Such a device, as a grinder, of course, there is the kitchen every housewife. Without it can not do if you want to please family and guests cutlets, stuffed cabbage, chebureks, dumplings or other dishes which are not based mincemeat.
At the time, the invention is a manual grinder was a sensation, because until then crumbled meat knives, exerting great efforts to smaller pieces were obtained.
Also, electric meat grinder, in which human muscle power was replaced by an electric motor, an accomplished revolution in the process of cooking meat. Now even the hostess of peremerzshego or withered, wiry and gristly meat gets tender minced homogenous.
Inventor of the first handheld grinder is considered Baron Karl Drais von Zauerbronn who thought of such an opening in the middle of the XIX century. The first electric grinder appeared in the late 1940s.
The then devices were not reliable, often broke due to a blown engine. improvements decade yielded results - Modern electric meat grinder will last a long time, grinding more than one kilogram of meat, if it is serious approach to the selection of kitchen helpers and not break the rules operation.
To select an electric grinder, you first need to become familiar with its main technical parameters.
Main characteristics
- Power - an indicator, which depends on the speed of the grinder and amounts of raw materials, which it is able to grind. The principle is simple: the more powerful engine, the faster and easier to manage equipment with meat of any quality. Distinguish between nominal and maximum power. Rated Power - characteristic grinder operation in standard mode, ranges from 250 to 800 watts. Maximum the same power (up to 1800W) is activated only when the pulse mode - when for a few seconds engine "issues" 100% intensity to chopper able to process very hard vegetables or cartilaginous meat.
- Performance - the amount of recycled product (in kg) per minute. For a family of three to four people enough grinder with a capacity of 1.5 kg / min.
- The most important design detail - knife. Best quality - Solid stainless steel. Main - four-bladed - Knife must be forged and it is desirable, self-sharpening. Such knives are durable and stamped with any meat cope better.
- Housing grinder neck and for supplying the products can be made from durable plastic or metal. Steel parts are durable and do not change color upon contact with the products, but such models are more expensive.
- Output grill and screw must be easily assembled and disassembledThat for the meat grinder could take care of properly. An important point - the height of the grinder: the higher the outlet, the easier it is to pick up the dishes for the collection of the finished meat.
- The grinder is very much appreciated the presence of auto-reverse function. It allows one-touch scroll screw in the opposite direction, so that all stranded conductor and film unwound themselves. Otherwise you have to disassemble the device and removing "plugs" manually.
additional Features
Modern electric meat grinder on the opportunities catches food processor. In addition to preparing excellent meat, it can much more - it all depends on the configuration different nozzles. For example, with a special nozzle for manufacturing sausages home easily fill intestine or film prepared sausage stuffing.
Molds for modeling chops ensures that all the burgers will turn out the same, and your hands stay clean.
Nozzle-kebbe useful for fans of culinary experiments. With the help of prepared meat, hollow tubes that can be stuffed with anything and bake or fry.
With the grinder you can also get a fresh juice from citrus fruit. Special nozzle cone is attached to the neck of the grinder, it is pressed half an orange, and then - the same technology as that in ordinary juicer.
Furthermore, Grinder may be provided with different nozzles for slicing vegetables and fruit, for grating cheese, nozzles for splitting ice cubes.