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OT - Cleaning grinder plates.

kweitz
kweitz Posts: 305
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Just bought a Weston #22 grinder, primarily to "make dog food" (my, those are lovely sausage stuffing attachments!), and just limbered it up for the first production run. I ground 11# of Costco chicken thighs, first through 7mm plate, then again through 4.5mm plate, followed by 20 hard boiled eggs, then some stale bread to push the last through. It was a tedious and painful process to get the 4.5 mm plate clean. Anyone have any suggestions, comments, PFM tricks?

Charles Town, West-by-God Virginia

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Put it in a small stainless pot and boil it in a little water with a drop or 2 of dish soap. Follow with a bristle brush after it cools a bit then a spray of cooking oil to stop it from rusting before you box it back up.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    LEM has a Cleaning Kit http://www.lemproducts.com/product/grinder-cleaning-kit/butcher-meat-grinder-accessories
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • kweitz
    kweitz Posts: 305
    Thanks fella's, now that I've read your suggestions, I'm thinking a .22 nylon bore brush might do the trick as well. Appreciate the input!

    Charles Town, West-by-God Virginia

    Sazco large Casa-Q

    Large BGE

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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    Pipe cleaner after soaking in super hot as in boiling water for ten mins

    Also, white vinegar is super helpful put some in non heated water 10 parts water 1 part vinegar and let it soak for 30 mins or so...

    Welcome to the world of grinding!
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    edited June 2017
    @kweitz
    You have already received some good advice above. As such, I will offer this to add a few tips and my 2 cents as well. 
    If the internals of your grinder are real greasy, run a few pieces of bread or several crackers (doesn't matter what type of bread/crackers) through the grinder to remove the excess gunk and small pieces. 
    Hot water and Dawn dish soap are your friend. 
    Hot water, Dawn dish soap and ammonia are possibly your best friend. 
    I use ammonia religiously my friend. It makes life easy. 

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