I received a fantastic new meat grinder from my husband as a gift. I have made patty breakfast sausage before, but never anything else. This new gift gave me the opportunity to experiment and make rope sausage and brats.....but I had never done it. On chat with your staff, I learned what casings to buy and how to stuff them. Your website gave me great information about different seasonings to purchase and after I started using my machine and realized I needed a different size loading tube......you had exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for all your help! I'm having a lot of fun making these....and my husband is enjoying the results!!