The meat grinder – the device, irreplaceable for most of housewives, by means of which it is easy to crush both meat, and fish, and vegetables. It has to be not only qualitative and convenient in use, but also durable. To choose the good meat grinder among huge variety of the models presented at the modern market of the kitchen equipment, not so simply.
Instruction
1. If you have decided to be limited to the mechanical meat grinder, at its choice it is enough to you to make sure of high quality of metal of which the model which was pleasant to you and also in care of processing of all parts entering its design is made. It is much more difficult to choose the electric meat grinder.
2. First of all, when choosing the meat grinder pay attention to power of the provided models. Device performance most of all depends on this parameter. Give preference to the meat grinder with the power not less than 1 kW capable to crush not less than 1 kg of meat in 1 minute.
3. When choosing the meat grinder pay attention to of what materials its components are made. Make sure that all internal parts of the device, namely the knife, grid and the screw are made of strong metal. And here the body of the meat grinder can be both metal, and plastic. Self-sharpening knives and several grids with various diameter of openings are included in the package of the good meat grinder.
4. Make sure that your fingers do not reach the screw of the meat grinder which was pleasant to you. Optimum diameter of loading opening is 5 cm. If the mouth is too narrow, it will be inconvenient to use the meat grinder.
5. The good meat grinder has to have protection against mechanical overloads and overheating. As a rule, it represents chain buzzer which switches-off the device at too high loadings, or the most ordinary safety lock. The special protective sleeve which promotes device work stoppage in case under knife any firm subject gets is included in the package of some meat grinders.
6. Give preference to the meat grinder in which package the additional nozzles allowing to use the device as grater, vegetable cutters, juice extractors or shredders are included.