I have a 3/4 horse cabelas grinder that stuffs casings as well. I have no complaints. I like the power it has to grind anything I put into it, the cleanup is a snap, the attachments let me do whatever I want, and it's worked flawlessly for 6 years. Last year it ground 1850 lbs of meat and then stuffed about 1500 of that again after the spices were mixed. It does it's job!!! The only thing I didn't like was the safety deal they put over the feed hole on the tray. Glad that thing finally broke off as it would give me at least one good gouge every year. Now I guess I'm less safe, but if you keep your fingers out of the feed hole, you have nothing to worry about. I had a 1/2 horse and it didn't have the power to grind the amount of frozen or half frozen meat I process every year. It would overheat and hold everything up. I've used a separate stuffer a couple times, but that seemed to just add to the time, cleaning, and waste as you never get all the meat out of any piece of equipment. Go as big as you can afford. POWER equals HAPPINESS!! Have Fun!!!