Powerful Electric Grain Mill Wheat Grinder for Home and Professional Use - High Speed Grain Grinder Flour Mill for Healthy Grains and Gluten-Free Flours - Electric Grain Mill by Wondermill,White

Let's start right with - I LOVE my WonderMill! I also have a hand-grinding mill (Back to Basics) that I have used, but decided to look around for an electric mill, because even though the B2B is great, my hands and arms got tired, quick. Have no fear though, I'll keep the B2B for when the power is out, or we go camping, it does a great fine grind. So, I did some research, and then I saw and read some comparison tests. Well, I chose the WonderMill. Just to clear up some things: YES, you can turn off your WonderMill in the middle of grinding. Whether you can do this with the older models, I don't know, but the newer models you can. The manual still states (shown below) that it 'should' never be turned off, but if you go to the video link that I included, John shows you how to do to it. The manual has not been updated, per phone call. Here is the information from the manual: "You should NEVER SWITCH OFF your mill during its milling cycle. Wait until it has finished milling all of the grain in the hopper before stopping. Starting the mill with grain in the hopper or stopping the mill while it is in process may cause your mill to clog up with flour. If you wish to mill a small amount of flour just add a small amount of grain. If an emergency occurs and you must turn off the mill before the hopper is empty, turn the texture knob to the far left, pastry setting (11 o'clock), then switch the mill off. To restart the mill, remove all grains, hold mill firmly and shake mill upside down while tapping one side of the mill, readjust the texture knob to the coarse position, then turn the mill on. If the mill only hums - Do NOT continue to try to run the mill. Call the Service Center for Assistance at 208-234-9352." And here is the updated info, via youtube video: from the company, showing how to do it: [...] ** Added: 2/3/1010 - Amazon took off video link, which I can understand, so, here is how to find it: go to youtube and in the search bar at top of page, enter "grotemolen" WITH the quotes (the quotation marks will narrow down results), and you should see the different videos that the company has put out. Click on the one titled "Turning off the Wondermill Grain Mill During Milling". ** I also called the company itself, to make sure that when I wrote my review, that I was stating accurate information, and I was told: for older models, the information in the written manual is correct - but they have done more testing, and have found that NO, you do NOT have to turn the machine upside and empty out the hopper, and NO, you do NOT have to turn the texture knob to coarse before turning it back on. I also asked about the video showing John putting the wheat berries in the hopper before turning it on and was told it is better if the machine is empty when turned on, but that it was okay if you had grain in it. So... if you need to turn off your grinder to run to the bathroom (please, wash your hands before coming back ;o)) or grab the phone that is ringing, or answer the doorbell... well, you can. Loudness of the grinder: yes, it is very loud - when empty. Presumably though you won't be running it for too long with the hopper empty, then it quiets down some while grinding and stuff is hopper, as it empties it gets louder again. For myself this is not a problem, especially after grinding up Parmesan cheese chunks in my food processor. If you've ever done that, you know what I mean. :o) Which brings me to next point: when you first go to turn it on - hold onto it - maybe it's just mine, but it jumps a little. Once it gets going it's fine, but just so you know. Also, be prepared for when the hopper empties out, that 1 or 2 grains might try to escape by flying out. ;o) As far as getting the lid off the flour canister, I agree, it originally was a pain, but, I learned a trick. Hopefully, it will work for others, and not just on mine: I turn the canister so that the part with the curved flour tube is pointed AWAY from my body and pull up on the tab that is located by the tube while my other arm is wrapped around the canister - then I have a much easier time getting lid off. As I said, hopefully that will work for others. I don't know why it works on that particular tab for me, but it does. Don't ask me why. And yes, push down on all sides to make sure that it is firmly attached before turning on machine, push down with both hands firmly until you hear loud click - I learned that lesson very well. Here are some things to hopefully help others when they get their machine: When you first get your mill, you're told to run at least 2 cups of wheat or other hard grain, well, I wasn't willing to throw away good wheat, so, I used rice instead, and did 3 cups, just to be safe. No problems. It was also a good way to test the texture settings for me. The curved flour tube does NOT come off and does not pull straight out sideways! It becomes easier to move with usage, but first time might be a little tough. I'm right handed so here is how I do it: place my left hand, flat, on top of canister with tube side facing right, I take my thumb and hook it just into the hole and lay my forefinger along the side of tube for stability, and gently pull up and around. Basically you will be 'flipping' the tube horizontally, without removing it. When I first got machine, I hand washed all that could be washed, and wiped down the hopper part, then I milled my first grind, which was the throw-a-way rice, when you go to grind, make sure that the filter is on the machine and that you put the separator cup back on correctly (line the flat side of cup up with flat tab - I used a marker and made alignment arrows for ease). I forgot that first time, and made giant mess. Just an FYI. Another reviewer talks about lining the canister with plastic bag and that it helps with clean up - I have not tried that, but it sounds like it would work, I'll add addendum when I try it next week. Just ground up 6 cups of wheat so won't need more until then. Hope that this review helps someone else and clears up a little of the confusion that seems to be around about this machine.

