NutriMill Classic High Speed Grain Mill, 1200 Watt, 5 Cups Per Minute

After many years of ArmStrong (hand-crank) flour making, the NutriMill turns that job into a pleasure. I read reviews galore, and to tell you the truth, many of them are scary. Some say it is almost like having a 747 engine running in the kitchen, others insinuate that it blows flour everywhere - like a hurricane dust storm combination... What in the world are these people doing? 1. How loud is it? Only about 2/3 as loud as my blender... You can carry on a normal conversation around it while it is running. You only run it a few minutes - noise is NOT a problem! 2. How messy is it? If you put the canister all the way in, there is way less mess than crank mill. Yes, if you do not seat the canister all the way in, it will blow flour out - not hard to do, just remember to give it a reassuring push before turning it on. I was pleasantly surprised how cleanly it works. A couple of taps on the canister top and filter greatly reduces spillage from removing cover. 3. How fast is it? Very fast! No, not instantaneous - you are milling good quality flour, not firing a cannon... Is it really important to find a mill that may take 7 sec. less, or is quality the goal? If you have ever milled flour, I think you will be quite pleasantly surprised how quickly it works. 4. How hot is the flour? Nutrient preservation depends on not overheating the flour - this mill produces flour less than 120 degrees F. If you want it cooler, put the grain in the freezer before grinding. It won't get over room temperature that way. 5. What to grind? So far, I have done Red, White & Gold wheat (both hard and soft), Millet, Pop Corn, Rye, Barley, Lentils, Peas, Black beans, soybeans, Garbanzo, Pinto beans, Navy beans. All of them produced a very fine flour! Have made some very interesting breads, pizzas, biscuits, pastries, pancakes and crackers with them! (Just don't do oily grains - NO peanuts, flax, etc.) What would I change? Well, not much! It would be nice to be able to get extra canister bases and to have tops for them. That way you could do different flours and have storage for them. (I make more mess transferring flour into other containers than in the grinding) Aside from that, I am one VERY HAPPY grinder/baker/eater! (Now gotta keep up with family special requests - today it is pita pockets, baguettes and several different crackers for new years) Note: I was a bit concerned about power outages - what to do? Well, have tried it on my power inverter - works great. Of course, my generator will run it too. Five minutes every couple of days is definitely doable... There WILL be bread! *** 18 Month update*** After months of use and several 50 pound bags of grain ground, there is not a single thing I would change in above review! Grinds just as well as it did first day! Couldn't be happier! (Two daughters now call in their special flour requests..... Dad's Nutrimill fills the bill for them too...)

I had a Retsel stone mill that died. Instead of replacing it, I got the Nutrimill. I can't say whether or not the micronized flour retains the nutrients as good as the stone mill (I suspect there isn't much difference), but the performance of the machine, and the performance of the flour is clearly better. As for the machine: it is much faster (although that is not the most relevant criteria), and is not as messy as the Retsel in dusting the counters, etc., it is noisy, but not a deal breaker (and because it's fast it's not on for very long) I had considered that I would grind on the porch if it was too noisy, but it's not that big a problem...It's much easier to clean than the Retsel, which involved removing the stone burrs and scraping the stones. As to the results: I like to make cornbread with fresh ground corn; there is really no comparison with store bought cornmeal. Nutrimill recommends popcorn, and it has made some delicious corn bread. With the retsel it was always a problem grinding corn as the stones would gum up very easily and sometimes have to be cleaned in the middle of a batch. Or, I would have to stand there and force the corn into the grinder. Also, I would have to sift the grits out to use the flour. With the Nutrimill, it is fast, and the flour is fine and doesnt need sifting (no waste). FAR superior in grinding corn. With wheat, the retsel did a good job, but the bran was larger compared to the micronized flour from the Nutrimill. I had read that these longer strands of bran with their sharp edges would cut the gluten, and result in heavier whole wheat bread. This has been my experience since getting the new mill. My bread with fresh ground flour rises and performs more like store bought unbleached bread flour, resulting in a much lighter loaf than the retsel's flour gave me. So, I am very satisfied with this machine. As I said, there may be nutritional differences as compared with stone ground, or maybe not. But if the proof of the baking is in the eating, this is a winner.

My wifes friend purchased a hand wheat mill to experiment with milling her own wheat. Both my wife and I have been avoiding gluten for a while so she was excited to go to her friends house and try the new mill. Apparently milling the wheat took a lot longer than the product advertised and between my wife, her friend and her friends teenage daughter, they didn't get much for their effort. My wife asked me to order this electric version and we have been very happy with it. It is quick, efficient and makes less noise then a vacuum cleaner. So far we have had a lot of luck using Kamut and have not had the reactions to bread made with it that we have been having to your typical store bought bread. Its not cheap but if you are having bad reactions to store bought items and want to try processing your own wheat at home, this is a good place to start.

