You can also get after-market grinder plates with different hole sizes than the stock ones. I bought one with larger holes for doing the initial grind for making hamburger. Here's one source, although I think I got mine for a bit less somewhere else. And Amazon has a set that includes a new cutter blade, too.
http://meat-xtras.com/pages/gr...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CG47SX0/
