Bought my original 5 pound cast aluminium stuffer (vertical hand crank model) from the Sausage Maker. The newer one holds 15 pounds and is all stainless except the piston. It was bought through Weston Supply and was a second choice, due to the original horizontal model not being suitable for stuffing very narrow 1/2 inch casings. They were quite accomodating when it came to the point where I knew what I needed and they were able to give me options until I found the right one. The cost of the 15 pound vertical model I have now. They also supplied me with the parts to make the custom stuffing tube. Kielbasa is basically just coursly ground pork with 30-40% fat, and lots of garlic and marjorum. Also black pepper can be used. I freeze mine and when cooking, place in a covered corning ware casserole dish with glass cover. Its baked with some water added to the corning up to about half the height of the sauages, and after about half an hour the sausage is flipped over to lightly brown the surface of the meat. I use fresh hog casings for this, and they are usually a bit larger than that used for italian. I make about a 12 to 16 inch length, and coil it for freezing. Many suppliers of sausage seasongs are fairly cheap, but thats usually because they are loaded with salt. Salt is really cheap and added to a spice mix can be more than 70% of the sausage seasoining mix. I like to buy mixes that have no added salt, or just use freshly ground spices and herbs, and add the necessary salt to taste. After mixing, spoon out a tablespoon or two and cook in a small frying pan until done, taste, and adjust seasoning as needed. On a side note, the Cabelas meat grinder is listed as a 400 watt unit, while the NT model is listed as being 600 watts, or up to 1000 watts peak. With a lower wattage for the Cabela, I am not sure if it could handle tough meats, or the skin of pork. My 600 watt NT model does labor on that skin part of the cut, and will sometimes stop and trip the built in breaker. I just reverse a second and switch back to grinding again, and it will continue without a problem. Earl, Nice sources for spices and casings, and the stainless stuffer. My cast aluminium model stuffer looks similar, but is quite heavy. My stainless steel 15 pound model also looks similar to the one from Grizzly. The 15 pound stuffer I have has two gear ratios, slow, for stuffing and fast for retracting the piston nack up to the top. I plan to sell my old 5 pound stuffer for about $30 or so, provided we get decent weather during the late spring early summer garage sales.

"WHOLE BEAN COFFEE (no grinding necessary) Place 2 T. whole beans per 6-oz. boiling water in a Thermos. Lay on side (to distribute the mixture) for 1-hour. The resulting coffee is lighter in color and won't have the bitterness associated with brewed coffee." Haha, oh my. Coffee broth? I suppose i could chew a few beans with it. (kidding). I should try it anywho. I'm snowed in right now and tops on my storm list is GRIND COFFEE. The hammer works if caught off guard. I don't expect to loose power with just 4inches. I just need to shovel our long driveway when it lets up... -I should point out that 10 days without power is NOTHING compared to those still suffering after recent storms. It is tragic. It is the unexpected and the unknown that being a bit prepared is worth noting. I have a list that we refer to now. We lost contact and were tending to elderly neighbors and i got sick from a spider bite and dehydration...supplies could not reach us. But we fished from kayaks to save boat fuel and i lanced the spider bite that had me in fever one night. A neighbor up the hill has a good water well....so we were fine. But it was 24/7 survival mode. Lehman's is a good source. They sell our wood cook stove. And they have a hand grinder that fits a ball jar as well. The other seems more multi-use if needed i think.

Arley -- I have a CORONA CORN MILL for coarse milling (you can adjust the grind from fine to coarse), and two other hand mills (noted below) that will also do coarse milling. I teach classes on home milling and that's why I've accumulated all these mills over the years. I also have a Marga Flaker Mill for milling flakes and some coarse milling (it has 3 different settings but can NOT do corn - only grains), and a Nutrimill (for fine flour). FAMILY GRAIN MILL: You can't (repeat, can NOT) mill popcorn and flint corn ("Indian" corn), chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) or tapioca pearls with a Family Grain Mill, but you CAN mill dent (field) corn. WONDER Jr. DELUXE MILL is another great little mill you should take a look at. It will mill all types of corn (popcorn, flint and dent) using the stone head (adjustable to grind desired). It will also mill tapioca pearls with the stainless steel burrs. You have a little more variety with this mill since it has both stone heads and stainless steel burrs. You can even mill peanut butter with roasted peanuts, almonds for making almond flour, coffee beans, flax, and the tiny things like teff and amaranth that a lot of mills can't mill into flour. I also have a Porkert Seed Mill for tiny seeds and oily seeds (flax, poppy). Not all mills can mill oily seeds. If I could only keep one mill out of my bevy of them, I would have to pick the Wonder Jr. Deluxe Mill (http://pleasanthillgrain.com/wonder-junior-deluxe-grain-mill - be sure to check prices on-line, they can vary quite a bit). It will do everything from fine to coarse flour. You can also mill with it using either the optional large pully system powered by a variety of power systems (including a stationary bike), or an optional adapter and an electric/battery powered drill, if you don't want to mill by-hand only. I had the Whisper Mill, which is now the Wonder Mill (electric micronizer mill), and it was a real workhorse for fine flour, but after years of great service it met with a horrible kitchen accident and went to "appliance heaven". I replaced it with a Nutrimill because it has a few features the (electric) Wonder Mill doesn't have, but neither of these mills will mill coarse flour you are looking for.

This may not be helpful since our KitchenAid (model K 5A - the head doesn't tilt) is 42 years old. We use our meat grinder attachment 2 or 3 times a month. Our grinder is a KitchenAid - Model FG-A and it looks like this one from the KitchenAid web site. I don't know if this would fit your mixer or not. https://www.kitchenaid.com/shop/-[FGA]-400611/FGA/