An incredibly simple tip, thanks to which your meat grinder will serve for a very long time without sharpening the knives. It is enough to follow the simplest rule when reassembling the meat grinder, which will save the cutting edges of the knives from becoming dull.
To prevent meat grinder knives from becoming dull for a long time
Let's start with the fact that the new meat grinder knives have a perfectly flat surface and fit together in the best way. During the period of grinding meat, there is a minimum gap between the knives, through which the product does not fall and the meat is cut with sharp edges with minimal effort.
When the product is twisted, you disassemble and wash the parts of the meat grinder as usual.
And now you should pay attention that even after one time, wear appears on the mesh knife. Here's the outside:
And here is the inner one, which was in contact with the cross-shaped knife. And traces of friction and wear are clearly visible on it.
The main advice is this: the mesh knife should not be turned over during its entire operation until re-sharpening.
That is, after washing, you must put the mesh knife back, also with the wiped side facing the cross-shaped knife. It is important!
The fact is that during the work process, wear appears on both knives, not uniformly, but on both surfaces of the knives. As a result, the knives are well ground to each other, despite the unevenness between their planes.
And if you suddenly accidentally turn the mesh over with the new side facing the cross-knife, then their surfaces will no longer touch as much as they should, due to the fact that the cross-shaped knife has a wave-like groove, the pattern of which corresponds only to the worked-out side of the mesh-knife.
As a result, meat will begin to get into this gap, as a result of which it will not be cut, but will tear, which will lead to dulling of the knives.
Here is a simple tip that will save your knives and extend their working time until the next sharpening.
