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Good quality product for the price - you have to use it correctly.
This mill is perfect for the person who wants to a couple pounds of flour/week and already owns a real kitchen aid (commercial/pro-line.. artisan? ehhh)
I was using King Arthur flour prior to this - so already something decent - and after baking bread milled from hard red winter wheat? Totally blows away the store-bought. I was shocked how much better it was. There is depth and dimension to the bread that was simply not there before. I just can't go back and after using up what store-bought I have, I probably will never buy flour again.
How well does this mill work? Pretty good for the price I'd say - if you already have a real kitchenaid (more on that later). If you want a fine flour and are using a hard wheat you'll want to mill it about 2-3 times. If you want something coarser for a rustic bread - 1 or 2 runs through. Yes that's correct - you'll need to run it through the mill more than once for most flour. Dealbreaker for me? No. Do I think this matters for the average person? No. You gotta be realistic for about $100 you're getting a pretty good mill (all steel construction), but it's not perfect. If you want light duty commercial, then go pay $2-3k for a small commercial mill. For the typical baking enthusiast who is going through maybe 2-3 lbs/week? This is perfectly adequate. You can run it on speed 10 on a real kitchen aid and it takes no time at all.
One criticism - the flour kinda drifts about a bit. My solution was to set my tall bowl atop something so it's right underneath - easy fix just have something sturdy underneath.
Okay I said you need a real kitchenaid for this - Personally I have a Pro Line (DC motor). If you have the Commercial (AC motor) that's probably Okay too. Artisan? Forget it. Buy a hand mill or get one of the other powered mills out there.
August 2016 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase