We bought this for my father in law. Our family makes a ton of smoked sausages each year, and our father in law is the expert. He_ quite picky and always wants the best of the best that_ out there. This product exceeded even his high standards and expectations.It saves so much time in the sausage making process, the electric foot-petal allows one person to do it all. Before we had to crank the old machine and two people had to be involved. It was exhausting when making in bulk.Will purchase from this brand again for sure.