I would hesitate to use that unit because it's made out of aluminum, and aluminum reacts with the acid in the tomatoes, so you'll be getting a dose of aluminum which is a contributing factor in Alzheimer's. I had the same unit, it works great,but I don't want the aluminum in my food so I made one just like it out of stainless steel and added a motor, it makes momma happy. Cabelas sells an attachment for their meat grinders that is made out of porcelain covered cast iron I think, it's a very nice unit,and makes great applesauce as well, 2 weeks ago we got together with some friends and made and canned over a thousand quarts of applesauce and pressed about 300 gal of cider. We used the Cabelas units for the sauce,and my bladder press for the cider.
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