RAYVILLIAN wrote:Cool We've made a little at home usually about 5 to 10 lbs but I occasionally get to help out down at Van Till farms where I do maintenance. the most we made in one day was 160 lbs that's sorta like work. Actually it's alot like work.
Gary
Gary, I used to help some buddies make sausage at the end of deer season. You're absolutely right, even with professional grade equipment, 200+ pounds of sausage takes a lot of work. Luckily there'd usually be 6 or so people and we'd take turns every so often.
Kelly, I believe its "the cheapy", a 5-quart Artisan. I just looked online at Bed, Bath, and Beyond as well as Lowes and they are $300. I know we paid around $200 for it and I'm pretty sure we got it at Lowes. B,B & B is always sending out 20% coupons in the mail, though, so that would be a good alternative if the prices don't come down after Xmas.
We love the Kitchenaid. It is the only powered kitchen appliance we own. We don't do "single-use" appliances any more, they just take up space. If I want toast, I use the broiler on the oven. If I need to open a can, I use a hand can opener. Sarah uses it all the time for her baking. I keep an eye out for briskets on sale as well as pork butt. I'll turn the briskets into hamburger, and the pork butt gets made into Italian sausage for pasta. There ice-cream maker attachment is awesome. No ice, no rock salt. The sausage stuffer was cheap, like $8, since it mounts on the meat grinder.
Doug this piggy had a good amount of fat on her for a feral hog. I'd estimate their to be about 20-25% fat. I didn't add any extra fat, just what was on the shoulder, and it turned out great.
Oh! lunchbreaks' over, I'll be back later...!
Mark (& Cindi) 
