Posted: 5/16/2026 9:19:04 PM EDT
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My better half has been looking at an electric grain mill. She's not a huge fan of a manual crank model, and many folks seem to like upgrading manuals to electric. I know arf has a few favorites for manuals, but what's the favorite for electric? Her research has led her towards this: https://mockmill.us/product/mockmill-200-stone-grain-mill/ Anyone own one? Any other recommendations? |
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Originally Posted By User55645: Do you have a kitchenaid? Mockmill has an attachment for it that's half the price of the standalone model. That's the one my wife uses. We do (an old school Hobart model), but...if the kitchenaid takes a shit, all of the attachments are useless. Furthermore, the Mockmill is a bit more enclosed, which supposedly cuts down on the dust. |
| I bought my wife one for Christmas. I can't remember the brand but it has made some of the best breads and buns that I have eaten. That being said, freshly milled flour has a higher fiber content. It took some getting used to...... digestive wise |
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Originally Posted By Faded-Brakes: I bought my wife one for Christmas. I can't remember the brand but it has made some of the best breads and buns that I have eaten. That being said, freshly milled flour has a higher fiber content. It took some getting used to...... digestive wise Totally fine by me, I'm already taking fiber supplements. 
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| I've had my eye on a Wonder Mill. I saw a demo in a store a couple of years ago and was impressed with how quiet and quick it was. They are very affordable to, less than $300. |
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Originally Posted By TinSpinner: I've had my eye on a Wonder Mill. I saw a demo in a store a couple of years ago and was impressed with how quiet and quick it was. They are very affordable to, less than $300. Interesting...looks similar to what we're looking at. Not sure how I feel about a stainless milling head, but for the price, that might not be a bad compromise. |
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Originally Posted By mrmissem: Wife has a nutra-mill Harvest. She said when she looked recently they are unavailable. She gave 300.00 for the one she has. That's the one on my wish list. I think they're closer to $500 now depending on whether you catch them on sale. |
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late to the thread and see you've already purchased. i had an older model 20 years ago but have been researching lately. from what i've seen, under $1000, komo, wonder, mock in that order, before you get into the cheaper appliance makers. iirc, komo was stones and the others metal. some reviews on the mockmill claimed they heat the grain up too hot. i saw one youtube where a dude was measuring temp of grain as it came out of various mills. that said, seems like a lot of people like it, and it prob depends on what grain you're planning to mill as i'm sure some are more sensitive than others |
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The nutra Harvest is stone also. Somewhere in storage is my mom's old Wondermill. I'm trying to get to it to get it out and start with that while I save for the Nutramill. But it's not a stone grinder. |
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We use our K-Tec electric mill several times a week for grinding hard red wheat for making bread. Price is about what I remember paying for it 30 years ago still, so that's a plus. |
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https://thekitchenmill.com/collections/the-kitchen-mill/model-91 Is what I'm talking about. |
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Originally Posted By NAM: $1350 for the motorized model. That's a bit steep. If money wasn't an object, sure. Originally Posted By NAM: Originally Posted By Bhart89: Country living. Buy once, cry once. $1350 for the motorized model. That's a bit steep. If money wasn't an object, sure. Damn, the price went up that much? I got my motorized one in 2022 for about $1k. |
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Wife went through two nutrimill classic mills. We have now have a Grainmaker 116 that I mounted on a cabinet and it’s powered by an under cabinet baldor. We’ve had it for a while now. It’s the best home mill money can buy imho. She grinds corn, coffee and spelt, durum, assorted white and red wheats. 4-500lbs of wheat a year is what we go through. The one thing I’ll say about the nutrimill is… you need to take it apart periodically and blow out the motor compartment for it to last any amount of time. The manual does not tell you to do that. https://pleasanthillgrain.com/grainmaker-model-116 |
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Originally Posted By PointBlank82: Damn, the price went up that much? I got my motorized one in 2022 for about $1k. Country living seems to have shot up quite a bit. I remember paying about $400. for mine in the 90's. Did not motorize it. One thing with the CL mill- get the spare parts kit. Early on we lost the "key" to the big wheel, went to half dozen hardware stores, auto parts places, could not find a substitute and didn't really want to jury rig in case we damaged it. Later bought 3 of the spare parts kits they offer. The Country Living is our favorite manual mill, got about 4 others but that's the one to go into the 'pockylips' with LOL. |
