This is a huge time saver!! It's unbelievably fast. Plus, it's really easy to put it together and take it apart to clean. After having read horror stories about some of the other brands not being able to be cleaned easily or well, it was a huge relief to see for myself that this one is a piece of cake!!

I love the quality of the parts.They are nice and heavy like stainless steel should be, but not so heavy that it's cumbersome to move or clean. The holes on the two steel plates were uniform in size and shape. The blade is sharp enough to cut/grind tough cuts of beef or things like apples with ease. In fact, it makes a pretty amazing applesauce in no time at all, too!

Warning!! Even though in the description it claims it "Dishwasher Safe", according to a sticker applied to it and the owners manuel - IT IS NOT! That being said, it appears to be a well made attachment. I would buy it again, just a little disappointed with amazons description.

I bought this for chopping up meat scraps for my dogs. I just ground up an entire turkey carcass, which had been chopped up into about 1" chunks and boiled for several hours, and this thing performed great. We're talking leg bones and everything. The mixer bogged down occasionally (it's the most powerful Kitchenaid, so your mileage may vary), but overall did fine. No signs of wear on the feed screw or housing or blades or head.
Tip: feed some dry dog food through after to clean out the fat. It does get messy inside.
The only thing I don't like is the pusher is flimsy.
Get your meat COLD. They say don't freeze, but you want to be as close as possible because otherwise the fat turns to paste.
Before someone gets mad at me because their grinder wouldn't do whole bones: Remember I broke apart the bones and boiled the whole mess for a while.

Update: I liked it so much that I upgraded to the 797 ("three piece"), which is all stainless and has a solid pusher. It also has accessories that the 796 does not. Easily worth the extra $40, at least if you want to do much grinding at all. The 797 is basically a completely different grinder. With this one, I'm probably going to start making my own ground beef ...

Update #2: Knocked off a star because in the first grinding operation, I uncovered a weakness. The 797 is still an amazing grinder, and should be sold completely separately from the 796. However, CC didn't control the manufacturing quite right. The cone that goes inside the mixer is slightly bigger, so the grinder sits a little further out, and the dimple your set screw goes into is shallower and slightly closer to the body of the grinder. These add up to the set screw not seating comfortably in the dimple. The housing tends to wander around, and the screw loosens. They also use a screw-in post to align the grinder with the mixer. This becomes a problem because, when the set screw is loosening, the grinder uses the post to stop from turning with the motor. I didn't notice it happening until the end of my last grinding, and by that time the post had bent and the body of my mixer had gotten a little bent, too.

I contacted CC, and while they were very pleasant and helpful, the guys that really understand how these things work wouldn't talk to me. I ended up giving up and fixing it myself.

If you get one - and I still recommend it - peek inside the set screw hole to see where the dimple lines up. If the set screw at least makes it inside the dimple, you are okay. Tighten the set screw, and you'll notice it makes a dent in the grinder body. Keep putting the set screw in that dent, and keep tightening it as you use the grinder. The body of the grinder should not move at all while you are grinding; if it does, the set screw has backed out. Don't go crazy tightening it down, or you might distort the grinder body. Just make sure it stays tight.

Was not impressed. I chilled the meat and it stuck to the gears and wouldn't push out. I chilled the meat longer...same result. Hit the forums and asked questions only advice I received," chill the meat." I returned this item. Gonna buy a standalone grinder.

I made perfect sausage with this. I keep it my freezer and it fits nicely without taking up much space. I love the fact that I can make my own hormone free burgers, meatballs, and sausages. The first time I used this I accidentally put the blade on backwards and for the life of me could not figure out why it wasn't pumping out perfectly ground meat! Try to avoid using fatty cuts of meat as it tends to get wound up around the blade which is annoying when you have to clean it every five minutes. Or you could use it in freezing tempatures with no problems, as the fat will not melt and make a mess. Now I understand why butchers work in ice boxes!