I was worried this stuffer would be slow and under powered but was I ever wrong. I just stuffed 30 lbs. of brown -n-serve sausage as a trial run and was finished in about 5 minutes. No gasket blow-by or leakage and the motor was very quiet.I would recommend this unit to any serious home sausage maker.Fit and finish could be a little better but for the price this is a great machine.