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Much like a meat grinder, a sausage stuffer isn’t the easiest thing in the world to clean. You’ll want to be sure to inspect the cylinder, piston, and horns for pesky particulate that may be hiding. They tend to stick to welded seams, and in the threads where the locking rings screw on. The inside of your stuffing horns can also be a place where meat hides out. Investing in some tube brushes like the ones pictured in Figure 1-13 will serve you well.

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FIGURE 1-13: Tube brushes for cleaning stuffing horns.

The piston of your stuffer will have a rubber gasket around the outside. Remove the gasket, and clean it and the piston with soapy water before sanitizing it. You also want to remove the pressure release valve on your piston and clean the valve and the hole where it is fitted. Once the stuffer is cleaned and sanitized, make sure to lubricate the piston gasket with food-safe mineral oil. This will keep the rubber from drying out prematurely.