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I am making Xmas lists for my family. I want a grain mill. I am considering the Family Grain Mill that would attach to my KA mixer. What do you have? Do you like it? Is is noisy? Compare the noise please! How fine does it grind the flour. Will it make grits?
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I didn't know the family grain mill can attach to a KA mixer! Cool I have a 30 year old Garden Way flour mill. Got it off of ebay for $40, including shipping! But, we had to do some minor work to it. It's an electric stone grinder. I love it! The flour is just as fine (and finer than some) than comercial whole wheat flour. And, yes it will grind grits. I would say the noise is about as loud as a noisy vaccum cleaner, maybe slightly louder? But, a steal burr might be quieter.
I wouldn't get a hand crank if you are going to be using it alot. Takes alot of work, and sometimes you have to run it through again to get it fine enough.
My sister got the Kitchen Aid grain mill attachment, and I wasn't real impressed with it. It didn't get the flour nearly as fine as mine get's.
Fresh ground whole wheat flour is 100 times better than store bought. I get a 50lb bag of organic hard white wheat berries for $13 from Azure Standard. And the organic soft (pastry) white wheat berries for around $11.
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We have an electric Jupiter grinder. It works very well at grinding wheat. we have not ground anything else, and now, we're not even eating wheat... Anyway, it's pretty doggone loud. We used it in the garage, because we have a quiet house, and it was too obtrusive. It's as loud as our coffee grinder, but has to run about 20 minutes instead of 20 seconds.
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We are gluten-free. I will be grinding grits, amaranth, quinoa, rice, etc. The Family Grain Mill now has an attachment that works with the KA mixer. Their standard grinder does not. I have heard good things about it and I like the idea that it would not take up much room compared to some. Also, I imagine it would not be very noisy. Just the mixer motor and the grinding of the grain sound.
I have a question- what do you make with all those other ground grains? Do you rinse and dry your quinoa before you grind it? I am seeing such a difference in our lives without wheat, oats, and barley, so I now want to make the next step.
I've had a Whisper Mill for years. I love it. It grinds anything into a fine flour without any problems.
And Whisper Mill has a great waranty. Once I got some moisture in mine and it got clogged up. Sent it to WM, they opened it up, fixed it and shipped it back free of charge.
It's pretty loud. My boys take off when I'm about to turn it on.
I also have the VM dry container. That works well. I like it for small amount of grain.
Lucky you. I hope you get what you want for Christmas.
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I make muffins, cakes, pancakes, etc. Anything you would with wheat. The quinoa I have appears to be rinse because it does not leave any residue when I do rinse it and does not taste different when I don't rinse it. So, I grind it as I buy it. I can buy these grains organic much cheaper than I can buy the non-organic flour. So, I think investing in a good grain mill would be worth it especially since I do bake all the time. I made 48 mini-muffins, 16 regular muffins, 6 mini-cakes and a batch of cookies this past weekend. Oh, and pancakes.
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I've had a Whisper Mill for years. I love it. It grinds anything into a fine flour without any problems.
And Whisper Mill has a great waranty. Once I got some moisture in mine and it got clogged up. Sent it to WM, they opened it up, fixed it and shipped it back free of charge.
It's pretty loud. My boys take off when I'm about to turn it on.
I also have the VM dry container. That works well. I like it for small amount of grain.
Lucky you. I hope you get what you want for Christmas.
Whisper Mill is no longer the owner and the warranty is null and void. A new company has purchased them under a different name and I am not sure if they will honor the old warranty.
I ended up getting a Back to Basics mill through Breadbeckers.com. Our church has a co-op through them and I also get my grains through them. They are absolutely wonderful to do business with and I am very pleased with them. I had bugs in grains and they refunded me.
They have a variety of mills. I got the hand mill for when the electricity is out or for when the kids are sleeping. (also for dh lol)
I make cookies, muffins, bread, pizza dough, pancakes, etc. I love the grains and I have tons of honey recipes through Breadbeckers. I highly recommend them if you go with a mill.
and Sam, 8 
I have a 30 year old Garden Way flour mill. Got it off of ebay for $40, including shipping! But, we had to do some minor work to it. It's an electric stone grinder. I love it! The flour is just as fine (and finer than some) than comercial whole wheat flour. And, yes it will grind grits. I would say the noise is about as loud as a noisy vaccum cleaner, maybe slightly louder? But, a steal burr might be quieter.
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Nate 12yo, 
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