1 x Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder (Tasin TS-108)

This should handle my needs I think. Arrives in 3 days shippage (holiday
time may make it a little slower and weekends excepted).

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:17:38 -0500, cshenk wrote:

1 x Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder (Tasin TS-108)

This should handle my needs I think. Arrives in 3 days shippage (holiday
time may make it a little slower and weekends excepted).

was it a good deal ? if so would you share store location please ?

"sonofdog" wrote.
cshenk wrote:

1 x Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder (Tasin TS-108)

This should handle my needs I think. Arrives in 3 days shippage (holiday
time may make it a little slower and weekends excepted).

was it a good deal ? if so would you share store location please ?

One stop Jerky shop, I think it was a good deal at 150$. They also have one
refurb for 100$. I've been reading reviews. This unit seems powerful
enough that many raw feeders are using it and give good reviews.

http://tinyurl.com/2a7kfpw

I started with a very similar unit at Amazon.com but the reviews and
comments drifted to this one with the URL listed. The Amazon one is 99$
(sale, normally 129$) but it's a little less powerful and has some internals
in hard plastic where the real unit is all metal gears.

The only 'drawback' is a common one for many grinders at this cost point,
namely not to use the dishwasher. Wash and dry then oil some of the parts
after use. Just like my cast iron ware so no trouble to me.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:50:52 -0500, "cshenk" wrote:

"sonofdog" wrote.
cshenk wrote:

1 x Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder (Tasin TS-108)

This should handle my needs I think. Arrives in 3 days shippage (holiday
time may make it a little slower and weekends excepted).

was it a good deal ? if so would you share store location please ?

One stop Jerky shop, I think it was a good deal at 150$. They also have one
refurb for 100$. I've been reading reviews. This unit seems powerful
enough that many raw feeders are using it and give good reviews.

http://tinyurl.com/2a7kfpw

I started with a very similar unit at Amazon.com but the reviews and
comments drifted to this one with the URL listed. The Amazon one is 99$
(sale, normally 129$) but it's a little less powerful and has some internals
in hard plastic where the real unit is all metal gears.

The only 'drawback' is a common one for many grinders at this cost point,
namely not to use the dishwasher. Wash and dry then oil some of the parts
after use. Just like my cast iron ware so no trouble to me.

We don't put the pieces parts in the dishwasher either - I guess we
could, but it's just as easy to wash and dry them. Hubby does all the
grinder maintenance including washing it - it's his baby ;-) - which
is fine by me.

What all are you planning to grind?

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

1 x Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder (Tasin TS-108)
This should handle my needs I think. Arrives in 3 days shippage
(holiday
time may make it a little slower and weekends excepted).

Got a note, Saturday or Monday arrival.

I started with a very similar unit at Amazon.com but the reviews and
comments drifted to this one with the URL listed. The Amazon one is 99$
(sale, normally 129$) but it's a little less powerful and has some
internals
in hard plastic where the real unit is all metal gears.

The only 'drawback' is a common one for many grinders at this cost point,
namely not to use the dishwasher. Wash and dry then oil some of the parts
after use. Just like my cast iron ware so no trouble to me.

We don't put the pieces parts in the dishwasher either - I guess we
could, but it's just as easy to wash and dry them. Hubby does all the
grinder maintenance including washing it - it's his baby ;-) - which
is fine by me.

Probably work the same here. There's a fair number of things that he just
takes over. Wish he wanted to run the vacumn bag sealer! (grin).

What all are you planning to grind?

Well, for human use quite a bit. The manual grinder works fine but as we
get older, it's getting harder to use. We like ground beef and prefer to
make our own. Also, interest in making sausages although not that worried
about putting them in casing.

Also, chicken necks and chopped RMB chicken which if cut to fit the entry,
work well in this machine. Smaller turkey bones too apparently but may need
to chop a larger thigh first.

If it doesnt work for RMB, it still will work for our other needs.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:53:48 -0500, cshenk wrote:


What all are you planning to grind?

Well, for human use quite a bit. The manual grinder works fine but as
we get older, it's getting harder to use. We like ground beef and
prefer to make our own. Also, interest in making sausages although not
that worried about putting them in casing.

Also, chicken necks and chopped RMB chicken which if cut to fit the
entry, work well in this machine. Smaller turkey bones too apparently
but may need to chop a larger thigh first.

If it doesnt work for RMB, it still will work for our other needs.

thanks for the link, grinder looks good but my puppy handles all bones in
a 15 lbs turkey so I still hesitate to buy. When you get it please do not
forget to post again. I wonder if it could do smaller beef and pork
bones, could not info on it on the grinder site

"sonofdog" wrote
cshenk wrote:

If it doesnt work for RMB, it still will work for our other needs.

thanks for the link, grinder looks good but my puppy handles all bones in
a 15 lbs turkey so I still hesitate to buy. When you get it please do not
forget to post again. I wonder if it could do smaller beef and pork
bones, could not info on it on the grinder site

I think probably that would stress this level of unit but the same site has
ones that can handle a deer leg. Just costs much more. I was mostly
looking for not too expensive or large to store and able to handle basic
chicken parts in addition to our own grinding of beef easier than the manual
unit we've used for years now.