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One important note, almost every grain mill worth buying is out of stock. They are on back order and the timeline for delivery keeps moving further out. I back ordered wonder mill in January and still don't have a mill. I don't know if it's panic or the home baker hobby is on the rise again. Order now you might get one before the end of the year. You may not have any grain to grind with the price of fuel oil. |
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Originally Posted By KoolOperator: One important note, almost every grain mill worth buying is out of stock. They are on back order and the timeline for delivery keeps moving further out. I back ordered wonder mill in January and still don't have a mill. I don't know if it's panic or the home baker hobby is on the rise again. Order now you might get one before the end of the year. You may not have any grain to grind with the price of fuel oil. I think it's people sick of being sick from the available food supply chain and willing to try anything to fix it. Some of it is hobby, sure. And a lot of those will give up and sell those mills once they realize it's a lifestyle that takes a lot of work. |
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Originally Posted By Lowdown3: Country living seems to have shot up quite a bit. I remember paying about $400. for mine in the 90's. Did not motorize it. One thing with the CL mill- get the spare parts kit. Early on we lost the "key" to the big wheel, went to half dozen hardware stores, auto parts places, could not find a substitute and didn't really want to jury rig in case we damaged it. Later bought 3 of the spare parts kits they offer. The Country Living is our favorite manual mill, got about 4 others but that's the one to go into the 'pockylips' with LOL. Wait till you try a Grainmaker mill. They are a step above the country living. |
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Originally Posted By KoolOperator: One important note, almost every grain mill worth buying is out of stock. They are on back order and the timeline for delivery keeps moving further out. I back ordered wonder mill in January and still don't have a mill. I don't know if it's panic or the home baker hobby is on the rise again. Order now you might get one before the end of the year. You may not have any grain to grind with the price of fuel oil. one of the breadmaking youtube channels was doing a bit of fearmongering saying when food shortages happen, the first thing that disappears is the tools. |
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Originally Posted By taliv: one of the breadmaking youtube channels was doing a bit of fearmongering saying when food shortages happen, the first thing that disappears is the tools. They are correct I'm sure. But I hate the "fear" based part of the "be prepared" community. I don't like to say "preppers" because that already comes with certain stereotypes that may or may not be deserved. A little self-reliance is a good thing but nobody can do it all at once and it sure can get overwhelming quickly (for me anyway). Proceeding is tough enough without the fearmongering you mention. |
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agree, but i'm just wondering how that cycle works. speculating, because i have no data: tools go first, but that's because these types of tools are relatively low production niche products compared to wheat, so when supply is thin, a little demand quickly turns into scarcity. but once the grain shortages appear, will there be any demand for the tools? if i can't buy wheat why would i buy a mill? so maybe tool supply will catch up during grain scarcity. perhaps plan A is to buy everything during salad days, but if you are late to the game, buy what's available and hope? i guess the downside to stocking up on grain and buying a mill during the crisis would be not knowing how to use it and getting jacked up loaves that keep falling or are too dense or whatever. about like buying ham radios and not learning how to use them until an emergency. |
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Originally Posted By taliv: agree, but i'm just wondering how that cycle works. speculating, because i have no data: tools go first, but that's because these types of tools are relatively low production niche products compared to wheat, so when supply is thin, a little demand quickly turns into scarcity. but once the grain shortages appear, will there be any demand for the tools? if i can't buy wheat why would i buy a mill? so maybe tool supply will catch up during grain scarcity. perhaps plan A is to buy everything during salad days, but if you are late to the game, buy what's available and hope? i guess the downside to stocking up on grain and buying a mill during the crisis would be not knowing how to use it and getting jacked up loaves that keep falling or are too dense or whatever. about like buying ham radios and not learning how to use them until an emergency. I think you're exactly right about the downside. Same as gardening. All the folks who buy the emergency seed packs and stash them for long term storage, but never put a seed in the ground? Those people are going to be in trouble. It takes time and experience to learn how to grow food. I say that even as I also say that "seeds want to grow." I haven't begun my journey to learning to bake with FMF yet. I did buy some wheat berries and the buckets to vacuum and store them, but guess where the berries are? Still in the bags in the storage shed. I bet money they are full of bugs and I'll have to dump and buy again. And the grain mills all require electricity. So shtf, whatchagonnado? Most of us have only so much room to store tools we hope to never need, like a hand-cranked mill. That wheat berry thing is part of what I mean about getting overwhelmed. It's easy to buy all the stuff and call that "readiness." But the real readiness comes in the learning. One life is not enough it seems. 
