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Brand: Cuisinart
Model: SM-MG
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Cuisinart SM-MG Review by N. Yu (United States)
The product works. My only complaint is the grayish residue that accumulates where the screw rests on the iron front plate - but it still deserves a five start. If only the motor on the grinder itself worked..... (see my review on the grinder).
Cuisinart SM-MG Review by R. Cane Questions (Seattle)
This grinder is replacing a KA unit that, after 32 years of honest, reliable service, has developed so many cracks in its plastic components that it has lost the ability to remain sanitary.
The Cuisinart unit has a number of advantages: a reasonably large tray, multiple cutting blades, fairly simple mechanism for inserting it into the stand mixer, and a solid metal shaft and housing. It works well, neither faster nor slower than its predecessor. I'm unaccustomed to the fineness of the fine blade, and discovered that it's not alway advantageous to grind as finely as possible. For some purposes (making hot dogs or forced meat, for instance) it's perfect; for a less emulsified texture, it renders the meat too sticky. This is clearly a cook's issue, not a grinder issue.
Two design flaws stand in the way of my giving the grinder 5 stars:
- First, the metal housing is cast aluminum. It is great for avoiding the cracks I found in the plastic equivalent, but it's unwise to put it in the dishwasher (Cuisinart tells you specifically NOT to) because the causticity of dishwasher detergent pits the surfaces of the metal. I would prefer to be able to use a dishwasher to increase the chance of sanitary equipment, and wonder why it would not have been possible to make a dishwasher-safe alloy. Perhaps it would have been cost prohibitive. Purchaser beware: you've got to like using brushes in hot soapy water to keep this grinder clean. On the other hand, the tray component is plastic and easily removable, and it is dishwasher safe. That's the one component I would feel comfortable hand washing, so I can't win.
- Second, the plastic pusher is problematic on a couple of levels. First, it cleverly houses the sausage horns. To be a housing, however, it has to be hollow, and to have a removable cap. Both these characteristics make it less useful as a pusher -- it doesn't deliver as much force as I would like, and I've got to find something to do with the horns while I'm washing the pusher, leading to an improved chance of losing them. Second, it fits too snugly in the barrel of the grinder. If the meat is at all greasy, or you haven't chilled down both the meat and the grinder sufficiently before use, you get a strong suction effect in the barrel. I've found that the pusher is not pushing the meat down forcefully enough, and is sucking some of the remnants back up the barrel. I can solve this easily enough by creating a wooden or metal pusher; but at the price, I shouldn't have to
All in all, I feel this is a well-engineered and cleverly designed piece of equipment that did not go through an adequate amount of end user testing (or pay enough attention to user feedback if it was tested). It would have profited from practicality over cleverness in a few critical run-time use cases.
Cuisinart SM-MG Review by vbenson37
I have had this machine for about 2 years now and i totally love it! This was my first stand mixer that i bought and i really tried to research it out before getting it. I didn't want to spend that amount of money until i was sure it was worth it. I looked into the Kitchen Aid, but in the end choose the cuisinart, b/c you got a better price for the same size mixer and there were more watts in the cuisinart compared to the KA. Another big difference is that KA only had a 1 year warranty as where the cuisinart had a 3 year warranty. Big difference to me! I occasionally use the countdown timer as well, which is not included with the KA. I next want to try the meat grinder and will review that when i purchase it. But as far as i can see i love cuisinart products!
ps- before getting a stand mixer my homemade bread just wasn't that great. Not enough kneeding, i'm sure: But after i got my cuisinart, it has made all the difference! My bread is light and fluffy and making cookies and other goodies is so quick and easy.
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Cuisinart SM-MG:: Description
Now health-conscious consumers can connect the Cuisinart Large Meat Grinder Attachment to any Cuisinart Stand Mixer to grind the ingredients they personally select. This versatile attachment grinds meat, poultry, nuts and vegetables, and makes small and large sausages as well. All parts are easy to attach, detach, and clean.
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