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Hey all! I am from Minnesota in good old USA. I have been smoking meats for about 6-7 years. Mostly ribs....pulled pork.....turkey and chicken. I have recently dabbled in smoking my own ground food and will try some summer sausage this weekend for the first time!
 
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Hey Id like to get opinions on mixing meat. I was about to pull the trigger on a meat mixer when a buddy told me that he uses a 5 galllon bucket and a drywall mud mixer on a drill, dedicated just to cooking of course. He claims clean up is much easier! Thoughts?
 
I Have done that in the past, We started by using a cooler and mixing by hand, then went to meat tubs and mixed by hand. We do big batches, usually 20 -35 lbs per batch. Hands get tired so we tried the drill paddle, If you use it it is very easy to clean up, but just watch how much you mix, it can break down the meat quite fast. We like chunks of the meat in some of our sausage, We ended up going to a mixer powered by hand, then went out and bought a mixer that mounted to our grinder. Way easier that way, We will do 2-4 batches a day, depending on product and beverage consumption. Then clean it at the end of the day, not between every batch. So cleaning is not bad. What you do will be depending on your direction, Batch sizes, how often do you do sausage, Is it something you will continue to do down the road, And of course budget is a big one when you make these decisions. We started making sausage about 25 yrs ago, Then I moved got of a lot of things, Lots of life changes. I got back into hunting 12 yrs ago and making sausage 10 yrs ago again and have set up a pretty good little shop for our family to use and everyone is involved and interested. So for me it was the way to go, and a win win for all. Good luck and let us know how you go... This could be the tip of the iceberg....... Charlie
 
Mixed my meat an hour ago with a bucket and a mixer i bought at menards and it worked great! Mixed well and very easy to clean up! I have a friend who is getting me some 4 gallon buckets & some luds that he gets potato salad in.
 
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