The meat grinder in a commercial kitchen has an important role to play. The features in the grinder model you choose will have an impact on the quality of the dish. When choosing a grinder, you can select either an electric or manual machine. It all depends on the requirements of your restaurant.
You need to make sure that your kitchen is operating at peak efficiency.
When it comes to electric commercial meat grinders, they are able to process meat in a shorter time without a lot of effort. This is because of their powerful motors. If you have a busy commercial kitchen or you need to prioritise speed in your food operation, you have to handle more meat at a short time and this needs machines that prioritise efficiency. In manual meat grinders, as the term suggests, you need to put physical effort for the machine to function. This will generally have a manual crank and it can take a lot of time and effort to work with this. This can be quite overwhelming if you need to handle large quantities of meat. But for a small kitchen, this is perfectly acceptable. There are also businesses that focus on having a hands-on concept for their food. They prioritise in small scale operation and have a different business model. In this case, a manual grinder can work with your concept.
A grinder with electrical components will have higher speed
And can accommodate a bigger capacity. If you need to work with large volumes of ground meat on a daily basis, electric grinders can make the job much easier on your employees. You can look for a grinder that comes with adjustable settings for speed so that you can control the final outcome. This allows you to decide on the texture of the ground meat and the size of the ground chunks. As with anything, you will need to have some experimentation to ensure your ideal final product is achieved. As you need to put a lot of physical effort to crank the manual grinder, in some instances it will not be practical to use it. The electric motor that powers your electric meat grinder will boost its efficiency. This makes it a breeze to handle tough meat cuts. Manual intervention is greatly reduced with automation. In a manual grinder, the efficiency of the machine is decided by the strength of the operator. It will also be challenging to deal with sinewy or harder meat. This will make processing quite slow.
You have to clean both machines and in this case,
You can clean the manual grinder easily as this has a simple construction. You can disassemble the machine to clean it. There are more parts in an electrical grinder which means that maintenance can be quite complicated. You still need to clean these regularly so that there’s no cross contamination. You need to be especially careful when cleaning around the electrical parts and motor in an electrical grinder. Note that its performance will go down with poor maintenance. As expected, the electrical machine is more expensive so for lower initial cost, a manual grinder will be your best bet.
