I’m shopping for a new grain mill.
I discovered that there is a widening crack in my attachment for my Bosch Universal. The ebay ad said there was a crack, but I had not been able to find it until now. Perhaps it was exacerbated when I dropped it. At any rate, my flour has become much coarser now.
My spending limit is $250. I’ve been looking at both impact mills and stone mills. I looked at some of the less expensive steel burr mills, but none of them will grind fine enough for what I want to do.
Currently I have narrowed the list down to 2 mills:
- The Nutrimill – an impact style mill that pulverizes the grain at super high speeds into micron size particles.
- The Komo Fidibus 21 – A German stone mill that is visually stunning and well reviewed.
At this point I am leaning toward the Fidibus 21, but am still considering the Nutrimill. I am primarily concerned about possible high temperatures and possible excessive starch damage caused by an impact mill.
I would love to hear comments on either of these mills (or any other mill for that matter) from people who have used them.
Random comments about the Nutrimill:
I got a Nutrimill for Christmas. My attempts at grinding posole for cornbread were interesting. I was finally able to get the posole to feed through the hopper by manually pushing the grains around. The vibrating action of the hopper isn’t very effective on really large grains, you see. At the coarsest setting it was still a pretty fine grind for cornmeal. I hear that’s a common complaint for the Nutrimill–it doesn’t do coarse flour, despite the settings. It sounds like a fairly loud vacuum cleaner. The flour in the hopper is warm, but not burning hot. If the mill is doing lots of damage to the grains, I feel like there should be a stronger smell in the air after grinding. I don’t really notice much of a smell.
Good luck choosing a mill!