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If you don’t have the luxury of shopping for equipment locally, then you can still get that in-store feel by shopping online; however, you have to know what you are looking for! A quick Google search for meat grinders or sausage stuffers will bring you a litany of options and may actually seem overwhelming. Buying new equipment with which you have very little experience can be daunting. It can be hard to know how to balance the desire for a low price with the need for high quality. The old adage, “You get what you pay for,” really applies when shopping for meat processing equipment. You can buy almost anything on Amazon.com, but the problem with large sites like Amazon is that it can be hard to sift through the junk.

Keep in mind that when shopping for your equipment, especially the higher-dollar items, you want to buy from an online retailer who will stand by their products and provide quality customer service. Following are some sites that I often frequent.

 Sausagemaker.com: This is a family-run business located in Buffalo, New York. They have everything you need to get the job done and then some on top of that! The Sausage Maker provides some of the best customer service in the business. If you get a faulty product, or something doesn’t hold up as advertised, then they will solve the problem and take care of you. Figure 1-14 shows the homepage of their website.

 Butcher-packer.com: Located in Madison Heights, Michigan, Butcher and Packer has all the equipment you could need. Their costs are also in line with those of their competitors, and they stand by their products. However, they don’t have quite the product options of sausagemaker.com.

 Waltonsinc.com: Walton’s is another Midwestern family-owned business. They have a large selection of products, and they provide great customer service.

Source: Sausagemaker.com

FIGURE 1-14: Sausagemaker.com homepage.