VKP1012

Pros: - Solid build - 3/16" aluminum, single piece body - nothing to break. - One moving part (grinding head), seems pretty strong - Easy to clean, seems rust-proof - Does not damage counter-tops (it's clamp-mount), due to a rubber pad and good pressure distribution. - Grinds predictably, not super-dust-like fine, but fine enough. - Can grind many things (nuts, seeds, etc) as longs as they are fairly small (see Cons) - looks nice - Thin enough to be stored in a kitchen drawer, fully assembled Cons: - Manual (Requires effort) - but that's understood. - Very slow with flax seeds (must be set to very coarse - back nut off a lot), but does the job. - Large grains or nuts (eg almonds) need to be chopped first - they simply don't fit through the teeth. - Not easily suited for use with a handheld drill (Yes I thought about making it electric for bigger jobs). Can probably be done but you'll need to clamp the square head (see photos) so a big chuck is needed - you can't just use a socket wrench as you need to apply a pulling force to it... Can't fault it for this, it was hardly a design goal. In short, it's worth it if you need 2 cups or less, infrequently. With hard grains I was able to do about 1 cup per 2 minutes of cranking, with millet and similar grains it is faster. Finally, there is a certain pleasure in connecting with your food in a way an electric motor probably won't.

Me and my family love Ezekiel bread for its digestive friendly components and great taste . It was becoming expensive to buy 3 bags a week so I figured I could try and make my own . The first thing I had to do was find a grain mill . I didn’t want an electric one due to bill . I looked around and came across this one through ( “Rose Homestead”) On YouTube . I absolutely love this one . It was super easy to set up. I love that it’s not plastic or aluminum material but stainless steel . You can adjust the crank tighter get a really fine flour or Loose to get a more gritty flour . It’s not heavy at all . Its grind consistency is smooth I am just cranking away !

I have had this mill since July 2012, and have used it probably 30 times. Mostly for wheat berries, which it does a great job turning into flour. This mill is not going to make a super fine flour, but it will make a good flour. I have also used it with rolled oats, sugar (to make powdered sugar) and blanched almonds. It does an okay job on these, but you have to use the handle end on a spoon to make sure everything gets pushed down into the grinding plate. Also, I found I had to chop the almonds up first in a chopper, and then put them in the hopper. Some items you have to manipulate more than the grain berries, since they have a lighter consistency, they might need help getting fed. Easy to clean, and store, and my kids love to help me turn the handle and this makes it fun. Nice alternative when you don't know if you want to spend the money on a big electrical grain mill, or you don't have room to store something like one of those. Also, the piece that connects to the grain mill handle and plate is plastic, and we thought this would be a problem, but so far it has held up nicely. I purchased wheat berries by the case from BRM, and then store them in our deep freeze and get them out when I need to grind more flour. My next venture is to try the sprouted grains another reviewer had mentioned. Overall this is a good buy. The brown portion of the hopper removes from unit, and all part disassemble easily for cleanup. One more tip-don't bother trying to run your flour through a second time to try to get it finer, it won't work, and you'll just have to pour it all back out.

So let me begin by saying this is the only reference I have to grinding grains. I purchased this item to add to my emergency preparation plan. I wanted to ensure that I could grind whole grains without electricity for bread making, etc. I tried a very simple bread recipe yesterday (first time making homemade bread) using fresh ground white wheat berries. I am in good physical shape, however, my arms were definitely feeling the burn after grinding almost 4 cups of hard white wheat berries (this produced the 5 cups flour I needed for the recipe). It only stands to reason that the tighter you tighten the handle for finer flour makes it more difficult to crank. I had a consistency somewhat coarser than regular flour, however, it was still very "powdery" and worked well for the recipe. I had to adjust the tightness of the handle screw more than a few times but this was expected as I was vigorously cranking the handle. It stayed in place on the counter where I attached it even though the plate on the hold down screw was not making complete contact with a flat surface under the counter (it was on the lip of the counter). I assisted by placing my free hand on the top of the hopper to help hold it in place. I would recommend this item to anyone like myself that wants it as a backup or for emergency food preparation. It was a great addition. If you would be using it quite often I would recommend one that may have gears to assist in grinding. It depends on how much effort you are wanting to put out for the final result. If anyone is interested the bread was wonderful and really easy to make with very few ingredients and NEVER making bread before!!!

So, my daughter has a wheat allergy, since she's so young she doesn't understand that she can't have everything that everyone else can eat, so the entire house has gone wheat free (we've actually gone completely gluten free as well to be on the safe side, no wheat, barley or rye) We do not have many health food stores available in our area (Whole Foods is over and hour away, and way over priced) so I wound up buying all my rice flours online... the cost of ground rice is INSANE, 22 dollars is a "good" deal for 8 lb of flour! I can buy 50 lb of whole grain rice at Sam's Club for 15 dollars, so... we decided to buy a mill. First I wanted an electric, but a decent one is at least 170, just slightly better quality is closer to 250-300. Sooooo not in our budget. Decided on this lovely hand crank one for 60 and could not be happier. It mills rice 2-3 times finer than Bob's Red Mill's and Arrowhead's rice flours, almost fine enough to use for milling tapioca but not quite. If you're on a gluten free diet and cannot afford a decent electric mill this is definitely the one you want, it takes some effort but it's not the upper body workout of a Mr. Universe contestant by any means. This mill will easily save it's own cost within 2 months weeks since I won't be having to order the rice flours anymore (which was running about 15 dollars every two weeks) Also, making the adjustments on it are incredibly easy, just twist the "nut" that attaches the crank handle on, clockwise is finer, counter clockwise is courser. I may still one day buy an electric when I can afford it (to save time), but this is in no way a mill I'll ever part with. (also, I ordered it using amazon Prime 2 day shipping, and it was here in less than 24 hours, yay! Prime is so worth the 80$ a year if you're a frequent shopper with Amazon, there is no minimum order amount for you to get the free 2 day shipping)

