What a nightmare. I wanted to love this so much. And then I used it. What a disaster... There is a major issue of air suction/vacuum with the tamper, and there is no gravity helping you whatsoever. The auger doesn't want to catch the meat at all unless you are constantly pushing down hard with the tamper... I would have been better off just sticking the meat in a pastry bag and squeezing it into the casing - at least then I wouldn't have to keep fighting the meat coming back out or getting stuck to the tamper. Absolute flop. The only upside is that it was pretty easy to clean.

It took my husband and I 2-3 hours to stuff just under 5 lbs worth of sausage, and that was through sheer determination.