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Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: I think you're exactly right about the downside. Same as gardening. All the folks who buy the emergency seed packs and stash them for long term storage, but never put a seed in the ground? Those people are going to be in trouble. It takes time and experience to learn how to grow food. I say that even as I also say that "seeds want to grow." I haven't begun my journey to learning to bake with FMF yet. I did buy some wheat berries and the buckets to vacuum and store them, but guess where the berries are? Still in the bags in the storage shed. I bet money they are full of bugs and I'll have to dump and buy again. And the grain mills all require electricity. So shtf, whatchagonnado? Most of us have only so much room to store tools we hope to never need, like a hand-cranked mill. That wheat berry thing is part of what I mean about getting overwhelmed. It's easy to buy all the stuff and call that "readiness." But the real readiness comes in the learning. One life is not enough it seems. Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Originally Posted By taliv: agree, but i'm just wondering how that cycle works. speculating, because i have no data: tools go first, but that's because these types of tools are relatively low production niche products compared to wheat, so when supply is thin, a little demand quickly turns into scarcity. but once the grain shortages appear, will there be any demand for the tools? if i can't buy wheat why would i buy a mill? so maybe tool supply will catch up during grain scarcity. perhaps plan A is to buy everything during salad days, but if you are late to the game, buy what's available and hope? i guess the downside to stocking up on grain and buying a mill during the crisis would be not knowing how to use it and getting jacked up loaves that keep falling or are too dense or whatever. about like buying ham radios and not learning how to use them until an emergency. I think you're exactly right about the downside. Same as gardening. All the folks who buy the emergency seed packs and stash them for long term storage, but never put a seed in the ground? Those people are going to be in trouble. It takes time and experience to learn how to grow food. I say that even as I also say that "seeds want to grow." I haven't begun my journey to learning to bake with FMF yet. I did buy some wheat berries and the buckets to vacuum and store them, but guess where the berries are? Still in the bags in the storage shed. I bet money they are full of bugs and I'll have to dump and buy again. And the grain mills all require electricity. So shtf, whatchagonnado? Most of us have only so much room to store tools we hope to never need, like a hand-cranked mill. That wheat berry thing is part of what I mean about getting overwhelmed. It's easy to buy all the stuff and call that "readiness." But the real readiness comes in the learning. One life is not enough it seems. As a nation we have lost these skills and local community infrastructure - it’s crazy how fast it happened. |
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Originally Posted By taliv: iirc, komo was stones and the others metal. Mockmill is stone, and adjustable. One of the requirements was stone. On the wait list, but should have it before too long. Company apparently doesn't like PO Boxes, so the reached out and we got it squared away. Pleasant to work with (so far). Will try to follow up when I receive it. |
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Originally Posted By Duck_Hunt: As a nation we have lost these skills and local community infrastructure - it’s crazy how fast it happened. Yes. In a period of 70 years, most of what "we" knew is gone. At one point it seemed to be the stance of the dot gov that Americans should be capable. I'm thinking of the victory garden and all the effort put into homemaking and home economics training, canning and other resources for the first half of the 20th century (which is when *I* think all of that started to fade fast.) I'm sure many books have been written on the shift. I'm honestly surprised there are still county agents for horticulture and home gardening still on staff through the land grand universities. They'll be there for big ag/ agronomic producers for a while I guess, but I can't see the hort agents holding on for much longer. Local governments, as a general rule, are hostile toward home gardens. As a person who followed close behind the original marchers in the women's rights movement (I was in the first vo-ag class that mandated girls could attend, etc--without the law forcing that I would be a much different person and likely in a very different place), I'm still clear that a lot of things changed as a side-effect of women getting the power to leave the home if they wanted, get educated and earn. A lot of good came from that. And a lot of bad, later on. But I wonder if that shift in thinking was part of the beginning of the end. I can't even find a fair that has baking and canning competitions any more. Our local fair doesn't have cattle shows for the kids either. It's interesting that the whole "trad wife" phenomenon might be what leads us back. And maybe forums like this one. A community for those who can't find one locally.  Gosh that went off the rails.  |
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Originally Posted By Oldgold: Subscribed I stumbled onto this thread and have been considering a mill. Will they do corn and buckwheat? some will, some won't. it generally will depend on if the adjustment is large enough for the corn to enter, and will be a multistage process where you keep adjusting it down til it's flour sized |
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