It was not until the early nineteenth century that wood, tin, and pewter cylinders with wooden plunger pushers became common.
In Germany, meat grinder was invented by Karl Drais (full name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbron), who lived in 19th century. He was a forest official by education and profession, but also had an outstanding acumen for mechanics and machinery construction. In 1842 the first meat grinder, called the Universal was patented in the United States
The earliest form of the meat grinder was hand-cranked and forced meat into a metal plate that had several small holes, resulting in long, thin strands of meat.
E. Wade received Patent Number x5348 on January 26, 1829 for what may be the first patented “Meat Cutter.” The patent shows choppers moving up and down onto a rotating block. G.A. Coffman of Virginia improves on Wade’s invention, receiving a patent 16 years later for his meat-grinding apparatus. He received Patent Number 3935 on February 28, 1845 for an “Improvement in Machines for Cutting Sausage-Meat” using a spiral feeder and rotating knives something like a modern food grinder.
Current models of electric meat grinders have different attachments, such as sausage, kebbe, and juicing attachments which have really broadened the way meat grinders are used.
History and invention of meat choppers
