Kitchenaid Grain mills

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Hi All, Do any of you have a Kitchenaid mixer with the grain mill attachment? Have you used it and does it work well? Do any of you have the grain mill attachment that you would like to sell for the Kitchenaid? Thank you in advance.

-- Lawannea Sue Stum (Whitedov1@citlink.net), September 06, 2000

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Wish I could answer your question! I've got a Kitchen Aid that I use the snot out of and have thought about this attachment too. Does anyone know if it grinds as finely as the Country Living Mills do?

-- Misha (MishaaE@aol.com), September 06, 2000.

I have a KitchenAid, and I too have thought about getting a mill. Other than price compared to purchasing flour, one thing that has stopped me is the "Caution" in the KitchenAid book that states "DO NOT GRIND MORE THAN 10 CUPS OF FLOUR AT ONE TIME. Allow mixer to cool at least 45 minutes before using again. Damage to mixer may result."

To me, this means that the mixer is really stressed to it's limits to do grinding. I've decided that I'd rather buy flour and hopefully prolong the life of my mixer. And yes, I do know that it is unlikely that most folk would grind more than ten cups of flour at a time.

-- Notforprint (Not@thekeyboard.com), September 06, 2000.


Only 10 cups at a time??? Hmmm maybe the attachment isn't quite worth it. My mom's had her Kitchen Aid for 15+ yrs now and it's still going strong. I think that I'll pass up the Grain Mill and prolong the life of my mixer too. It's just too valuable for me to be replacing every year or so.

The warning, was it for a "Pro" model? or just the regular Harry Homeowner model? I wonder if the pro models would do a better job -- i.e. more cups at a time with less stress to the mixer... anyone have any ideas?

-- Misha (MishaaE@aol.com), September 06, 2000.


The quote was from the generic book that covers both models. I have the Pro machine myself as I wanted the added power and bowl capacity for making bread.

-- Notforprint (Not@thekeyboard.com), September 06, 2000.

I have a 300 watt Kitchen Aid which isn't the heavyist, I choose this model because of it raising head, I didn't think I'd like the lift bowl thing, but I to use mine a lot and have the major attachments and now wish I'd gotten the heavyist model, because now I want a grain mill but I don't want to stress the mixer. My friend Liz has a heavy model and found a grain mill at a second hand store for $17.00 ( what a deal) she has used hers several times and is pleased, I'll have her write in and give her opinion. She has given me some of the ground grain and you can grind it as fine or course as you want! Some people say the flour gets to hot, but I haven't ask her yet. I think if we ever get one it's going the be "The Heidelberg" Carol

-- Carol (cwaldrop@peoplescom.net), September 07, 2000.


Lawannea: I do have the grain grinder attachment and I LOVE IT. Now, I do not ever grind more than about three cups at a time. So I cannot say whether 10 cups or more would be a problem. I only grind it as I need it for bread or pastry making and that way it's truly fresh (you need to refrigerate whole wheat flour that has been ground from wheatberries). It does tend to heat the flour. It will grind from cracked grain to fine flours and I am very happy with mine.

-- Katie (ktthegardener@yahoo.com), September 07, 2000.

I don,t have the atachment but I picked up a corona hand mill for 22 dollars from the northern catalog.You might have to run it through a couple of times but it works well and the price is right.

-- jim B. (Flintlock99@ aol.com), September 10, 2000.

I have the mill and use it weekly, about 5 cups at a time, sometimes wheat, sometimes rye, sometimes fine, sometimes coarse. No problem at all with the motor overheating. I have the no tilt model. These things will last forever if you use the mill or not.

-- pks (pkschott@yahoo.com), July 31, 2001.

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