When I saw this meat grinder listed for less than $60, I couldn't say, "No." I have been grinding small batches of sausage meats using my KitchenAid stand mixer. It does a good job, but it takes 20 minutes or longer to grind 5-6 pounds of meat. When this grinder arrived (there was an unexplained shipping delay), I ground a 7-lb batch of meat in about 3 minutes (the meat tray holds about 3 pounds at one time), and about 15 minutes later, I had 25 sausages stuffed, linked, and in the freezer. I'm not terribly impressed with the stomper which is a two-piece item made of plastic -- I may replace it with a wooden one -- but I haven't found it necessary to use it if the meat is cut into appropriately sized chunks (the chute is almost 2" in diameter) . . . meat feeds just fine by itself, and it crushes ice cubes with ease to clear the last bits of meat from the grinder. The parts are all quality stainless steel (but should only be hand washed with mild detergent). It does come with one sausage stuffing tube for 32-36mm casings, but I have a sausage stuffing machine with multiple sized tubes which works better.
One thing I discovered while grinding is that the retaining ring that holds the grinding plates cannot be tighted too much . . . the auger will bind up if too much pressure builds up behind the plate (this is especially true when the thickness of the plate extends beyond the end of the grinder body.
In all, this was a pheonomenal purchase, and it's a great "little" grinder (it's not a toy, it weighs about 40 pounds). Takes all standard #12 knives as well as grinder plates with a locating notch -- mine came with #6 and #8 plates, I have added #10 and #4.5 plates I purchased on eBay and Amazon.com. I also purchased an inexpensive foot switch on Amazon.com so I don't have to touch the on-off-reverse switch with contaminated gloves while grinding meat.
The motor does require lubricating oil (it comes properly filled) but the User Manual does not address this at all. Customer Support replied to use "diesel oil" but did not state how much was needed to fill or how often, which isn't terribly helpful.