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Brand: Norpro
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$31.99~~
Buy New: $29.95
You Save: $2.04 (6%)

New (3) from $29.95

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 75484

Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 5

Model: 151
UPC: 028901001513
EAN: 0028901001513
ASIN: B0002I5QHW

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	3-in-one kitchen tool; minces, grinds, and makes fresh pasta from scratch
•	Durable, hygienic, high-impact plastic body; stainless steel blade and mincing plates
•	Ideal for grinding hamburger, creating sausage or pate, and blending baby food
•	Includes: coarse and fine mincing plates, sausage funnel, 3 pasta attachments
•	Stands 7 inches high; measures 4-1/4 inches in diameter; made in USA

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
Norpro's meat grinder/mincer/pasta maker combines the functionality of three kitchen gadgets in one. Crush beans, vegetables and nuts for spreads and p�t�; grind beef chuck, round or sirloin for incredible homemade hamburgers; pulverize stale bread for breadcrumbs; or break up veggies for baby food. The possibilities are endless thanks to coarse- and fine-textured steel mincing plates.

Three pasta attachments open up a world of Italian cuisine, enabling cooks to create fresh homemade rigatoni, spaghetti, or linguine. Plus, an enclosed funnel makes grinding sausage a snap. Also included are a suction-locking pestle, plastic tray, detailed instructions, and a recipe booklet. The unit stands 7 inches high with a 4-1/4 inch diameter base. This kitchen tool is FDA-approved and made in the USA. --Mary Park

Product Description
The Norpro Mini Meat Grinder has a versatility that surpasses its name. Ideal for mincing and grinding nuts, beans and veggies, this handy tool also lets you make your own pasta from scratch and comes with attachments for rigatoni, spaghetti and linguine. Also included are a Coarse and Fine 2.13" steel mincing plate, stainless steel blade, suction locking pestle, sausage funnel attachment and plastic tray. The high-impact plastic body is made for durability and repeated use. Recipes and instruction book included.FDA approved. Made in USA. 7Hx4.25" dia.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Norpro Meat Grinder July 2, 2008
Grinder is something I have waited a long time for. Looks to be everything I have ever wanted in something small which suction cups to the counter easily.

5 out of 5 stars

It really works! August 7, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

The Norpro Meat Grinder,Mincer,and Pasta Maker is a handy gadget, takes up very little space, sticks to my counter top or table surface with a simple twist of the suction locking knob. Sticks like glue but releases effortlessly. It's small and takes up very little room. However, since it is small, I have to be a little patient with it as it doesn't take a large amount of meat or pasta dough at one time, but then I didn't buy it to serve large crowds at a moment's notice. I think the variety of attachments are quite adequate for the price. My money was well spent.

1 out of 5 stars

As International Diva said........... July 14, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I only gave it a "1" because I couldn't give it a "0"!! Don't bother.

Same experience as above.

I should have purchased this from Amazon, I would have gotten my money back.

The store I bought it from refused to take it back and told me to call Norpro. Norpro would not replace it and referred me back to my retailer, even though I told them they had already adamantly refused it. I then suggested that perhaps Norpro could send me ANYTHING in exchange - even a pair of kitchen tongs. The refused that, "not in our policy".

Amazon would have done me better.

Terrible product. Terrible customer service from manufacturer. Amazon should discontinue this item.

1 out of 5 stars

This can't even grind pre-ground hamburger! August 5, 2006
14 out of 15 found this review helpful

This product is terrible. It's the only thing that I've ever returned to Amazon because it simply dosen't work.

I bought it because I bought a small pate terrine, and I was looking for something to grind small amounts of chicken livers, pork and so on at home. I was dubious -- it seemed to kind of cheesy. But I thought that as long as it basically worked, it was fine.

I put in some chicken breasts for a pate recipe, and those were fine. But the, I put in some pork. It squished up in the machine and couldn't come out. It got stuck and I had to remove the mincing plate. I tried the larger plate. The same thing happened. Essentially, any meat with even a small amount of fat can't be ground in this machine. It has only a small, not very sharp grinder blade element. Given that the meat you'd tend to grind would be for the likes of sausages, pates and for hamburger, it makes this machine useless. I actually had some hamburger in my fridge. Just for fun, I tried putting that through the machine. It also didn't work on that -- and it was ALREADY ground!!

I thought, OK, I'll see if it can do pasta (which I don't need, since I have a pasta machine). Maybe that will redeem it enough to keep it. No way. The engineering on a playdoh machine is better. The dough comes out and immediately tangles with whatever comes out of it. It also just gets stuck and refuses to move through the machine. There's no way to make any kind of "strands" of pasta. I am a culinary school graduate, and a professional cook -- i know how to make pasta. This machine just doesn't work. Then, I went to clean it up. It took 40 minutes, using a skewer and Q-tips to get the pasta out of the little holes.

The suction cup device that is supposed to hold it onto a counter works only temporarily. It seems sturdy, but then you start to crank and it comes right off. The sausage funnel is way too small to actually use for sausage.

It sort of works for nuts, but then, I can use a coffee grinder for that.

Take my advice -- get the right machine for the job. Get a cast iron or stainless steel meat grinder; they sell them on Amazon. Get a separate pasta machine, the stainless steel kind that breaks the pasta down into sheets of thickness. They cost about $30 and will last you forever. If you want to make baby food, get a good quality food mill.

I think this is the most disappointed I've been in a product in a long time -- and I didn't expect much!

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