This is an excellent grain mill. The price may scare away a few customers, but taking into account that there is a six year warranty that goes along with it, it is well worth the price. The mill has many great qualities which include the grains that you can mill, its capacity, how quiet it is, and the warranty. The only negative would be the size of the entire mill. I will describe each of the points: Types of grains-There is a wide array of grains that are listed that this mill can grind, including wheat, oats, rice, spelt, rye, millet, buckwheat chick peas and various dried beans and corn. The manual gives a very extensive list of things that can be milled, as well as things that should never be put into the mill. In addition, the product website lists a small grain attachment that can be purchased that allows you to mill other grains including tapioca and salt. We have used the mill for hard wheat, and have been very impressed with how fine the flour is. The only other grain that we have milled to date is oat, and the mill was able to do it, however with less ease than it was able to grind the oats. It appears that you need to get a feel for each individual grain. Capacity-The mill can grind 8 cups of grain at once, which results in 10 cups of flour. We are used to grinding on a much smaller scale, and being able to do so much at one time has been wonderful. The flour container is also a wonderful addition, although it does make the whole set up rather large. As I already mentioned, the flour is very fine. The bread that we have been making with this flour has been the lightest whole wheat bread that we have ever had. Quiet-Our previous mill was very LOUD. The first time we ran this mill we were surprised at how quiet it was. To be able to grind grains so fine, at such a fast rate and being extremely quiet is wonderful. Warranty-This was a major selling point. We use our mill for all of our flour, and use it constantly. For a purchase of this magnitude we wanted something with a very good warranty. This warranty is the best that I have found. It has a lifetime warranty on the milling heads, and a six year warranty on everything else. An important caveat regarding the warranty is that it has to be purchased from a licensed dealer. If you purchase the mill from an unauthorized dealer, the dealer is considered the original owner and the warranty does not apply. They have a list of approved dealers on line, and were very helpful when I called to very that the dealer that was selling through amazon was an authorized dealer. Size-The only negative is the size, but this is a slight negative. It is really large, and finding a spot for it in the cabinets took a little bit of rearranging. Other than that (and the apparent difference between different grains in the milling efficiency) we have been very happy with it. We are enjoying having all the whole grain flour that we want,as well as making wonderful baked goods.

I love this mill. Makes grinding wheat for baking so easy and quick. Quieter than I expected. Easy for me to lift and set up.

This is an excellent trouble-free appliance having a fairly heavy weight for stability. Just turn it on, pour in your grain and/or beans, and out comes beautifully milled flour. You can adjust the coarseness of the flour from bread flour to fine pastry flour. The best part is that you get ALL of the nutrients from the original grain instead of what you buy in the store, which is only a small subset of synthetic vitamins they add back in. Why ever buy flour from the supermarket when you can get all the vitamins, minerals, oil, and enzymes fresh from the actual grain? You will likely notice a positive difference in your health by eating bread made from freshly milled grains.

I had this in my shopping carts for literally 6 months, deciding whether it was worth the money investing in it. I couldn't decide which Mill to get, as I love to bake and wanted to start using more whole wheat in our diets, but didn't want to spend a fortune on a Mill that might not work that great for our needs. Let's just say I'm kicking myself for not getting this sooner! My friend highly recommended it, as she got one when she got married 10 years ago, and did a demonstration on wheat bread making for women at a church activity showing how wonderful it ground the wheat. It is so much quieter than any Mill I've ever used! I ground 2 cups of rice to clean it out, per instructions, and I was so sad too toss it out. Luckily, my kids got to it and made some balloon stress balls work it, and it felt just like the ones they made with all purpose flour! The wheat bread I made with it came out perfectly, and I'm excited to use some popcorn kernels to make corneal for cornbread. Being an airhead, I accidentally put wheat berries in without turning it on first the second time I used it. (Yes, I'm a total idiot. It has a big note on it in red letters where you put the grain in. But I was talking to one of my kids and wasn't looking. Anywho...I was so sad and thought I had completely ruined it on my second use, but read the instructions on what to if you turn it off mid-grinding, and was able to get all the wheat out. It has run perfectly since, so thankfully it didn't seem to do anything permanent! It was a good lesson for my kids though. I was almost in tears thinking I had completely destroyed it, so now they know not to put anything in! I do like that it has the lid to keep it clean in storage. It's also great that most of it is washable. I did buy a pastry brush to clean it up, but it turns out most of it can just get a quick rinse off, and that's better than using the best anyway. It's nice to have such a lightweight, easily stored mill.i would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a wheat grinder! I haven't tried any settings other than bread, but that's what I bought it for -perfectly smooth, fine grained wheat, so I'm very pleased with it. Definitely seems worth the money!!

I use this for making rice flour. I cannot use stone mills due to the kind of rice grain I mill, so the "threshing" type of mill (like the WonderMill) is my only option. If you have the option of using a stone mill, I would get one of those over the WonderMill due to the noise factor. Pros The Wondermill produces great flour and has a decent level of control. It can make a pretty decent volume of flour relatively fast. I feel like the price is OK. The quality seems good but I can't say for sure as I haven't owned it very long. Cons Very loud, very irritating to have running. I have a relatively high tolerance to noise and I need earplugs for this. It gets hot and you need to let it run to cool it down in between batches. Irritating if you have a lot of flour to mill down, like I do (I mill 3-7 lbs at a time).

A fantastic grain mill. Fast grind without any fuss. Start the grain mill then add your wheat berries and it does the job fast.

This item is excellent. We no longer by flour from the store. Easy to assemble and clean. Just put in dishwasher. Very durable. Powerful enough to grind wheat berries into flour very quickly. Every thing is ground in less than a minute. Stays cool. A little awkward to store due to size.