Where to buy sausage stuffer in Chicago?

I am about to make my first thing from Charcuterie and have all the proper fixings except for a way to stuff the ground meat into the casing.

Sur La Table sells a grinder/stuffer for $46, but I was hoping to find something cheaper as I already have a grinder.

Any thoughts?

Hi,

If you already have the grinder, then wouldn't there be a sausage stuffing attachment for it? These things usually are not divorced from each other in a home cooking environment.

I have been reading the Charcuterie book this afternoon. I'm just sitting here thinking where to begin.

Regards,

Unfortunately I have an older grinder and it does not have the stuffer as a part of the reguler grinder.

Seriously, the book is overwhelming!

I've been dying to put my fully-restored Enterprise cast iron sausage stuffer to the test. If you're interested in stuffing the old-school way, PM me and maybe we can work out an exchange. (Details about the stuffer and restoration process are on my blog: jujube.typepad.com.)

I am not sure of the price but a friend of mine just got what he needed from Bass Pro. Also try stuffers.com

lowjones wrote:I am not sure of the price but a friend of mine just got what he needed from Bass Pro. Also try stuffers.com

Thanks for the reminder. There is quite a bit of sausage related products from grinders to seasonings to sausage casings at Bass Pro.

Regards,

There are also a lot of parts, accessories, grinders, stuffers, etc. here: http://www.sausagemaker.com/

I use the grinder and stuffer attachment for the Kitchenaid mixer and both work pretty well.

I was told by various sausage-stuffing aficionados that you should only do about 10-15 or so pounds of stuffing or grinding at a time b/c it'll burn out a Kitchenaid motor. I've never run into this problem, myself, but it's something to consider if you plan to do a lot of stuffing.

I've ground as much as 50 lbs of pork in one afternoon with the low end Kitchen Aid Classic.

A few on-line possibilities:

http://www.butcher-packer.com/

http://www.northerntool.com/

http://cabelas.com/

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Another: ebay.com

I was just having dinner and watching an old Julia Child episode, "To Stuff a Sausage," and was inspired. It would be fun, wouldn't it, to have a sausage stuffing party of the kind ccrush recounts?

http://www.sausagemania.com/index.html

David Hammond wrote:I was just having dinner and watching an old Julia Child episode, "To Stuff a Sausage," and was inspired. It would be fun, wouldn't it, to have a sausage stuffing party of the kind ccrush recounts?

I was once over at Gary's house at the moment he and Erik M were stuffing sausage. I was surprised how quick the sausage stuffing went. They proceed to explain how they had already spent hours grinding, seasoning, mixing and chilling before the final step of stuffing, which went very quickly.

I think eating the end-product is a way more fun!

Regards,

Well all, I ended up getting one from Sur La Table as the used grinder i had bought on craigslist was not working completely up to par.