Notes say it's in the mail already. I expect it to arrive Saturday. I'll
give a review of it when it gets here.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:52:58 -0500, "cshenk" wrote:

"sonofdog" wrote
cshenk wrote:

If it doesnt work for RMB, it still will work for our other needs.

thanks for the link, grinder looks good but my puppy handles all bones in
a 15 lbs turkey so I still hesitate to buy. When you get it please do not
forget to post again. I wonder if it could do smaller beef and pork
bones, could not info on it on the grinder site

I think probably that would stress this level of unit but the same site has
ones that can handle a deer leg. Just costs much more. I was mostly
looking for not too expensive or large to store and able to handle basic
chicken parts in addition to our own grinding of beef easier than the manual
unit we've used for years now.

Our large grinder is heavy duty (hubby got it used from its original
owner but it runs around $500 new) - does chicken bones without
blinking but I don't know that it would do a deer leg. That would be
one big ass grinder.

Hubby uses his for sausage too. On New Year's Eve we're having his
homemade lasagna with his homemade sweet Italian sausage. Yum!

We had hoped to get most of a deer for the dogs, and he and a friend
were looking forward to making deer jerky and who knows what else, but
it looks like that fell through.

Have fun with your grinder. I was interested to see all the people
who grind raw food for their cats. I'd happily do that, but she
steadfastly refuses to eat any raw food that I've offered her. It did
take her quite a while to expand her tastes from the one flavor of
canned food she'd eat originally, so maybe eventually she'll try it.

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:52:58 -0500, "cshenk" wrote:
I was interested to see all the people
who grind raw food for their cats. I'd happily do that, but she
steadfastly refuses to eat any raw food that I've offered her.

.............Is she stuck on that "drug" - dry food? ;-) put some kibble
in blender - turn to dust and sprinkle on top. Raw food doesn't have much
nose to it if they're used to whatever they put in that dry food that makes
it as attractive as catnip. And if you live somewhere with a winter,
they'll eat almost anything when it's freezing out! Best time to try
switching.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

ones that can handle a deer leg. Just costs much more. I was mostly
looking for not too expensive or large to store and able to handle basic
chicken parts in addition to our own grinding of beef easier than the
manual
unit we've used for years now.

Our large grinder is heavy duty (hubby got it used from its original
owner but it runs around $500 new) - does chicken bones without
blinking but I don't know that it would do a deer leg. That would be
one big ass grinder.

Yeah. They have floor models for gosh sakes! Anyways, I'm happy with this
level. I looked again and if you precut a turkey leg to smallery bone
portions, it can handle them. I'm assuming a smaller turkey leg. It can
handle the other turkey bones just fine but that's the biggest one.

Hubby uses his for sausage too. On New Year's Eve we're having his
homemade lasagna with his homemade sweet Italian sausage. Yum!

We've been making our own too with a manual grinder for a few years. It's
fun to do and I trust my own meat handling skills over most stores. I say
'most' because we also have a decent real live butcher place here.
www.centralmeats.com

Have fun with your grinder. I was interested to see all the people
who grind raw food for their cats. I'd happily do that, but she
steadfastly refuses to eat any raw food that I've offered her. It did
take her quite a while to expand her tastes from the one flavor of
canned food she'd eat originally, so maybe eventually she'll try it.

Might be! Our local 'Community Cafe' (a Yahoo group associated with our
local freecycle) has a HUGE thread now on raw feeding. It was sparked off
because during the annual rules review, someone said no one should ever ask
for meats. This was just after a person posted asking for freezer burned
meats (no explaination) so I filled in on why asking for meats that are
freezer burned is a valid thing to keep out landfill. That led to a huge
topic growth. Seems raw feeding cats is very popular here, dogs somewhat
less so but a great deal of interest by many. Especially when I gave a
run-down on the most common symptoms of grain allergies.

That then lead to leads on good grinders some use (cat RMB feeders chimed in
on that) and local places to get decent sourced RMB material of which
Central Meats above is a primary location as is the Asian Grocery spot I've
been using. Anyways, I finally found a model that works for me and isn't
500$ (which even makes me go GAKK!). Also, about 10 folks are swapping
foods to grain-free if not partial or full raw right away. I even gave
references to my Vet who's a raw fed fan for dogs.

The most helpful lady was one with tea-cup pooches. She says they are much
more prone to grain issues from her experience but the RMB has to be ground
(makes sense to me considering their size). She suprised me by adding that
from her experience, beagles and bassets are way up there in breeds that are
more likely to have issues. I can't refute that. Both of mine have them
with any grain other than possibly rice doesn't set them off. Sammy, a
totally mixed fellow who's closest relative was a heinz-57 bottle (grin) had
no apparent issues.

I'm not going to try cat raw feeding. Even the cat feeders who do it said
you have to use lots of additives (just organic things, vitimins, minerals,
amino acids etc) but quite a few listed good grain-free kitty foods
including both wet and dry.

Top of the cat list for grain free didn't suprise me. Blue Wilderness
again. Comes canned and kibble.