I wanted a grinder for small seeds and spices, that didn't cost too much, and wasn't too hard to use. This thing is great. It was an excellent price, and I looked at many grinders on many sites. The reviews helped a lot. It does a good job of clamping to a surface, and I like the rubber protective covers so that it doesn't scratch the table or counter. I like the plastic top that adds some capacity. There is plenty of room under the grinding opening for a small bowl to catch your ground spices or seeds. Grinding does take a little while, so you should be prepared if you have a lot to grind. And larger seeds, like almonds, for instance, need to be chopped first: they are too big to get into the mill. It seems pretty sturdy, and the mill parts seem solid. I haven't seen any little burrs of metal coming off into my milled seeds, as people complained of in other mills/grinders. This is just ideal, considering the price, the narrow profile, for grinding small seeds and dry spices in relatively small quantities. Children can use it, and everyone will enjoy the homeliness of grinding/milling at home.

3 stars! Why? Oh I'll tell you why right now, in my sweat soaked clothes, with bruised hands, sore shoulders and arms and very very HANGRY. What should have taken me "20 minutes" took over 2 hours. I kept going because I really am invested and want my fresh pizza crust tonight!! Back story: I found Bread Beckers and listened to Sue Beckers YouTube channel and immediately bought organic wheat berries and used my Nutribullet with the "dry" blade to grind my fresh flour until my "real mill" arrived. This gave me pretty decent flour, and pretty quickly too, but it was loud and not perfectly fine. As I ate my Nutribullet ground fresh wheat berries bread over this last week (yes, only 1 week!) my health has improved so drastically i knew this is now my life. I watched my extreme psoriasis and eczema I've battled for YEARS on my foot calm and fade.... it's almost gone! My knee pain that has had me hobbling up the stairs like a goblin: GONE! My anxiety? GONE! My brain fog? GONE! My mind is blown! Understanding that I shall forever until I die be grinding wheat berries to make 100% fresh whole INTACT flour to heal and nourish my body I promptly scoured the interwebs and considered all reviews of all mills. I knew I wanted a manual one to start as I'm a single person on a budget....and, you know, incase we end up losing access to electricity for whatever reason. (Don't "OK, prepper" me! This is a valid concern for us all) Anyway, after much consideration I bought this despite the plastic pieces and parts (I really don't want plastic, the top and grinding shaft have plastic) and I dismissed as "user error" all the negative reviews that mentioned the clamp loosening and the grind setting continually slipping to courser and courser. It arrived packaged well, was super easy to set up. I followed all directions. I assembled as instructed and clamped to my "fixed countedtop " as it said to do.... unfortunately this does NOT WORK on countertops with those slightly raised "egg saver" edges so after much frustration I had to stop production and move to my sturdy dining room table that became a wobbly mess. The clamp never stays put, it continually loosens no matter how tight you get it.... and the instructions forbid you from using any sort of tool to tighten it. The ever loosening clamp made me have to stop every 4 rotations to realign and retighten. This caused much pain, bruising of my fingers and so much cramping I feel like I just wrote a 400 page novel in HANDWRITING! The mill will start moving side to side as you rotate the handle as it loosens which caused my hands to scrap the knob during rotations. I have never suffered so much frustration! I'd have been ok overlooking the need to continually tighten if the mill actually made consistent fine flour. It started off that way but, just as the clamp loosens during use, so does the grind setting knob! Ugh! As you can see in my photos the flour ended up like a fine cornmeal..... it started off so perfectly fine abd soft! But since the instructions forbid us from tightening the grind setting from course to fine I had to leave it as it loosened. (We can only adjust from fine to course, never from course to finer or it will damage the dang thing!) I will be returning this. Unfortunately. I really wanted to love it! I'll be getting one that permanently affixes. On a positive note: I got in such a workout I could eat the whole pizza I'm making with absolutely ZERO guilt. But first I must shower because my goodness, you WILL SWEAT!

I am very happy with this flour mill. It's easy to assemble and use. The quality is great, it's solidly built. You can easily adjust the grind from coarse to fine. The first time using the mill, I toasted quinoa and ground it using the finest setting. It was perfect for my recipe. I was worried about the quality because the price was lower than many of the other options I considered. I am thrilled, great quality at a reasonable price. The only problem for me is that all of my conters and my table have rounded edges. This grinder needs a square mounting surface. My butcher block cutting board was a good fit.

I have been grinding wheat and spelt for bread making and since i got it i now just eat home made bread, it tastes so good, Great Product many thanks A+++

This unit impressed me a lot , well sturdy and simple . Although it’s a crank and not electric, it is perfect for my polypore mushrooms like turkey tail to grind up into powder, for those who don’t know about mushroom Polypore there hard and a pain to grind into powder . The slot that your chute offers before the burl grinder mechanism does a fair bit willing to let other substances to grind up as well with out getting clogged , if it does get clogged ; it is so simple and easy/quick to unclog . So far I like this purchase . To go camping or any herb 🌿 grinding in mother natures ounce dried. Electric grinder is okay but in some polypores in order not to make it into a fluf cotton candy texture or result , cuz of the heat , manual crank works best and it’s easy and really efficient and effective to powder a wide verity of things

Grinds to 100% powder Easy to adjust

The product was as described, met my expectations and arrived promptly. Excellent seller.

This grain mill is so simple to set up & use. The quality of flour is fine. Really happy with this item.