Whats your Favorite processing equipment?

[dbHunterNY]

Thank you for the detail. It'll definitely help me being new to processing

lots of tips and tricks when you get into it.... like grind meat really cold. when it gets warm ground meat sticks to everything. also when first grinding, cut meat into strips. the auger will pull it through the grinder better. second time through "trickle" in small pieces of ground meat, opposed to packing it down the tube then needing to use the plunger rod. another one is deer skin multiple times easier when still warm, opposed to doing so after hanging a while. like i posted in another thread i bone everything out and let it sit in the fridge (35-37 degrees) for a week or so to age. just make sure the meat doesn't drain and it's sitting in blood the whole time.

[tuckersdaddy]

i still use a manual grinder. works well, the trick is freeze the grinder first, and grind the meat while partially frozen.

a fillet knife is the knife of choice for cutting it up.

 

[RangerClay]

How did your first cutting go?

[Five Seasons]

the microwave

[WingNut]

Electric meat grinder and food saver vacuum sealer.