KITCHEN CROP Deluxe Grain Mill, small, Silver, VKP1024

This grinder is better built than I was expecting. On the up side: It’s one piece moulded construction makes for a solid device. The hopper doesn't look very large but once you start hand grinding the hopper suddenly becomes stinking huge and you wonder how long it will take to get finished The actual grinding chamber is well built and nicely adjustable The clamp has enough variance that it can be attached to many different surfaces The handle fits well and is strong enough, I believe, to handle some hard seeds Fit and finish is good. Mould lines have been nicely trimmed and machining such as is required for the grinding chamber is smooth and the pieces fit well Clean up is easy as the grinding chamber reassembles with no hassles, just make sure that all pieces are completely dry before reassembling On the down side: The table clamp is a little flimsy when extended especially if your clamping onto something as thin as a half inch table top. If it was better attached on slides at the grinder column this would greatly reduce the swing out that I have experienced If you don’t buy the motor attachment the hopper is WAY too big, unless you count this as part of your upper body work out Over all it was a good buy and I appreciate being able to grind my own flour which has been sourced form an organic farmer, there is no wondering what might have been added after the seeds were ground as in plants that churn out wheat flour. The peace of mind on just this one item makes this grinder worth buying.

This mill arrived a week earlier than expected, I'm in Australia. Gave it a test run and it worked smoothly. I will buy more for my kids. I bought something similar from a local kitchen supplier and took it back within 2 hrs. This mill is a keeper. The flour isn't as fine as store bought flour even after milling a few times but it will make breads etc so I'm happy. It clamps to my table really well with no movement while grinding. It's easy to clean and doesn't take up much space. I'm a happy customer.

Got this one and the smaller version too. Both operate very well. It is very important to inspect the seeds or grain prior to milling as small rocks might find their way into the mill and wrack havoc with the grinding/milling mechanism. I have milled some oat/barley mix and the flour comes out nice and smooth, my wife then mixed it with whole wheat flour and made awesome tasting bread. Will try next with flex seed and many other kinds of seeds (non-oily seeds only). The whole mill is made of steel, well done and quite thick, obviously made to last. We felt this shopping was one that was definitely not a waste of money.

Yes, this mill does the job of milling grains into very coarse flour. After 3 re-grinds, I was able to make rice flatbreads and dough-boys. But the mount is not sturdy enough, probably due to the rubber gasket being way too soft and the screw lever being too short. The mill also requires constant tapping with the heel of the palm, or slapping, in order to shake the grain and meal down into the screw because the floor angles are too gentle. Overall, this is Okay for survival, but absolutely not good for daily use. It grinds into coarse meal on the 1st grind, into fine meal onto the 2nd, and into coarse flour on the 3d. Also, Amazon dropped the ball. First, it took them almost 1 month to ship, and then they split my order of 2x mills into 2x shipments, with 1 week delivery apart. Huh? UPDATE: I am coming back to upgrade the rating from 3 to 4 stars. The mill works very well on buckwheat and oats. I am still waiting to see how it will work on the new crop of wheat and rye, but my oat cookies and buckwheat pancakes are now awesome. Clearly not a 5-star product, but a strong 4-star for sure.

I have used this for couple of months now, and have had great quality flour with good consistency. I have also got the smaller version as a gift, and it too works great. I would say the bigger version suits my need better, because the mill disk is removable, so I can clean it better and catch any issues with mill early if they ever happen. The mill teeth is very high quality. It is obvious the material is cast professionally by engineers who knew what they were doing. Operation is easy and quick. The hand-mill does work your arm to get decent amount of flour. For an average dude like me, it feels like I am cleaning glass pane when rotating, so it is fairly easy and smooth to make your flour manually. The clamp is really nice. You get 200g flour from about 5 min of milling at average speed. The flour obviously needs to be sifted, even if you want to get whole-wheat flour, because the wheat bran content has to be lower to allow gluten development, so get yourself a nice fine sifter, and sift the milled flour. (Add back small amount of the bran to create whole-wheat breads). The flavour of bread is phenomenally better than what you get from any store-bought flours. I hear there is trace amount of rodent and insect parts in those flours you buy in stores, which require a lot of chemical processing to reduce to acceptable levels, but you never get rid of those completely in any industrial settings. I think there is a Health Canada regulation allowance of 15 particles of pest and rodents per 100 grams of flour (if I remember correctly), which all flour sellers have to comply with. There is another story I heard from a guy who worked in flour mills, who said basically the way to deal with rats in wheat inventory after harvest is to allow the rat to eat and engorge as much wheat as they can, until their gut explodes of disintery. They are then filtered out the rodent corpse and any larvae from the wheat, with some obvious trace amount left. I guess that's where the 15 particles comes in regulations. With your own grain mill though, you will have none of that gross problem. Initially I went cheap and bought one of those corn-mill hoppers. Don't waste your time and money for those if you want to mill wheat. Mine broke a piece and metal and milled it into flour. Had to return. Don't go cheap for your flour mill.