Which Grain Mill / Wheat Grinder is the best?

[nimrod]

My wife would like an electric wheat grinder. Which one is the best?

If read about the WonderMill and the NutriMill. A local shop recommends the WonderMill, but they sell that one, of course.

What say ye?

[antsyl]

My wife would like an electric wheat grinder. Which one is the best?

If read about the WonderMill and the NutriMill. A local shop recommends the WonderMill, but they sell that one, of course.

What say ye?

If there is still electricity I would say a VitaMix machine.

Does everything you need from ice cream to hot soup. And easily mills grain.

[byronw999]

The WonderMill and Nutrimill both get rave reviews and both if I remember correctly come with a lifetime warantee... I looked into both of them along with several others...

When I was looking however I wanted 1 for emergencies (was still buying store bought flour) so I was wanting a hand crank unit... I bought the Family Living Grain Mill.. Works quite well.. Finally tried it out and liked fresh ground flour a whole lot better so I ordered the motor base for it... Now we have the best of both with or without power... Also has other attachment available like meat grinder, flaker,veggy processor..

[Jenamarie]

We have the Family Grain Mill. I got it because it has both a motorized AND manual base that the actual mill can attach to. I also got the "Flaker" attachment, although I haven't used that yet.

You can adjust the settings for fine flour or coarser flour, but of course the finer the flour you want the longer it's going to take. It's also loud, but that seems to be unavoidable with grain mills.

Don't really have any complaints about it.

[tittiger]

We have the Family Grain Mill. I got it because it has both a motorized AND manual base that the actual mill can attach to. I also got the "Flaker" attachment, although I haven't used that yet.

You can adjust the settings for fine flour or coarser flour, but of course the finer the flour you want the longer it's going to take. It's also loud, but that seems to be unavoidable with grain mills.

Don't really have any complaints about it.

Thanks for the confermation Jeana. My reserach tells me that this German made mill is the best buy for the money $130 and you have to spend a hundreds more to get a manual mill that has any more value.

-- Joe

[ryanh]

I have a Family Grain Mill, and have used it perhaps a dozen times.

I do like it, feel it performs well, and has held up well under the use it has received. I do question the longevity of the plastic bearings though. I wonder if over time or with repeated use the bearings won't wear out. For emergency sake, I've thought of looking into replacement/rebuilding parts to keep on hand.

[tittiger]

I had not seen the rebuilding kit. I am going to look for it now.

I did see the steel burrs however and they are a reasonable $35.

Thanks again!

[mykev33756]

I purchased the Nutrimill because of its ability to grind popcorn and I couldn't be happier with my decision. Popcorn makes awesome cornbread and there is nothing better than bread from fresh ground wheat flour! My advise to you is to ask yourself what exactly you want from your grain mill. If you want the capability of adding attachments, then the Nutrimill would not be a good match for you. However, if you want to grind grains, including popcorn, then I would recommend the Nutrimill as an extremely good electric machine.