Butcher Buddy is a small company from River Heads in QLD that manufactures a water powered sausage filler for the small and home butcher. The first machine was made in 2014. During this time, I had a Small Goods Business and used a commercial sausage filler to stuff my sausages and decided to design a smaller and more affordable filler that could be used by farmers, small and home butchers. My aim was to design a machine that would be durable, easy to operate, hygienic, easy to store and easy to clean.

Food standards Australia approved. Manufactured from food grade stainless and 6061 T5 aluminium. Low maintenance and easy to use from a professional to a home user. Quick release camlock lid for fast reload of meat. All components in contact with meat made with food grade materials. Connect to any household water tap and hosepipe, using your standard household water pressure. Just connect an extra outlet pipe to the barb fitting supplied to an adequate drain. Supplied with 2 sizes stainless nozzles. Make your own sausages, salami, cabanosi etc from home. One man operation. No need for someone to help cranking the handle or feeding the casings.

The first Butcher Buddy water powered sausage filler was built from a food grade PVC pipe with an aluminium lid and legs and using some stainless-steel fittings. This turned out to be an expensive exercise and did not work well. The second-generation machine was built from aluminium and quickly became popular but I was not happy with the appearance of the machine. Stainless steel was my next option as quality is what I also envisioned. Positive feedback was the result and then a foot control, which improved the control of the fill, followed. This filler could be operated with a foot control with both hands free to hold and feed your favourite meat filling into the casing. Every component was designed in such a way that there would be minimum wastage. The meat left over in the elbow and nozzle could be used to make a couple of patties. The plunger was designed to be in separate pieces for easy cleaning.