Re: kitchen aid grain mill

[Guest guest]

Excerpts from Amazon.com KitchenAid Grain Mill attachment reviews:

" As the other person noticed, you need to run wheat (at least my hard red

spring) through the mixer more than once. I do once on 3 clicks and once on

1 click to get a more fine grind.

I have found that my mixer, the Professional 5qt, is somewhat overtaxed by

this. Kitchenaid and I went through 4 mixers (at their expense) before I

figured out what I was doing wrong (indeed, I was following the directions

all along, but that wasn't enough). "

" This product does a great job...what the manufacturer fails to tell you

that your local distributor probably would, mine did, is that you need to

first run the wheat through on a really course setting. Then run it through

on a finer setting. I actually take the time to run it through 3 times. It

doesn't take that much longer, and its worth the time. I have found if I do

this, my machine doesn't have to work as hard.

This is a great an " cheaper " way of getting a wheat grinder. ;o ) "

Here's a great site for comparing the different types of grain mills. It

has detailed descriptions especially about hand grinders and what it

actually takes to grind flour. For example, to grind 6 cups of grain in the

Diamant hand mill: 1407 Revolutions took 21.6 minutes or 65 RPM. Nine cups

of very fine flour were produced from 6 cups of grain, or 156 Revolutions

per cup of flour. [it took 22 minutes to produce 9 cups of flour! The

Whispermill grinds that amount in a matter of seconds.]

http://www.waltonfeed.com/self/grinders.html

I, personally, wouldn't spend $120 on a KitchenAid attachment, but if

someone gave me one, I'd try using the tips above for milling.

ine

[Guest guest]

Well, I spent the money and bought a refurbished Kithenaid grain mill

from Amazon.com. It LOOKS great. I'm having a little trouble though

getting down to a fine grind. Following the tips below, I started at

a very course grind and went lower two clicks at a time. Once I get

to about 4 clicks, however, my flour will not flow well. I have to

stand there and beat and shake the device to make it not run dry (or

cavitate as we say in engineering). Does anyone have any more ideas?

I'm using spelt and it is right from the freezer.

I also noticed that after some time, the flour starts to feel warm as

it drops out. Do I need to stop at this point?

-- In @y..., " Food From Afar " <foodfromafar@c...>

wrote:

> Excerpts from Amazon.com KitchenAid Grain Mill attachment reviews:

>

> " As the other person noticed, you need to run wheat (at least my

hard red

> spring) through the mixer more than once. I do once on 3 clicks and

once on

> 1 click to get a more fine grind.

> I have found that my mixer, the Professional 5qt, is somewhat

overtaxed by

> this. Kitchenaid and I went through 4 mixers (at their expense)

before I

> figured out what I was doing wrong (indeed, I was following the

directions

> all along, but that wasn't enough). "

>

> " This product does a great job...what the manufacturer fails to tell

you

> that your local distributor probably would, mine did, is that you

need to

> first run the wheat through on a really course setting. Then run it

through

> on a finer setting. I actually take the time to run it through 3

times. It

> doesn't take that much longer, and its worth the time. I have found

if I do

> this, my machine doesn't have to work as hard.

> This is a great an " cheaper " way of getting a wheat grinder. ;o ) "

>

> Here's a great site for comparing the different types of grain

mills. It

> has detailed descriptions especially about hand grinders and what it

> actually takes to grind flour. For example, to grind 6 cups of

grain in the

> Diamant hand mill: 1407 Revolutions took 21.6 minutes or 65 RPM.

Nine cups

> of very fine flour were produced from 6 cups of grain, or 156

Revolutions

> per cup of flour. [it took 22 minutes to produce 9 cups of flour!

The

> Whispermill grinds that amount in a matter of seconds.]

>

> http://www.waltonfeed.com/self/grinders.html

>

> I, personally, wouldn't spend $120 on a KitchenAid attachment, but

if

> someone gave me one, I'd try using the tips above for milling.

>

> ine