KitchenAid SSA Sausage Stuffer Kit Attachment for Food Grinder

This attachment beats a hand-crank grinder and extruder easily. And because it attaches to the mixer itself, I've found it far more stable and easy to access than the grinder-extruder combinations that mount to the countertop. With precious little in terms of countertop space, the mixer takes up more room, but the ease of use more than makes up for that. In combination with the food grinder, I can process an entire deer's worth of meat in an evening with this attachment.

Meat sausage isn't the only thing you can process with this fine attachment. Fruit sausages work equally well and the opening in the extruder is wide enough even for larger items. For the more creative among us, you can use the extruder to fill things like balloons and other awkward items much more easily than with a funnel and an extra pair of hands. You'd be surprised at exactly how many things you'll find you can use this attachment for.

The cleanup of this attachment is a breeze. Nothing sticks to the plastic and soapy hot water makes short work of a dishwashing task that would otherwise be onerous on the hand-crank machines. Better yet, throw it in the dishwasher. For the work I've put mine through, this attachment paid for itself based on ease of use alone before I was done with my first batch of sausage.


A good attachment, but you need the grinder, too   July 19, 2002
Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA)
34 out of 45 found this review helpful

I was disappointed that the Kitchen Aid grinder attachment didn't include this part as a standard piece. I mean, if you are grinding meat, chances are, you might want to make sausage, eh? This is merely a plastic nozzle that goes onto the grinder. If you don't own a grinder, you need to purchase that as well, so don't be fooled. And I think it is a bit pricey. Hence the three stars.

As far as operation, this works fine, so does the grinder. Overall, the Kitchen Aid attachments, though clunky in some respects, make good use of that powerful motor and keep down the gadget sprawl in the kitchen cupboards and drawers.


Homemade sausage made easy!   June 27, 2000
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

If you have a Kitchenaid mixer with the food grinder attachment, this sausage maker attachment is a neccesity! It is very easy to attach to the grinder. Get some casings from your supermarket butcher department, slip them onto the sausage tube, put the meat mixture in the grinder and turn it on. Sausage comes out of the tube with ease. It never sticks. Just slide the casings off as the meat extrudes. Twist the casing to size the sausages. There is nothing easier. Beats a hand grinder sausage extruder. Get this!


Cost ratio excellent   October 26, 2000
J. Rockwell (Moreno Valley, CA United States)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful

I wouldn't say this is the fastest extruder around, but then I do 20-30 lbs of sausage at a time (for smoking). I would much rather own a professional-grade extruder, but those cost anywhere from $...and that's just startin' out. This attachment is well worth the few bucks if you've got the meat grinder already. In the services these inexpensive attachments have provided me, my Kitchen Aid mixer has paid for itself over and over and over again.


Easier with the right info   December 14, 2005
cooksalot (Carlsbad, CA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

Sausage making is an artform. It can be difficult to get the hang of, but with the right info you can make wonderful, fresh sausage and feel good about the ingredients inside. This sausage attachment works pretty well. The hopper is a little small, but unless you are making a ton at a time, it's not a deal breaker. It's important to keep the meat really cold throughout the process though or the fat will melt and could hurt your mixer engine. I picked up The Mixer Bible which has about 35 sausage recipes along with 300 other recipes for the mixer and it's other attachments. I really like the book and it walks you through the ins and outs of working with all the attachments.