Ive decided against a rm boilie crusher, instead Im going to buy a secondhand food processor but dont know which ones are better than the other, what are you using? Thanks and have a safe, healthy, prosperous & happy 2021 
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I'd just look on F/B Marketplace, I've seen Kenwood ones for £5
I'd just look on F/B Marketplace, I've seen Kenwood ones for £5
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Hi oatcake Fred, thanks for your suggestion, I know I can look on facebook or any auction site but I dont know which ones are strong enough to chop boilies,as they are all very different with different power, they can vary from 200watts onwards, Im not sure how powerful a processor is needed to chop/crumb, and maybe even help to put a basemix/groundbait together.
Hi oatcake Fred, thanks for your suggestion, I know I can look on facebook or any auction site but I dont know which ones are strong enough to chop boilies,as they are all very different with different power, they can vary from 200watts onwards, Im not sure how powerful a processor is needed to chop/crumb, and maybe even help to put a basemix/groundbait together.
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Bloody he'll your worried about a fiver? Buy buy buy until they break at that price surely
Bloody he'll your worried about a fiver? Buy buy buy until they break at that price surely
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My Kitchenaids fine for both chopping and mixing, but you could buy 85 cheap ones from eBay lol.
Chopping baits shouldn't be a problem, only if your trying to mix a couple of kg of bait at a time, thats where you need more torque (rather than power) but not sure they quote torque...
My Kitchenaids fine for both chopping and mixing, but you could buy 85 cheap ones from eBay lol.
Chopping baits shouldn't be a problem, only if your trying to mix a couple of kg of bait at a time, thats where you need more torque (rather than power) but not sure they quote torque...
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Thanks for your advice, however Id prefer to pay more for something that lasts and dosent need to be thrown away after being used only a couple of times.
Thanks for your advice, however Id prefer to pay more for something that lasts and dosent need to be thrown away after being used only a couple of times.
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. . .If its a blender your after (crushing baits to crumb / bits only) I bought one very similar to this in the spring last year to crumb a load of excess frozen / airdried boilie I had in the freezer - (mine was a little cheaper as it had a plastic rather than glass jug)
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8885636?clickSR=slp:term:food%20blender:183:314:2
Cheap and cheerful but did the job fine. I rehydrated 5kg of the airdried over a couple of days before blitzing - this was a mild pain as some were harder than others so needed removing from the crumb and re-blitzing but all in took about 45mins to do 5kg. You cannot 'fill' the whole 1.5l and need to blitz and empty about a third capacity at a time . . .
Frozen that were straight defrosted were a lot quicker and were blitzed within a few hours of removing from the freezer.
. . .If its a blender your after (crushing baits to crumb / bits only) I bought one very similar to this in the spring last year to crumb a load of excess frozen / airdried boilie I had in the freezer - (mine was a little cheaper as it had a plastic rather than glass jug)
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8885636?clickSR=slp:term:food%20blender:183:314:2
Cheap and cheerful but did the job fine. I rehydrated 5kg of the airdried over a couple of days before blitzing - this was a mild pain as some were harder than others so needed removing from the crumb and re-blitzing but all in took about 45mins to do 5kg. You cannot 'fill' the whole 1.5l and need to blitz and empty about a third capacity at a time . . .
Frozen that were straight defrosted were a lot quicker and were blitzed within a few hours of removing from the freezer.
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I have used similar to grind up dry tigers (5-10kg at a time)...it worked fine if, as you say, you only fill to about 1/3rd full each time
I have used similar to grind up dry tigers (5-10kg at a time)...it worked fine if, as you say, you only fill to about 1/3rd full each time
Cautionary tale. I have a large, powerful old Kenwood chef in my carp shack. I use it for boilie crumb. Had a large blender attachment. Crumbling some very hard air dried boilies. It went off like a hand grenade when it shattered. Good job I had my glasses on, some of the bigger bits stung. Replacement now wound with duct tape. Took an age to clear up.
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Dont forget to blend bombay mix ☺
Dont forget to blend bombay mix ☺
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Eh! What am oi mizzin yer moi yew. Ti's not a cocktail oim mekkin. Bumboy mix? Oi dunno.
Eh! What am oi mizzin yer moi yew. Ti's not a cocktail oim mekkin. Bumboy mix? Oi dunno.
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Thanks guys, appreciate all your help.
Thanks guys, appreciate all your help.
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I still like my Cuisiniart Mini-Prep for making hummus. Exactly fits my recipe that uses 1 can of garbanzo beans and everything else. Can't do that with a Chef's knife. Super easy to clean. I love the Ninja for making smoothies, but apparently I don't own it as my son has taken it over. He takes it with him when he goes to his dad's since his dad doesn't have a blender of any kind. ...I miss my stick blender.
However, I don't bother measuring pulses/legumes before cooking as I will freeze small batches in ziplock bags. I tend to cook a whole bag of dried pulses as it works out cheaper to batch cook.
Perhaps this list of food processor may prove helpful for those who like to have exact features for food processor
I still like my Cuisiniart Mini-Prep for making hummus. Exactly fits my recipe that uses 1 can of garbanzo beans and everything else. Can't do that with a Chef's knife. Super easy to clean. I love the Ninja for making smoothies, but apparently I don't own it as my son has taken it over. He takes it with him when he goes to his dad's since his dad doesn't have a blender of any kind. ...I miss my stick blender.
However, I don't bother measuring pulses/legumes before cooking as I will freeze small batches in ziplock bags. I tend to cook a whole bag of dried pulses as it works out cheaper to batch cook.
Perhaps this list of food processor may prove helpful for those who like to have exact features for food processor