Electric Grain Mill - High Speed Wheat, Corn, Grain Grinder, Flour Mill - Assembled in the USA - Stainless Steel Milling Chamber

I bought this mill with some hesitation over the price - would it work? Happily the answer is yes. Here are a few pieces of advice.Getting the cup attached to the bottom part of the mill (not the plastic container for catching the flour) requires that you get it just right with the little tab on the tab not quite lined up with the edge of the mill itself. I tried a few minor adjustments this direction and that, and when I found the sweet spot I used a fine point magic marker to mark along the edge of the cup and onto the mill. Now each time I mill I can easily attach the cup in just the right spot. This may not be as important for wheat, but it made the difference between being able to mill the corn or having nothing happen except a lot of noise.Regarding the instructions saying not to use the mill outside, I would look for a protected outdoor spot because the mill does gently puff flour. I mill on my covered back porch when it is clear and dry outside - then it's fun to watch a breeze carry the flour puffs up and away instead of fretting about my kitchen getting floured.For both the corn and wheat I am getting a fine flour at the medium setting, finer even than pastry whole wheat.Note: the corn I am milling is true flour corn, not dent corn or flint/popcorn though this mill is supposed to be able to handle those harder corn kernels. Despite the advice on the internet, you do not need to nixtamalize all corn - I'm not interested in only making tamales or tortillas with that particular type of taste. Instead you can mill the dried flour corn and use it like any flour. I'm not sure where to buy true flour corn kernels (I buy various wheat berries from a local bakery). I grew my own flour corn from Magic Manna seeds sold mail order by Nichols Garden Nursery. It's just like growing sweet corn, though I made sure to plant them at different times to avoid crossing. To me the flour has a slight taste of hazelnuts. Because I have a family member who can't eat wheat I wanted another flour option that was fine enough to bake with (flour corn flour is much finer than cornmeal, just as fine as wheat flour so you can use it in cakes, pancakes, anything that doesn't need gluten to rise). If you are a gardener then growing your own flour corn might be a fun thing to try.

I have read and watched just about every review I could on grain mills. I've been wanting one for years and years. Finally I got to where I could afford to buy one. My choice came down to this one and the Mock Mill. The Mock Mill was sold out so I purchased this instead, which was basically tied for my first choice in grain mills. Almost every single video or review I watched and read said they had both the Mock Mill and the blendtec grain mills and they loved both but used the blendtec every single day as opposed to the Mock Mill. They all said it was faster and could hold more while the Mock Mill was far quieter but didn't produce nearly the amount the blendtec does. So why own both if you never use one?My husband has celiac disease and I really wanted to have a mil that could beat the rice down with zero grit. I wanted something easy to clean and able to give me silky whole wheat pastry flour without a fuss. Despite reading that many people had issues with flour flying all over the place, this has not been my experience. Is it loud? Yes. But what do you expect? It's a very powerful motor made of metal. Did it make a mess? No. If you're afraid of that happening, cover it with a dishcloth while milling and BOOM, problem solved. I like the idea of one review that mentioned using a hair dryer to clean it after use since the flour is so fine and therefore can be a little static-y. This baby is a work horse and I'm so looking forward to many years of milling my own whole wheat pastry flour as well as any kind of gf flour to make my family culinary delights.

It seems to do a really good job of grinding wheat to flour. It is very loud, but I think that is just part of normal machine grinding. I would note that I think the operator should wear hearing protection while it is grinding.

I needed some barley flour for a recipe, and couldn't find it anywhere. I could, however, find barley grain at my local health food market, along with all sorts of other unusual grains. And I thought to myself: why not grind up your own flour? We already owned the BlendTec Total Blender, and loved it. And I knew they made a flour mill for home use, so I did a bit of research and ended up buying the Kitchen Mill, based on my experience with my BlendTec blender.The unit is fairly compact, but can mill quite a bit of grain at one time. It couldn't be simpler: after a quick assembly, plug it in, set the dial to the grind you want, turn it on, and begin to feed grain into the top. The grain feeds itself into the hopper, and soon the clear bin begins to fill with fresh flour. The grain does have an annoying tendency to fly up and out of the hopper from time to time, so I've found it best to place a small plate or some such over the lid where the grain enters the mill to keep these pieces where they belong. Other than that, the mill works as well as you'd want it to. It's easy enough to clean, and it all stores itself rather nicely.I am a confirmed BlendTec fan (you can find my review other BlendTec products on Amazon), and this one is every bit as good as the Total Blender. If you're looking for a flour mill for home use, you won't be sorry you chose this one.