LEM Products Mighty Bite Vertical Stainless Steel 15 Pound Capacity Sausage Stuffer with Plastic Stuffing Tubes

We make our own sausage, and this has been a godsend! It took a little getting used to at first, but once we tweaked our process a bit, it works like a dream (saves a ton of time and effort over using the meat grinder as the stuffer). The two most important things are to make sure to stuff your sausage right after you mix the spices in, before it sets up too firmly, and also to make sure to add enough water to your mix.

I never knew how easy it would be to make your own sausage. Remove from box, wash all removeable parts with soapy water and dry, wipe off the rest of the unit with a anti-bacterial wipe, anchor the stuffer to your table or countertop with the included clamps, fill hopper with sausage mixture, thread several casings onto the stuffing tube and start cranking. Easy as pie. Read the directions and pay particular attention to the part about adding water to your sausage mixture before stuffing casings. The unit is beautifully made and of industrial strength. It will last you and your children a lifetime. I did not upgrade to the stainless steel stuffing tubes and the plastic ones that come with the unit might be the only thing that could crack over time. But at 66 years old, I'm not going to worry about it. Oh yeah, order some food-grade grease for the O-ring that fits around the press plate (not sure of the correct name). It helps the plate slide through the hopper as you crank. Non-stick cooking spray might help but I didn't try that.

My wife and I made about 15lbs of deer snack sticks with this last year. It worked great. I did not give it 5 stars becase it was somewhat difficult to tell what diameter skins to get and the ones that we got were a little bit to small. This slowed the process down.

5 Stars – Solid Stuffer, Built to Last!The LEM Mighty Bite 15 lb sausage stuffer is a fantastic piece of equipment. It’s heavy, sturdy, and almost entirely stainless steel—except for the piston, which is plastic but feels very durable. Assembly was simple, and it looks like it’s made to last for years. Shipping was impressively fast (just two days), though the box arrived pretty beat up on all sides, and the lid was open with some damage to the inner cardboard. Thankfully, the stuffer itself was in perfect condition—not a scratch on it. Can’t wait to put it to work for years of sausage making!

Buyer beware!!!! I just opened this and was disgusted to discover that this product was USED being sold as NEW. What's worse is based upon the shipping label history on the box it would appear that LEM sold it to Amazon fulfillment center KNOWING that it had previously been used, seeing as how the return address was LEM. What the heck LEM & Amazon!!!! This is just wrong.

Here’s the deal, if your grinding and stuffing bags or sausages on a frequent basis, then don’t screw around. Save up and spend the $$$ on this unit, fast, easy clean up and holds 15# of pure goodness ready to be stuffed in lightning quick time. It’s very well constructed and worth every penny.

Bought Like New. And it was very nicely put back together. No missing parts and semes to work fine without pressure. Can't wait to make summer sausage. Regular sausage and snack sticks!

Very easy too use, super fast despenser