KitchenAid Food Grinder Attachment: SOLUTION #2

The following solution is an improvement from the rough solution I had in the previous post. There is still the problem of having to hold the cap in place. Perhaps there is another solution. I found that after a little bit of time, the napkin in Solution #1, would actually stay in place without my holding it. Might there be a way to use both the napkin and the cap idea to keep the two in place as well as not have napkin bits falling into the meat?


This solution was by D. Collingridge  who posted the following on Amazon.com. His rating for the FGA was 2 stars. The image below is also from D. Collingridge. 

Feb. 2010 Update: I bought another grinder with the hope that it will not have this problem. Unfortunately it does. Anyway, I decided to keep this grinder because I came up with a quick fix to the problem. I take a cap from a marker (an ordinary felt marker) and press the open end of the marker over the center of the plate where the spinning center bolt protrudes. The open end of the marker catches all the dirt that falls from the spinning protruding bolt, and from what I've seen, none of it gets into the beef. Make sure you wash the cap before using. I wash and reuse the same cap from a discarded marker.