Powerful! This thing will do chicken bone like a champ. I blew through 2 whole chickens that I cut up in pieces and wow... That's all I can say. Have all your meat and whatever prepped because you will be able to fly through it all very quickly.Agree with the cleaning downside... 6 small bolts have to be removed to clean.Please be careful and use the meat pusher thing to get your grind on. It's super powerful. Love this thing!