Posted: 3/28/2008 5:48:37 PM EDT
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Anyone have any experience with these? Kitchenaid grain mill attachment  I have zero experience with mills, but I want to get into wheat storage. Thinking about picking one up (sold on Amazon for $109). The FAQ says it grinds to about corn meal consistency, not super powdery like store flour. Is that good enough? 
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No You will run into trouble trying to bake anything if corn meal is as fine as it will mill. Spend a little more and get a good mill. We use a Wondermill. |
the whole attachment thing seems misguided. None of them are really better than a dedicated machine, and the kitchen aid mixer isn't really better because of the attachments. I've seen heartache and pain from ill-functioning attachments; why risk burning up your mixer? |
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I've got one my parents bought in the '80's. Used it for the first time last week. It made really good wheat flour. Looked the same as the commercial wheat flour I buy from the store. It was slow though. Took about 20 minutes to grind 5 cups of hard white wheat. It seems to be hard on the mixer though. I've never had my mixer that hot. I bought a Nutrimill today and am looking forward to using it. |
That's the thing. Even though it's geared way down (slow), the mixer still runs hotter than heck. The mixer we burned up was older (a year or two old), but we were taking it easy with the milling. We were afraid the damn thing would burst into flames. |
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Hmmm....interesting. We've got the basic KA mixer, and while it gets warm, it's never gotten hot. Second to the slowest speed, and 2 runs through with progressively finer grinds. Worst I've ever gotten out of ours was a drip of oil on the base. Of course, I've just fallen off the truck yesterday, so..... I've been doing this for several years, and the mixer still purrs right along. Too many people want it done right now and either run it too fast or too fine for one pass. If you're one of those people, buy a dedicated machine. Yes, it is a compromise, but outside of a dedicated machine, everything is. If you're not going to use it all day every day, it will work fine for several cups of hard red a few times a week. Probably 4 years so far, and 1 drop of oil. Yeah, it's junk  (FWIW, it also does great with the 6 and 9 grain mixes from Honeyville Grain. Great bread.) |
i know the motor houseing gets hot on my KA,, but its also one from the 70's ,, and only when im shoving chunks of deer and pork through it to fast for the grinder to spit it out ive got the pasta maker also,, but havent got the mill,,, only cuz i already have a hand mill( cant use the KA if power goes out  )
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Good timing. I have the grain mill for the KA and used it this weekend. I milled 2 cups hard white and 3 hard red. I grind it 3 times as it is easier on the mill. First pass is as coarse as possible which really just cracks the berries. Second pass is in the middle of the dial with the final grind as fine as possible. This yields about 7 cups which produce two nice loaves. The mixer is warm to the touch at the end but far cooler than when I milled 5 cups directly to a fine flour the first time I used it. |