Almost all home electric meat grinders are imported, but a few American makers still build grinders: a Pennsylvania company's cast iron hand-crank grinders, descended from the Enterprise line of the 1800s, and three commercial makers in Ohio and New Hampshire that build bench grinders and mixer-grinders for butcher shops, supermarkets and meat processors.
A hand-crank grinder is mostly its cast iron body and auger; an electric grinder's motor and gearbox are a large share of its value. Each listing is rated for the company's most American-made grinders and names what is known to come from elsewhere.
Ranked by Made in USA level, highest first; ties are in alphabetical order. The level measures how much is made in the USA, not product quality. How the levels work
Biro Manufacturing makes power meat processing machines in stainless steel, including bench meat grinders, automatic-feed mixer-grinders, meat saws, tenderizers, vacuum tumblers and horizontal slicers, for butcher shops, supermarkets and meat processors. Carl G. Biro Sr., a Hungarian immigrant, founded the company in an old church in the early 1920s; it is based in Marblehead, Ohio.
Biro's home page: "The BIRO Manufacturing Company established in 1921, is an Ohio, USA corporation," which "designs, manufactures, and markets" stainless steel food and meat processing machines. Its export agent says "Biro Products are proudly made in the USA," except that "Slicers are custom made for Biro in Italy."
Biro's 2025 job postings at Marblehead describe factory work including assembly, drilling, tapping, steel cutting and welding. Biro doesn't say where its grinder motors, gear reducers and cast bowls and augers are made.
Production history: started in an old church in the early 1920s and later moved to its own factory, now its Marblehead headquarters at 1114 West Main Street; still hiring factory workers there in April and December 2025. No sale found.
Our rough estimate: motors, gear drives and castings of unknown origin are about 25–45% of a grinder's value.
Level 4 for its bench meat grinders and mixer-grinders: Biro designs and manufactures its meat grinders at its Marblehead, Ohio factory; it doesn't say where their motors and castings come from.
Chop-Rite Two makes hand-crank cast iron kitchen tools, including clamp-down #5 and #10 and bolt-down #12, #22 and #32 meat grinders, sausage stuffers, food choppers and the #27 Health Juice Extractor, with parts that fit older Enterprise grinders. The line descends from the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, which began making meat grinders in the late 1800s.
Chop-Rite's grinder page: "This model is made from cast iron in the U.S.A.," and every page carries "MADE IN THE U.S.A." Lehman's describes the box as marked "Made in U.S.A." and the grinders as "Continuously produced in the USA for generations."
Chop-Rite doesn't name the foundry that casts its bodies and augers or say where its knives and plates are made. Its office is in Harleysville, Pennsylvania; AllAmerican.org (January 2026) lists manufacturing in Pennsylvania.
Production history: descended from Enterprise Manufacturing of Philadelphia, later Chop-Rite Manufacturing; Chop-Rite Two, a very small company of 1–10 people, has sold the line for decades. In November 2026 most Chop-Rite grinders were sold out at Lehman's, though Target (sold by Lehman's) had the #12 in stock.
Our rough estimate: if its castings are domestic as claimed, imported content is about 0–15% (knives, plates and hardware at most).
Level 4 for its cast iron hand-crank meat grinders: Chop-Rite says its cast iron grinders are made in the U.S.A. in Pennsylvania; it doesn't name its foundry.
Hobart makes commercial food equipment, including MG1532 and MG2032 mixer-grinders and meat choppers for supermarket meat rooms and butcher shops, along with Legacy+ mixers, slicers, dishwashers and scales. Founded in Troy, Ohio in 1897, it has been part of Illinois Tool Works since 1999.
Hobart's mixer-grinder page and 2025 spec sheets carry no made-in wording. WebstaurantStore lists both the MG1532 and MG2032 as "made in the United States of America."
Hobart's 2025 job postings describe its Food Machines division in Hillsboro, Ohio assembling and testing electronic and mechanical assemblies, but Hobart doesn't say which plant builds the mixer-grinders or where their two motors and gear reducers are made. Hobart also has plants in Canada, Brazil, China and Europe.
Production history: based in Troy since 1897 and part of ITW since 1999; the MG2032 has been documented with a Troy address since at least 2016. No move of mixer-grinder production found.
Our rough estimate: motors, gear reducers and controls of unknown origin are about 30–45% of a mixer-grinder's value.
Level 4 for its MG1532 and MG2032 mixer-grinders: Dealers list Hobart's mixer-grinders as made in the USA and Hobart assembles food machines in Hillsboro, Ohio; Hobart itself doesn't state where they are built or where their motors come from.
Univex makes commercial food preparation equipment, including the MG22 and MG8912 bench meat grinders and the MG32 floor grinder for butcher shops, supermarkets and restaurants, along with planetary mixers, slicers and dough rollers. Founded in 1948, it is based in Salem, New Hampshire.
Univex's MG22 spec sheets (2009 and January 2017) and its MG8912 spec sheet (January 2017) read "MADE IN THE USA" with its Salem, New Hampshire address, and WebstaurantStore lists both as made in the United States. Its MG32 floor grinder spec carries no origin line.
The MG22 has a steel drive housing, stainless cover and aluminum grinder housing. Univex doesn't say where the 1 hp gear motor is made; its export agent says its products are made in the United States and Italy.
Production history: at 3 Old Rockingham Road in Salem since at least 2003; still printing "MADE IN THE USA" on its Salem spec sheets in 2024; no sale or move found.
Our rough estimate: the gear motor and controls, of unknown origin, are about 20–35% of a grinder's value.
Level 4 for its MG22 and MG8912 meat grinders: Univex marks its MG22 and MG8912 grinders made in the USA at Salem, New Hampshire; it doesn't say where their gear motors come from.
Most home and hunting grinders are imported, including many sold by American brands. The electric grinders here are commercial machines.
Look for the label, not the address. Univex prints "Made in the USA" on its grinder spec sheets; Hobart lists no origin on its own pages, though dealers list its mixer-grinders as made in the USA.
Not every product a maker sells is made here. Biro builds its grinders in Ohio but has its slicers made in Italy.
Each listing's research notes show what was checked and when, including our rough estimate of how much of the value is imported. Ratings are rechecked as companies answer.
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