I am wondering how well this works as a food processor. Can you "grind" chicken and nuts with this?
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Yes, we have turned chicken, steak, etc...into a liquid for our baby. I have never tried nuts but I am sure it would work.
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yes! this works great as a food processor. I've made chicken salad and grinded other foods with no problem
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we have used ours to grind nuts and coffee without any problems, i'm a vegetarian myself so i cant tell ya about the meat for sure but i figure if coffee goes through softer things should as well :)
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I haven't tried to grind chicken, but it works very well for grinding nuts. I love this blender.
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Well, I think that depends on how fine you want them. This will do very fine. I use a mini Cuinart depending on how fine I want nuts. Finish with something else for coarser nut pieces unless a regular nut (manual) grinder will work. Never done chicken. I would coarse grind with my Kidtchenaid.
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No. You'll want to get a food processor for that function. If you tried to dice and chop with this you'd just end up with pulverized mush.
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I do not think this machine is really suited to this purpose. It grinds, but perhaps not for what you are expecting. Personally I use an attachment to my Kitchen Aid Mixer for any grinding of raw meat.
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I purchase this particular version because it has the air cool feature and I hate it when an appliance overheats and you have to wait until things cool down to continue. I have found this particular model to be very effective. It's best to partially freeze the chicken before grinding. You will have less risk of contamination and the chicken will move through the grinder much easier. Good luck!
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This grinder is for dry grains and such. Not meant for wet or oily foods like nuts or peanuts. The best peanut butter I've had came out of a typical kitchen food processor. Roast your peanuts, toss in a food processor, set on high... let it go until you get the consistency you want, add salt. Done.
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I don't typically make nut butters, but I can't imagine why this food processor couldn't handle the job. It performs just as well as any other (heavier and more expensive) food processor I've ever owned.
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I also grind nuts into flour and nut butter but I prefer my Blentec blender for this job because of the HP. This does can do this job as well but it will probably burn out it used for long periods of time.
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I use it only for chopping vegetables. I would avoid it for nuts as the body is plastic...
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I'd say many or most grinders can grind chicken & rabbit bones with meat. I do so for making cat food. This one should do. I've talked to people that say they grind chicken bones very well even tho the instructions advise against it. Turkey bones is harder to do, and forget beef bones unless you have a big expensive unit.
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I used the bread maker to mix mine, so I can't see why you could do the same with a food processor. :)
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No. This is more for rough chopping ( like home made salsa or pesto) or mixing/ whipping softer items like avacado or eggs. The manual blade spinner cannot process hard items as chick peas or almonds into a paste.
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Hi Gerald, This Ninja model was not intended for grinding grain. However, I have ground raw and soaked cashews with it. It works, but takes a long time or in the case of the soaked nuts, does not get smooth enough for a raw cheesecake crust. I had to switch the nuts to the VitaMix to finish the job. The Ninja is great for small jobs, or tough frozen ones, but I won't be grinding grains or nuts in it anymore. I would suggest a separate mill, if you are doing a lot of grinding, or invest in the VitaMix or BlendTec with the grain pitchers.
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I have used it for years to grind chicken thighs with bones to make raw cat food. Does not work for bones larger than that though.
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Hello, I primarily use it to grind chicken breasts, which grind into a nice, clean, burger consistency (has 2 sizes of dies for meat). The product works surprisingly well, is well made and solid, easy to clean, doesn't feel like "cheap" plastic. I just feed the chicken breasts into the hopper (big enough to accept full size breasts), and turn the handle, and it does its thing, hard to believe how much ground meat a single breast makes, you can have pounds of fresh ground chicken in no time. Great buy. Hope this helps.
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It does normal food prep well. I have chopped garlic, onions, shallots, and lots of fruits . I have not tried nuts but I think it does as well as any other processor I have used. I think the key to chopping is timing.
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Yes, it can grind chicken breast if cut in cubes. I have tried that once few days ago.
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I love my "grinder" & use it for a lot of things but never for bones, it was not made for that job. I have made mincemeat and cranberry sauce that is healthier then store-bought. each piece is uniform and same size last year, I was given a turkey. I stripped the meat off the bones and ground it. it was good but not a job that I will do again.