Good set of accessories
You may not use all of these accessories, but if you do, you'll be happy!
black stuff in the grinded meat
I have pruchased this attachment pack about 6 months ago. I have only used food grinder so far and it is a disaster. Altough grinding is good, you can see black stuff mixing with your meat which is disgusting. I called the customer service and they are saying that it is normal because the juice of the meat is mixing with the brass gear and turning black. When I requested a change they said the new part will do the exact same thing. They suggested that I partially froze the meat so the juice does not come out too much.
I think this is an engineering flaw that needs to be fixed, and do not buy it if it is not fixed!
kitchen aid FFPA
Found all utensils made of good sturdy quality and easy to use and clean. A very nice set to include with the Kitchenaid Mixer.
Lovin it!
Hubby got this for me, for my B-day. Kitchen aid artisen mixer with all the attachments. He's lovin it to = ) I've taught him how to grind up meat, and we've made our own breakfast sasuage - yummy. Now he's really looking forward to hunting season, and being able to make our own wild game sasuages and stuff.
A little disappointed
Given Kitchen-Aid's history of setting "the standard" for high quality kitchen appliances, I was a little disappointed by how much of this kit is made from plastic.
The juicer attachment works very well, in spite of it's plastic construction, as does the grinder. The only complain I have about the grinder is that it uses a single four blade cutter, and two different size strainer plates to provide large and small grinding. I suppose this is fine if you only want to use it to make hamburger. It is not at all like the old cast iron hand crank grinder I have which uses three differnet blades, with different numbers of cutters for various degrees of chopping. I am not sure how well the Kitchenaid grinder will work for making relish, ... Read More
