stuffer 11lb
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I aim having some major issues with the 11 lb stuffer and it has been sent in and returned to me un repaired. when I received this machine the air lock was tightened down and would not loosen, I tried to use it and you can imagine the experience. I finally got it loosened and the experience did not get any better. alsmot impossibloe to turn snack six 22mm, sausage 35mm casings, sopprasotta in 50 mm casings, it does not seem to make a difference. all have had reifies followed to a t. one recipe was willies and there again followed to a t. It starts by the air lock filling up with meat then the meat comes out around the disk. I have installed a new gasket, nothing seems to work. you pay around $100. more than the internet favorite, I thought for good customer service, not so. so much back pressure I accidentally let go and it busted my lip.NEED HELP or for sale cheap!
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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to Morellos on last edited by
Morellos I have the 11lb stuffer and have stuffed everything from 19mm snack sticks up to 2.5" for summer sausage without any issues. My wife was turning the handle without any issues. Only thing I can think of is air valve is not assembled correctly and gasket is on upside down. The gap on the gasket should be pointed down.
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Pretty rough sledding on this one friend. there is obviously something VERY simple that is wrong with this stuffer (if anything at all) You might want to try adding the proper amount of water to your meat block prior to stuffing. Believe it or not that very sell could be your entire challenge. Best of luck to you. maybe there is an app out there that will stuff it for you. LAUGHS.
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processhead Power User Regular Contributors Smoker Build Expert Bowl Choppers Nebraska Veteran Team Camoreplied to Morellos on last edited by processhead
Morellos
By any chance did you let your ground and mixed sausage meat sit overnight before stuffing?
Ground meat with cure will set up overnight and be much harder to press through a stuffer no matter how much water was added to it. -
Excellent point! All meat “tightens up” as the temp drops. Just ask any competition BBQ competitor or judge.
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twilliams Power User PK100 Regular Contributors Team Greyreplied to Morellos on last edited by twilliams
Morellos I don’t need to say much more as all suggestions have already been touched on. With it going to the repair shop once already what did they say, if there was a problem? One thing I did not see mentioned is if you were using the fast speed or slow speed to stuff? I really think there is a simple solution to this. I’m not saying that it is not the machine but more than likely it is a simple overlooked operator error. It’s not a big deal we all make mistakes but we are here to help you figure it out. I don’t know how you had a bad experience with customer service but I am willing to bet once Austin and Jonathan sees this they will dive in further. What I would really like to have you do is give us your entire process from start to finish including amounts of meat block, seasonings, additives, water amount etc. Any information you are able and willing to give will help tremendously
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Another excellent reply! I know I am here to help in any way I can as well. Not saying I know squat but I did about 500 pounds (225kg) of sausage stuffing last week. Not saying I did a darn thing right or wrong either way. But I will share whatever I can to help ANYONE at all!
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Morellos I will look into the service of the unit and get back to you. It is possible that we missed something, since you said you followed the recipe to a T I am assuming that means that you added at least .75 of a liter of water to a 25 lb batch. Can you give me what other additives (if any) you used?
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Morellos Customer Service will be in touch with you about a replacement unit.
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This has to be a “jamming issue” A stuffer isn’t like it is a complicated machine for goodness sakes. A piston puts a whole lot of pressure (more than you would think) on basically s soft blob of product. the product WILL go to the path of least resistance. it is desired that it goes out the horn. If it cannot then the next path of least resistance is likely to be around the piston seal. HAS NOTHING to do with the pressure relief valve at all. Something is “blocking” the horn. The pressure relief valve only contributes to or prevents the incorporation of air into what comes out of the horn. This is NOT a mind-boggling issue. I still believe it is either the product hasn’t been reduced to a size compatible with exit the horn OR there isn’t enough liquid added to the mix. Usually if the product is too big to exit the horn the piston will build such pressure in the cylinder that it will end up Shooting/spitting the product out of the horn, NOT force it past the seal on the piston itself.
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Morellos I think CS got this information to you, but I swapped out your canister and it is working smoothly now!
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So glad you got it working well for you! Have fun now!
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Personally, I would like to know if you ever tried to operate this stuffer through the entire stroke, fully assembled and completely empty. If you did, did it function properly through the entire “Stroke”?
