Magnum 1800W Electric Meat Grinder | Grinds Soft Bones | High-Capacity Meat Tray | 6 Grinding Plates | 3 Stainless Steel Blades | Sausage Stuffer | Kubbe Maker & More Included

This thing is a beast. We use it to make our dog’s food, bones and all. Processes it all with ease. Consistent performance, easy to assemble and disassemble and clean. Extremely powerful motor. Great value for the money.

When I first decided to start making my own sausage I just used my wife's popular model food processor with its meat grinder attachment. Using an often suggested method of putting your pre-gound meat in the freezer for 30 minutes before grinding to firm it up, I ground about 15 pounds of port shoulder before I burned up the motor in the food processor. Wanting to stay on my wife's good side and avoid any additional consternation, I opted not to use her new food processor to grind meat. After hunting around on the internet I came across the STX-1800. After reading about half of the reviews and noticing that most reviewers were happy to very happy with the customer service and the performance their machines, I decided to purchase a unit.After my 1800 arrived I played with it a little to make sure everything worked. One reviewer noted his machine didn't work out of the box and a replacement was immediately sent after he contacted customer service. Everything worked and all of my extra components were there. I read the owners manual from cover to cover. This was a good idea because there were some good food safety tips in there I hadn't thought of.My first experience with my new machine was to make bulk turkey sausage. Using the previously mentioned process of firming up the meat in the freezer, I was able to grind through the entire bird in short order (sorry I didn't actually time myself). Another reviewer made a comment that he almost couldn't keep up with the grinder, I figured I'd believe that when I saw it. Well, I saw it! The machine was grinding the meat so fast I almost couldn't keep up feeding it in. I WAS IMPRESSED! When I was done, something that I didn't expect to surprise me was how easy it was to clean up.My next experience was to make bulk chicken sausage. I used the same freezer firming method and I ground about 25 pounds of sausage. At one point during this stint of sausage making I got sidetracked and time got away from me. By the time I got back to my freezer tray the chicken was substantially more than firmed up, it was frozen solid. I wasn't sure if I should run the meat through the grinder or not, but I decided to try a couple of pieces and see how well it would work or not. The grinder barely showed any sign of effort, it just ground through the frozen meat. NOW I AM REALLY IMPRESSED!!!After that experience I definitely would recommend this machine to anyone that is serious about grinding meat (as matter of fact, I did)! The only downside issue, if you want to call it a downside, is that (as also noted by a couple of other reviewers) the motor is a little noisy. I have worked around industrial machinery most of my life so for me, this is not an issue. It is what I would expect from a motor with almost 3/4 horse power.

I have had it for almost 2 years, still grinds chicken bone and meat without problems, just make sure to follow the instructions. Works best when the chicken is still kind of frozen. Fully defrosted is messy and more likely to hog the grinder, but even then the reverse function has always worked. Very pleased and it has been holding up well. I use it every month and it’s never given me cause for regret. Handles rabbit well, too. Not meant for turkey or larger boned animals

Original review: Nice little grinder for the price. Will do chicken bones if you follow the *rules* of semi-frozen. Pretty loud, so I always wear a set of earplugs. As a newbie home cat food maker, it took me several batches till I had a good routine down where setup, processing, cleanup is pretty quick. Only issue I have is if the meat is a little wet, a gray black liquid will come out with the meat. Only way I found around this is to make sure there is no extra meat juices, and slightly elevate the back end so any meat juice will flow downhill out the front and not go in the back and cause that reaction back there that turns it gray/black. I read other reviews and one mentioned there should be 2 washers on the auger, one is plastic, that prevents this issue. Mine doesn't have the extra washer (plastic one). I bought this grinder several months ago, so there are still some without the 2nd washer hanging around in stock. I like the grinder size, easy for me to pick up and carry, which is important being a small person. I can't go the Westen or Lem size grinders. Other than having to elevate the back end to get away from getting the gray/black coloring on the food, it's a good piece of equipment.Update: After seeing the reviews where people contacted the manufacturer and was sent the missing washer, I reached out, too. This month (Aug. 2017), I was told they now use 2 metal washers and 1 vinyl, making it a total of 3 washers. The rep was very nice to speak to on the phone and quickly shipped out the 3 washers. We put them on, but alas.. using these washers pushed out the auger so much that the grinding plate does not fit in the head and definitely will not latch onto the holding key. I emailed the company again over the weekend, so I am waiting for their reply on what to do next. At this point, the only choice is to remove the new washers and go back to elevating the back of the grinder so any meat juices will tend to flow out the front instead of reacting to the metal in the back and causing black goo. Somewhere along the line there is a design flaw. The grinder head may need to be shaved down in production to allow room for the 3 washers that prevent the flow of meat/juice from getting in the back that causes the discolored goo. I need to grind food every 5 days, or I will have a mutiny of the furry kind. ;-) I will update my review as the sage continues.Update Aug. 17, 2017. Been in touch with company, suggested take off one of the metal washers and try that. We did, plate fit on a little more, though it still doesn't set in completely. We ground 5 pounds of chicken, like we normally do. Definitely less black *goo*. Make sure to follow their instructions of using meat that is semi-frozen, which we do. I will continue to elevate the back a little bit. All in all, I think this is a nice little grinder, and customer service at the company is great.Update Nov. 30, 2018: I've had the grinder 2 years now. In the beginning I would grind some chicken drumsticks but didn't continue that. I've been using powdered eggshell for calcium in my food batches instead of the bone. Anyway, I've been grinding boneless skinless meat almost 2 years now. Had an issue last year (2017) that customer service was great with in replacing a part with the right washers. Thanks customer service! I am hoping now that I have only had this 2 years and using it often (twice a week) but with just meat, the solution will be as simple. I was grinding boneless pork this morning and the head started clicking and moved with the click about 4 times as I was putting meat down the shoot. I stopped, unplugged, took it apart and then reassembled, thinking perhaps I didn't have something on tight enough. Started it up, and there was an ever so slight smell of something burning. I stopped and was wiping the unit down. When I turned it over, there looked like something was clogging the back vent. I looked at it closer and it was filled with a big gob of a jelly substance. I took 2 videos and emailed customer service this morning at STXInternational. Waiting to hear from them now. Will update the results here

Stinks. Bought this for raw dog food. Over did it one day I guess has to send it to get the internal gear thing replaced. Understood.Once it came back it made a different sound when grinding. Higher pitched and something didn’t seem right like it needed oiled or something. Had it back maybe two months and the gear stripped out again I guess grinding CHUNKS OF PORK LOIN. seems pretty ridiculous to send it out again to get fixed since you have to pay shipping. This isn’t worth it. Raw dog food is so expensive and now this meat grinder is getting more and more expensive.