It works fast. Nice flour

First off, I cannot understand the negative reviews. I love this machine. It's enormous, way bigger than I expected, processes the flour quickly, and leaves a clean workspace when the job's done. There won't be any dust in your kitchen or countertop if you just push the receiving bin in completely and don't leave it hanging out as apparently many one-star reviewers do. Simple as that. Some reviewers had problems with removing the O-ring sealed top of the receiving bin. I had no such issues. It you know how a bayonet mount works and know "rightly-tighty, lefty-loosey" you'll have no problems. Simple. It grinds quickly into quite fine flour, maybe not quite 00 pizza flour, but darn close. For bread or pastry, it's perfect. The result is identical to my commercial bread flour and all-purpose flour. It is loud and I use my power tool ear muffs. Most people wouldn't care I suppose, but 80 db causes hearing loss, so be smart. It's not pretty like those wooden mills that proudly sit on a countertop, but then it doesn't cost $800. I bought mine because it was cheap and if it didn't work out, well, I could deal with it. Instead, I am wonderfully surprised. The first bread is primary fermenting as I write this. For the naysayers of steel mills, which this mill is, I checked the temperature coming out the grinding mechanism, and got readings from 85-95 degrees F. That should not cause any harm, and I'll bet the stone mills get equally hot once the mass of the stone heats up. The stone mills are not so pure it seems. Many are chunks of god-knows-what kind of rock, put together with either glue or ceramics, and many are straight aluminum oxide (i.e., sandpaper). In the good-old days when solid stone was used, there was evidence of stone residue wearing down teeth. Whatever abrasive you use, it will get into your bread. You can't win, but I feel safer with steel. Iron is in my blood. If any reader doesn't know the "why" of a home flour mill, it's simply that whole wheat flour starts going downhill the moment it is milled. In three months the resulting bread is noticeably inferior; in six, it's not at all tasty; and in a year it's downright horrible. You cannot buy fresh flour in a store. This bread I'm making now was doing its autolyse 20 minutes after milling and primary fermenting 45 minute after that. That's fresh bread.

I started grinding grains on the Family Grain Mill by hand. This is a wonderful little mill for hand grinding, although it doesn't grind grain fine enough for me on the first pass so I usually run grain through twice for baking. it is really adjustable for cracked wheat cereal and polenta, etc. We also have the motorized attachment for the Kitchen Aid mixer. It does work but the Kitchen Aid tends to heat up so we went looking for an electric mill to do most of our grinding. I found that the two best grain mills for our price range were the Nutrimill and the Wonder Mill. We finally decided on the Nutrimlll because of its ability to start and stop with grain in it and because it is one unit instead of a separate canister unit by its side. Every product has its backers and its detractors and I will not try to tell you that this is better than the Wonder Mill because I haven't tried the Wonder Mill and probably never will if this Nutrimill keeps on performing like it does. I have read several reviews on the dust and noise problems with this mill. First the dust: This mill is absolutely dust free! We had no trace on our counters after milling with this mill, but we do have traces of flour dust when we grind electrically with the Family Grain Mill. The only time we have any flour is when we open the canister and the cyclone cup. Problem solved--Open the canister over the kneading area and use this flour for kneading. Actually, if you open the canister carefully the flour problem will be negligible and certainly no more of a problem than when you open the Wonder Mill canister and clean out the cup from the videos that I have seen. The canister seal is tight and could be a problem for some people, but if you use flour or cornstarch per instructions it will make opening the canister so much easier. Leaving the canister part way out would be the equivalent of leaving the connection nozzle out of the Wonder Mill canister and wondering why you have flour blowing out all over the place. Make sure the canister is pushed all the way in. Not too hard a project. Now the noise. I have listened to all of the grain mills on videos and they are all noisy. Comparing the noise of the Nutrimill to the Wonder Mill is like comparing the noise of a robin to a red winged blackbird in my opinion. We find the Nutrimill to be quite a bit quieter than our Family Grain Mill on the Kitchen Aid mixer. We have not tried this mill out on course settings but we have our Family Grain Mill for making cream of wheat or making diastatic malt so that is not a problem for us. Also we do not know of the longevity of this product thus the four stars instead of five. Truthfully, when I read some of the negative reviews of this product before I bought it, I was prepared to be a little unhappy with it. I'm not! Good machine so far. Time will tell.

This mill really goes to town and does a good job rather quickly. I’ve used various types of wheat grains and so far I’m pleased with the process. It took a bit to learn how to use it but I think I have it right now. I love that it’s lightweight and I can handle it.

After doing extensive research into store bought flours, finding that almost everything on store shelves are either riddled with lead or cadmium. I've had cancer once, I don't need to do it again. So I finally decided to get this miller and some wheat berries. It mills SO FAST!!! 2 cups in about a minute. Yeah it's noisy but it's not unbearable. Slightly louder than a coffee grinder. The design and set up is easy to figure out and understand, and Iblove the directions. Not only explains what things are but explains why. First milling at the highest setting, the flour came out really well and fine. I ran it through one more time to get extra fine, soft flour. I ground up 5 cups in under 10 minutes and that includes the 2nd run through. It does get kinda hot but nothing alarming. I am so thrilled with this!!! Definitely should've bought this sooner. Everyone needs this!!

I've only used it a few times so far, but it's awesome! Easy to use & clean. Looks nice too! (just like pictured) Grinds my wheat nice & fine for my bread flour & very quickly (I've only tried the hard red wheat berries so far) Doesn't make a mess at all either which is awesome!

So far I found this machine is excellent . It's not loud like the one I had before. I only used it once , and I am happy with it.

This mill is great!! So glad I got this one! Very easy clean up, doesn’t over heat flour, my flour was 84 degrees after milling. It makes very nice fine flour, does not leave a mess and it’s fast! Work like a damn!

Works great, really grounds seeds to a fine powder. EASY to clean. Making my bread is such a pleasure now.

Love this mill. Have used it many times and the flour comes out just as I need. Only downside is the noise which is to be expected for a mill. Don't be surprised when it sounds like a little jet engine taking off.