No sooner did the grinder arrive that I had it out of the box, washed down, and put into use to grind up 10 pounds of Boston Butt to make sausage.  The grinding went quickly and so did the sausage stuffing.  All of the equipment, not including the sausage stuffing nozzles, was made of heavy, quality, stainless steel.  Cleanup was a snap.  I couldn't have been happier with this grinder.