Trespade Meat Mincer (0.8hp) No.22 – High-Performance Italian Meat Grinder

If you've outgrown your compact mincer but you're not ready for a full commercial unit  you're in the exact spot the Trespade No.22 was designed for.

This is the mincer for the operators in motion. The boutique butcher whose Saturday queue keeps getting longer. The smallgoods maker scaling from farmers' market into restaurant supply. The chef adding charcuterie to the menu. The serious home processor whose hobby has quietly become a side business.

The Trespade No.22 is Italian-made, cast-iron built, and engineered for the productive middle  160kg of clean grind per hour, a reverse switch that clears blockages without disassembly, and the build quality to run hard for years without complaint.

Manufactured in Italy by Trespade  a workshop building meat processing equipment since 1956  and stocked at our Capel Sound facility in Victoria for fast dispatch to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and every postcode in between.

Who This Mincer Is For

• Established boutique butchers with steady daily mince and sausage volume that's outgrown smaller equipment.
• Smallgoods producers in scaling phase  moving from farmers' market trade into restaurant supply, online retail and wholesale.
• Chef-owned restaurants running meaningful in-house mince, burger and charcuterie programs.
• Mid-volume game processors handling regular venison, kangaroo and wild boar work.
• Serious home processors whose hobby has gone semi-commercial  multiple cattle a year, regular sausage runs, side hustle gaining traction.

If you're under 30kg a day, the No.12 is right-sized. If you're consistently over 200kg a day, you need the No.32. The No.22 covers the vast productive middle  and that's where most growing Australian operations actually live.

Why Growing Operators Choose the Trespade No.22

The right-sized tool beats the over-sized tool  every time

Most operators stepping up from compact equipment assume they need more horsepower than they actually do. Then the volume math gets done and the No.22 turns out to be the right call by a comfortable margin.

0.8hp of genuine loaded torque. 160kg of consistent throughput per hour. Smooth, sustained operation through real working material  mixed cuts, tough trim, daily production runs. The kind of performance that disappears into your workflow because it simply doesn't make problems.

Reverse switch that saves your morning

Blockages are the silent productivity killer in any grinding operation. The No.22's built-in reverse switch lets you clear an obstruction in seconds  not minutes of disassembly with a queue of customers watching. Small feature on the spec sheet. Big feature in actual shift workflow.

Cast iron built to outlast your next growth phase

Tinned cast iron body and retaining ring. Stainless steel hopper, motor cover and base. Hardened stainless #22 cutting knife paired with a properly-machined 8mm stainless plate.

A well-maintained Trespade No.22 will run reliably through 5–10 years of growing-business use meaning it's still earning its keep when your operation is twice the size it is today. That's how a tool becomes an asset.

Safety-first feeding design

The food-grade plunger isn't a token addition  it's a real workflow safety feature. Keeps your hands clear of the worm at speed, makes loading rhythmic and efficient, and reduces the kind of small accidents that quietly cost operators days off the floor.

Compact enough for real Australian commercial spaces

At 40 × 50.5 × 24 cm and 18kg, the No.22 fits in real working footprints  tight Sydney CBD prep kitchens, narrow Melbourne laneway shops, shared production spaces in Brisbane and Perth, multi-purpose benches in Adelaide market operations. One person can move it for cleaning. It actually lives in the space you have.

Italian heritage, Australian backing

We import Trespade direct. Replacement plates, knives, augers and motor parts are sourced and supported from our Victoria HQ  not a multi-week wait from an overseas marketplace seller. For a growing operation, downtime is the most expensive line item on your books. Local parts and local support is what stops a broken plate from becoming a week-long crisis.

Hygiene-friendly disassembly

Tool-light breakdown, stainless contact surfaces, geometry designed to clean cleanly. Australian food safety standards aren't getting more relaxed  gear that supports your HACCP routine instead of fighting it saves hours per week across the year.

12-Month Manufacturer's Warranty

Backed by Trespade's factory warranty and supported locally by PSC Trading.

Technical Specifications

Please note: The No.22 is designed for domestic and light-commercial use. If your daily volume consistently exceeds 200kg, we recommend stepping up to the Trespade No.32 (1.5hp).

What's In the Box

• Trespade No.22 Mincer (motor + cast iron mincing body)
• Stainless steel hopper
• Stainless steel motor cover and base
• Stainless steel #22 mincing knife
• 8mm stainless hole plate
• Food-grade plastic plunger
• Trespade factory documentation & warranty card

The Growth-Stage Buying Decision

Every month, we have a version of the same conversation with someone scaling up:

"I'm growing fast, so should I just go straight to the No.32  future-proof, right?"

Sometimes that's the right call. Often, it's not. Here's the strategist-honest math:

1. Capital tied up in over-capacity is capital you can't deploy elsewhere  into inventory, marketing, hiring or the equipment that actually unlocks revenue right now.
2. The right-sized tool runs faster than the over-sized tool for the volume you're actually doing. Bigger isn't faster. It's just bigger.
3. A well-used No.22 holds resale value when you eventually outgrow it  that secondary-market recovery offsets the cost of the eventual upgrade.
4. The No.22 sits in a footprint that fits real Australian commercial kitchens. Bigger units don't.

The play for most growing operations: buy the No.22 now, run it hard for 3–5 years, graduate to the No.32 when your volume genuinely demands it. Cleaner cash flow, better performance against current volume, and the right tool for where you actually are.

Why Australians Buy from PSC Trading

We're not a marketplace reseller. We're an Australian-owned manufacturer and distributor based in Capel Sound, Victoria, supplying the country's butchers, processors, chefs and serious meat-makers since 2013.

When you buy the Trespade No.22 from us, you get:

• ✅ Direct-import Italian stock, held in Australia
• ✅ Genuine local parts and service support
• ✅ Fast dispatch to all major cities  Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide
• ✅ Phone, email and DM support from a real team that knows the product
• ✅ Honest advice on whether the No.22 is right-sized for where your operation is right now

Ready to Step Up to the Right-Sized Mincer?

The No.22 is consistently the most-asked-about size in the Trespade range  and the one we ship most often to growing Australian operations. Stock moves steadily, so the right time to act is before you need it on Monday morning.

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Not sure whether the No.12, No.22 or No.32 fits where your operation is right now? Tell us your weekly volume, material and growth trajectory we'll give you a straight answer, not a sales pitch.

Italian engineering. Australian-supplied. Built for the operators who are scaling up  and want a mincer that grows with them.