincer struggles to blend meat with any fat content at all, needed if you intend to make sausage, it will just seize up and stop working until you dismantle it and remove all... Read more
Published 11 months ago by I. P. Baughen
Mince made easy!
This is a really excellent bit of kit. We've used it several times now and it made really short work of turning a lot of meat in to the most tasty and healthiest burgers I have... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tootles
Useless waste of Money
We tried this product today for the first time after having purchased it over a month ago, the grinder didn't do what it says on the tin !! Read more
Published 17 months ago by R. Ryan
Kitchen Kraft ICast Sausage maker
Not used it.
Opened the box to an awful smell. Found that the plastic part now mater how many times I have washed it still smells. Read more
Opened the box to an awful smell. Found that the plastic part now mater how many times I have washed it still smells. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Keyser Söze
Brilliant
this has obviously been improved dramatically from the comments and from what I've got in fact it is different from the photograph on the site the clamp space is much wider fitting... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Pete the meat
mincer no go
IF ANY OF YOUR SURFACES ARE MORE THAN 1-1/4 INCHES THICK THIS WILL NOT FIT. VERY CRUDELY MADE WOULD HIDE IT IN A CUPBOARD SO NOT TO BE SEEN. Read more
Published 19 months ago by WOLF
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