Kenwood KAX950ME Food Mincer Attachment & AX500, Plastic

Our Kenwood Chef is approx 10yrs old and we decided to buy a mincer attachment for it. To fit onto the machine we needed a KAT001ME connector. To date we have only minced meat products and are pleased with the end product. The mincer and attachment are east to fit, simple to use and easy to clean after use.

Very useful andceasy to use.

This mincer is awesome as the motor in the Kmix is so strong and like any other mincer/grinder, the closer to cooking you mince the meat, the juicier and more tender it will be - it's that simple. It's lovely making a tender ragu with very freshly finely minced beef which is impossible to buy as pre-minced beef/pork leaks juices over time making it tougher.My number one spectacularly useful, change your life tip (that I can't take credit for as I read it online, I believe it came from Alton Brown) is: Don't store the grinding discs(which are iron and will rust ) in oil, which can go rancid. Instead just hand-wash as normal and dry on the radiator and then store them in a bag with cornmeal. I can attest that, after a year of regular use, they are as shiny and good as new. I just take whichever disc I'm using out of the bag, rinse the cornmeal off and mince away.Number two - DON'T PUT THE SHINY BITS IN THE DISHWASHER EVER - it will render the galvanized aluminum parts unusable.I'll give you a number three bonus: don't bother with the tray and lid - just bung your chopped meat straight into the 'chimney' and grind into the bowl you want to mix in, saves on washing up.

the only down side that it is not suitable for dishwasher. Other than that operates perfectly.

This is brilliant. We often have whole deer and pigs to butcher and prepare and I was fed up of mincing with my hand mincer. This was so much easier and quicker. Fitted to my Kenwood chef (bought 3 years ago) perfectly.Very easy to use and clean. Why people are knocking stars off for not being able to go in the dishwasher I don't know. It clearly says hand wash only in the description and when it arrives and it's hardly arduous to clean.

Works flawlessly when mincing meat from my tests, and using a slice of bread or two after you have pushed in the last of the meat you are mincing, helps clear out the remaining meat tissues left inside. Handwashing is then a breeze. But be warned, the majority of bad reviews are down to user error, not the product being bad quality.Seriously, I took a quick look at the stars in the reviews and almost passed on by to an alternative product. Then, looking closer, I saw that the reviewers were lacking on the old IQ levels.The bad reviews noted were down to the fact the finish of this product was messed up after the owner put the metal components through their dishwasher. They clearly didn't read the manual and thought "Oh, look, that product is c**p", then left a bad review.The manual PDF on this page is available to download, and is also provided in the box; it specifically states "Don’t wash any part in the dishwasher".To those who left bad reviews due to a marred finish on the unit after you washed it in the dishwasher;- Take ownership for your mistakes, it is your fault you didn't read up on how to care for your new purchase- Stop bashing a company who did their best to instruct you on how to use their products, it is not their fault you chose not to read the manual they provided you!

I’m very pleased with this mincer, which fits easily to the slow speed outlet on my Chef Patissier XL. I hadn’t been entirely convinced about whether this would be an effective device – worrying that a mincer priced at around £50 might not be strong enough to grind meat effectively. I needn’t have worried: this has chomped its way easily through everything I have tried putting through it, including a fat-heavy mix of pork shoulder, bacon, and pork belly to make pork pie. Great to be able to mince at home, as this gives good control over what goes in to the mix – choice of meat, cut, and fat content. Build quality is sturdy, and although the parts don’t go through the dishwasher, this is fairly easy to clean as long as nothing is left to dry on.

It’s expensive, but easy to use.