Can this mill be used to grind corn into masa flour? The corn will be soaked and I'm concerned about trying to grind it.
474547
This grinder is better for small grains. The larger stuff like corn or bean are too big and the teeth won't grab them to grind them up.
474548
I have ground dry corn for corn meal with mine. Not sure how it would do with wet corn, i think it might plug up the burs on the grinder. The grinder is a cup and cone configuration with graduated burs, starting with breaker teeth at the inlet and graduating to finer burs towards the discharge side. If you are using large kernal corn, such as dent corn, I think it will be too large to feed through the grinder anyway.
1339161
I bought this to grind wet corn treated with All, and made my own Masa dough. It was perfect. I have a Magic Mill as wellMas KitchenAid grain mill attachment for dry grain grinding.
1757474
Since lifestock don't need a fine flour, you could probably get away with using the corn/bean auger to crack the grain and keep the stones on a very course setting. If you motorized it or hooked it up to a bike it would probably work ok. You may want to look into something that is specifically designed to just crack grains.
1080527
Apologies, but I have not even tried those items. I believe corn kernels would be way too big to fit in the 1.25" hopper opening. The driest grains do best as moisture makes the grinding parts turn gummy. I bet rice & tapioca would do well. I have ground Spelt, Kamut, & other wheats. For flax & teff, seeds like chia, I use my Krups coffee grinder. I do not eat corn, so am not familiar with grinding it, but I'm just thinking of the size of it & it is going to be too big to be ground by this grain grinder, in my estimation.
863578
Am not sure I know it cant grind corn wheat to flour try the nuts it should because it soft than corn an wheat
1538375
It's not going to grind a *chunk.* I would suggest putting the chunk in a thick plastic bag, take it outside and hit it with a hammer until it is fairly well ground up. Then put it in the mill. I grind coarse ground Celtic Sea Salt in it with no problems whatsoever. It does a great job.
561487
It will grind it to a point. Not to flour consistency. Might work for what your looking to do.
1995689
I have a Wonder Mill and it grinds this corn just fine. Here's what Wikipedia says:"Most of the corn grown in the United States today is Yellow Dent or a closely related variety derived from it.[2] Dent corn is the variety used in food manufacturing as the base ingredient for cornmeal flour (used in the baking of cornbread), corn chips, tortillas and taco shells."
522580
I've tried regular masa tortillas several times. Power on, power off didn't matter, they still stuck. I tried spraying and greasing with no change. I haven't given up on corn yet, though! As far as flour tortillas it's Awesome! Perfect every time.
1927769
I have no idea. The grains are smaller then salt so it will probably mess the machine up.
763477
Yes it will grind corn kernels into corn meal. I can't speak to the moisture contnetmportionofmthe question becaus simply bought the corn kernels at my local grocer.
1149486
Yes, it will do the job. That's what I used it for. It works OK on everything but dried corn. If you are planning on baking often, though, it can be tedious.
315206
Yes, this grinder can be used to crack and grind soybeans. But it is a bit messy to use for that purpose and the hopper is too small.I would recommend the Family Grain Mill or the Country Living Grain Mill for soybeans instead of this one as they can do larger quantitieswith their bigger hoppers. Both of these grain mills are available through Amazon also. Just do a search through the search bar for "grain mill".This one is great for grinding smaller grains to flour, but soybeans may be a bit more than it can handle...
844185
I would probably do that. I filled mine with salt from Vietnam, not oven-dried, and it was too soft for this grinder and kept getting stuck. I eventually mixed with sea salt before figuring out you need to oven dry.
1921029
Yes, it will grind roasted coffee which is dry. I believe it will grind corn to since it to is usually dry.
1810342
I don't see why not. It's less hard than grains. It's a good thought... I was thinking of dehydrating home made dog food, and it would surely save space to grind it too! This handles some pretty tough whole wheat berries. I have run mine over an hour with the motor attachment. I opted for this one because I can also hand grind when the power is out. I make breads on the woodstove, which are great. Even power is on I do it! Make sure you realize only this deluxe can take the motor...I know that's not what you asked about...but the motor is very worth it! My only one little issue with this grinder for wheat....which is no big deal... but it may also be true with veggies...sometimes when you are near the end of what's in the hopper, sometimes (with motor OFF please!) need to push the stuff down a little more. Seems the weight of more stuff in the hopper does the pushing. Not an issue with the hand grinding so much, but could be. I poke the stuff down with a skewer and it works again for the duration of what's left in it. Very sturdy, very good, I use it on the finest setting, good fine powder comes out.
1370082
It will only grind dry corn or wheat, it will not work with soft or wet grains.