Univex 1000729 Grinder Plate, 3/8" Holes, Fits #22 Head

Part 1000729 opens a #22 head to 3/8", the coarsest of the three #22 bores we carry. Like every #22 plate other than the 3/16", it is an accessory and not the one the machine is built with.

Where it fits

A #22 plate fits the MG22 countertop meat grinder. Plate sizes are not interchangeable between heads: a #22 plate will not seat in a head of another size, and Univex catalogues the two families under separate part numbers for that reason.

Choosing the hole size

On a head this size, a 3/8" plate is about getting a lot of meat broken down quickly and cold. The holes offer little resistance, so the auger is not working against the plate face, and the product leaves the head at close to the temperature it went in — which is the whole argument for a coarse first pass in any serious charcuterie work. Used on its own it gives the open, chunky texture of a rustic sausage or a coarse ground chuck.

It is worth seeing where this bore sits against the #12 family. A 3/8" plate exists for both heads, but on a #22 it passes far more product per turn, because the head and the auger are bigger. A coarse plate on the larger head is a different proposition from the same hole size on a #12, and that difference is why a #22 gets bought at all.

Specifications

Ordering notes

Optional plate for the #22 head. Univex also catalogues 1/8" and 1/2" plates for it, which we do not currently stock.

Univex publishes a part number, a hole size and the head size for each grind plate, and no material specification. If the material matters for your application, ask us and we will get it from the factory in writing.

Knives are separate part numbers — 1000506 for the #12 head and 1000725 for the #22 — and a knife is not supplied with a plate. A plate and knife work as a pair against each other, so a new plate run against a worn knife will not cut cleanly however sharp the plate is.

Certification

Univex publishes no NSF, UL, cETLus, ETL or CSA mark for this model. We list what the manufacturer documents and nothing more.

Specifications per Univex data; subject to change by the manufacturer.