I used to have a stand alone meat grinder and it was amazing, but took up more space. When I downsized, I got rid of my mixer and the stand alone grinder. Now that I have a larger place I bought the Cuisinart mixer and decided to get the meat attachment, too. For my purposes it works fine. It is easy to use. The attachment can also make sausages if you buy the casing, but I have not tried that yet. I was so happy to be able to grind my own meat since pre ground supermarket meat can be questionable: how long it’s in the case; did someone leave it on a counter and then it was returned to the meat dept.? Chuck steak is perfect since it has a lot of fat. It used to be a really cheap cut of steak but I was shocked to see how even that cuts’ prices have risen so much with the current inflation. All in all, it was a good purchase, and very easy to clean and store.