I have the one hp Weston with reverse. Only used reverse once in the few months we've had it but handy to know it is there.
Freezer is thinning out from last Fall/Winter crops and bulk cooking. Time for another grind session. We do burgers first, then lamb for sausage, (the skinny miguerez style)sp
then the pork mix for a spicy Italian, then the whole thighs with the bones for the pups food. I run a carrot through between each meat type.
What used to take a couple hours is now a 20 min process.
We have a welded steel frame, counter height, with an upper shelf, on the deck just outside the kitchen
but the stainless with built in backlash would be dreamy. I passed up some free lab slate a few year ago but passed since things seem to fall in our laps like you and storage is alway an issue. Not to mention the weight.
Envious of your workspace and its well planned 'tidiness'. Always a struggle finding room for things. We must have a dozen staple guns somewhere because if we can't find one we just go buy another...
