One of the main reasons I want this unit is to grind grains into flour. Will it do that?
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I am fairly certain it would be able to do that...for a short time before it breaks. I got about 20 uses out of mine before the processing bowl broke. And 2 uses out of the immersion blender before it broke. Wouldn't you be better off with a burr grinder for making flour though?
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I also grind nuts into flour and nut butter but I prefer my Blentec blender for this job because of the HP. This does can do this job as well but it will probably burn out it used for long periods of time.
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I would say the same as S. Vernon: it should work a few times before it breaks. The plastic bowl is not strong enough to resist to such a pressure (for very tough grains like barley, wheat berries,...). It works with nuts but I feel I shouldn't do it too often either.
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I can't give an authoritative answer because I haven't tried grinding grain. However, the food processor attachment works beautifully in every way I've used it. The blades are very sharp, the speed is good, and the motor is quite strong. If a conventional food processor (Cuisinart, KitchenAid, etc) can grind grains into flour, then this unit could, too. Also, as a stick blender, I give it an A+.
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Yes, it will work with that grain. I was able to grind rice with it & it did a perfect job. However, just don't use millet, flax, or any other oily grain. The machine is unforgiving & will breakdown. I wish the company would address this issue. It's a good company. They replaced the first machine instantly. Thanks for asking. Nelson Donley, author of LIFE AIN'T KIND.
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Whole kernel corn is too large to feed through the mechanism. This mill will grind popcorn or cracked field corn - like you might feed birds. And yes it will grind either of those into a fine flour. It will NOT adjust so that you can grind into a coarse corn meal. I add the corn flour to Kamut flour (also ground in the mill) to produce a very heavy bread that is super as toast in the mornings.
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I am not sure about nixtamal (?) however, the more you pass the grain through the grinder and tighten the pressure the finer it becomes. I did hard winter wheat and it became very fine, so much so I could have used it for cake flour.
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Yes it will. Just select the "ingredients" tab, click on the "add grain" button, and it pulls up a menu for you to enter whatever specs you wish.
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no, machine works with most ALL flours! trick is to measure carefully! water amnmt. is critical, but you will learn fast.
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Dear Mr./Ms. S. Nika, Hi. I can not answer your question completely, because I did not buy the drill attachment. I have not ground any wheat with this mill yet. I have only used this mill once so far to grind a pound of rice with the hand crank. set-up, playing with adjustments and then ran it through a second time to get the consistency of cornmeal took me about two hours. On the question about grinding oily nuts I have not done yet. I can tell you this, I love this Mill, it gives me fresh ground flour when I want it, the way I want it and if the grid goes down I can grind flour to make my bread and feed my family.Sincerely Yours,D. Dickson (Aka: SweetPea) Dear Mr./Ms. S. Nika, Hi. I can not answer your question completely, because I did not buy the drill attachment. I have not ground any wheat with this mill yet. I have only used this mill once so far to grind a pound of rice with the hand crank. set-up, playing with adjustments and then ran it through a second time to get the consistency of cornmeal took me about two hours. On the question about grinding oily nuts I have not done yet. I can tell you this, I love this Mill, it gives me fresh ground flour when I want it, the way I want it and if the grid goes down I... » Read More Dear Mr./Ms. S. Nika, Hi. I can not answer your question completely, because I did not buy the drill attachment. I have not ground any wheat with this mill yet. I have only used this mill once so far to grind a pound of rice with the hand crank. set-up, playing with adjustments and then ran it through a second time to get the consistency of cornmeal took me about two hours. On the question about grinding oily nuts I have not done yet. I can tell you this, I love this Mill, it gives me fresh ground flour when I want it, the way I want it and if the grid goes down I can grind flour to make my bread and feed my family.Sincerely Yours,D. Dickson (Aka: SweetPea) « Show Less
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I once tried to use my Corona Corn Mill to grind wheat fine enough to bake a small loaf. It did NOT work. I even tried to re-grind the resultant flour which was too coarse. I ran it through the mill at least three times. It still was not fine enough. I do NOT believe that it would work any better for rice. Sorry, Richard
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I would imagine that this would get rather messy with flour. The hopper funnels the rice into a small measuring compartment, and when you press the button, that drops the rice into the drawer. Dropping the flour into the drawer would kick up a cloud inside the dispenser, which will get flour into parts where it shouldn't go. Even with rice, there are always at least a few grains that miss the drawer and end up in the bottom of the dispenser that need to be cleaned out occasionally.
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I've never tried grinding nuts and seeds for flour, because frankly I never considered using nuts or seeds for flour! The high oil content from nuts would seem to preclude doing so, but you could try it. However, there's no way to clean this unit's grinding mechanism, so chances are some of what you grind will be left inside the housing. My guess is that whatever is left will become rancid over time and likely affect whatever else you grind in the future. If I really had a desire to do that, I'd stick with something like a powerful food processor that I could clean well. But according to another poster, the answer is yes, so have at it! I've never tried grinding nuts and seeds for flour, because frankly I never considered using nuts or seeds for flour! The high oil content from nuts would seem to preclude doing so, but you could try it. However, there's no way to clean this unit's grinding mechanism, so chances are some of what you grind will be left inside the housing. My guess is that whatever is left will become rancid over time and likely affect whatever else you grind in the future. If I really had a desire to do that, I'd stick with something like a powerful food processor that I could clean well. But according to... » Read More I've never tried grinding nuts and seeds for flour, because frankly I never considered using nuts or seeds for flour! The high oil content from nuts would seem to preclude doing so, but you could try it. However, there's no way to clean this unit's grinding mechanism, so chances are some of what you grind will be left inside the housing. My guess is that whatever is left will become rancid over time and likely affect whatever else you grind in the future. If I really had a desire to do that, I'd stick with something like a powerful food processor that I could clean well. But according to another poster, the answer is yes, so have at it! « Show Less
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Yes it will. If you're interested in finding out specifically what the mill will and will not grind, please reference the web site: http://willitgrind.com
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I don't think this machine can grind dry grain. I only used it to make soybean juice and it needs dripping water as the instruction book says
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Works fine for barley and corn for brewing. Not designed for making flour, cannot gring grains only crush.
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Depending on the grains you want to grind, this should work for what you want. I use it to grind various grains for a 10 grain bread which provides a nice crunchy texture and not just for fine flour. You can't use the grinder for oily grains (Hops?) as the oil will clog the grinder.
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I don't know; I've never tried that. It can be ground into flour, or cooked as a whole grain. If your blender can grind tough grains like rice, than it should be able to do this, too.
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It would grind much finer for sure, but since I do not eat wheat (we eat Gluten Free) I do not know for sure. I could go test it to see if it would make rice into granules (which I believe it would), to make cream of rice, only it started smoking yesterday, and shaving off plastic from some part inside and spitting the plastic shavings into the already ground flour. So now I am afraid to turn it on, and will be purchasing a new mill, but a different brand, for reasons already stated.
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Some hard grains must be ground twice. You can regrind until you get the flour as fine as you wish. On each pass you tighten the adjustment to a level to where you can turn the wheel comfortably.