Can this meat grinder to be used for grinding nuts? (such as almond, walnut)? Thanks
594264
Yes. But go easy. It's a bit poorly made so exessive force may strip the square bolt that holds the knife and plate onto the auger. It can grind chicken leg bones so it should be able to grind nuts with no problem.
594265
Yes, but to be honest a good blender or sm food precessor is better, or large depending on how many nuts you'll be grinding at a time!
1451037
Ive used it for seeds ... not the cinnamon maybe if you broke them up so not as long. I tend to use grinders for pepper and use coffee mills Not the burr type or mortar for the rest of my spices so they can be more cleaned up . Which would be almost impossible with this grinder.
1019040
I have only used it for coffee. (being a coffee snob, I wouldn't ever put anything else in my coffee grinder :-)I do use one of the $10 coffee grinders with the stainless steel blades that spin around. I use it to grind up all sorts of things - spices, flax seeds, nuts. I've used the same one for years - seems to be very durable, and easy to clean.
214400
Probably Not ! While it does a nice job on meats vegies etc... I wouldn't use it for bones. Someone answered use a metal grinder would probably be the best answer for what you want to do
929903
We have never used it for nuts but i don't see why it wouldn't. We have mainly used it for vegetables and meat such as chicken for making chicken salad. This product is very well made. I bought this one to replace one that was finally showing wear after about 20 years of use and we are keeping the old one just in case we need to double up chopping for a big meal.
832255
No, it is not recommended for oily product. Wheat is the only thing I grind with it. If you want to grind nuts or any other oily nut, you need to get a manual grinder with steel burrs. No electric, that I know of, will do nuts.
981526
I don't think so, it's for grinding meat, try a gallon freezer type Baggie and a rolling pin
922634
I would not use this grinder to make nut butters. (I make my own nut butters all of the time, in my 14 c. Cuisinart Food processor, which does an amazing job. In my experience, you need at least a 7 cup food proc. to make any nut butter). This little grinder is not meant for the motor to be running for as long as it takes to make nut butter.
1227817
I have never used it on nuts. But it is very sturdy so I would imagine it would do well
239416
I am sure you can use the machine with any kind of beans or nuts, I didn't try with almond yet but I did with black eye pea & soybean, it came out perfect.
1140807
its not really that kind of grinder, its mostly for tobacco products. However if you first cut the cinnamon into short sections I would imagine it could work. that said its it intended mostly as a smoker's accessory for those of us who like to roll our own blends. hope this helps!
552791
I purchased this grinder to do the same thing. I've had no trouble at all with chickens, bones and all. The manufacturer says it will handle turkey and rabbit bones and all. It is very heavy-duty and powerful. Though I haven't tried anything but chicken yet, I have no doubt it will work. I put the meat/bones through twice. Once with the large-hole die and once with the small-hole. You have to clean the bone pieces out to keep the meat moving through efficiently, but you'd have that with any grinder. I love this grinder and would buy it again.
540327
No, it isn't able to grind, really. It can chop things very small, but really not like almond flour. I get mine from Trader Joe's!
659826
This isn't what you'd use for nuts - this would turn them into mush.This grinder is for meat.
50784
This would be a pretty expensive nut grinder. The Gaggia grinder is designed to grind coffee beans into a pretty consistent powder for use in an espresso machine. There are far better devices for grinding nuts, like food processors, which cost less and have other functions. If you are not using the Gaggia in conjunction with a espresso maker like a Gaggia, then this grinder is really not what you need.
212785
I have used the Texan York Nut cracker on pecans and it worked real well cracking the nuts. I have not done many almonds yet I know the blades are quite sharp and would do almonds very well. you will not go wrong with this cracker. It will work good for you.
955111
Yes. We use it for grinding coffee, cardamom, clove and other crunchy spices. Almonds should be no problem. It has two different grinding cups with different blades for different grinding jobs.