NutrimillClassic High Speed Electric Grain Mill for Fresh Flour Wheat Grinder with Stainless Steel Milling Heads

I just started making freshly milled flour for my sourdough breads and this has been amazing. Works well, pretty fast and easy to use. Easy to clean and stores well. Would buy again

I started baking bread with a Bosch Universal and the Family Mill attachment. The mill was easy to use and clean, and was very quiet but, being a conical burr grinder it only made fairly coarsely ground flour. The bread was good but was limited to a coarse, whole wheat sandwich bread, so I eventually quite making it. This year I discovered the "no knead bread" method and started making wonderful artesian sourdough. Now I wanted finer flour, but the shelf life with store bought whole wheat flours was still a question. Enter the Nutrimill.............The flour texture is still slightly coarser than KA brand flours, but very close on the finest setting so no issue with flour quality.Noise.....It is loud. I have ear protection and have decided to use it though if I didn't have it I would probably do without. The noise level drops off just a couple of feet away, so I could load it turn it on and walk away.Dust....It is dusty though I'm not sure how much is leakage and how much spillage after the milling and moving to other containers. For me, I have decided to use it in the garage so the dust doesn't matter. During my last session, I spilled a cup of flour on to the floor, but on the garage floor was no big deal.Clean-up....The burrs run at high speed, and similar to high speed coffee grinders it creates some static. When I finish milling there is a light coating of flour on all surfaces of the Nutrimill inside and out. I have been dusting it off with a pastry brush, but think the best choice will be a portable vacuum, especially if it is used in the house. I just hold it over the trash can and brush away, not worrying about the airborne dust, but in the house? They also say to just "rinse out" the flour bowl parts. The problem is when you mix water and flour you end up with glue, so you have to clean every nook and cranny carefully not to leave any residue. Cleaning it dry with a vacuum would probably be best.Cleaning takes a good deal of time, so I would not grind for every use like I did with the Family mill, but grind and refrigerate a two or three week supply each time.Durability.....The plastic parts are made of the same kind of plastic as the Bosch and Family mill and they showed no wear after several years of use. I am confident if I handle the plastic parts carefully they will last. The moving parts, (electrical and milling) have a limited lifetime guarantee so very confident this mill will last long term.Warranty......The warranty is limited to the original owner and requires a copy of the receipt to honor the factory warranty. I purchased this from "fulfillment by Amazon" and before purchase I emailed L'Equipt and they indeed confirmed it would be covered under the lifetime warranty, but be careful of a 3rd. party transaction.

I had a Retsel stone mill that died. Instead of replacing it, I got the Nutrimill. I can't say whether or not the micronized flour retains the nutrients as good as the stone mill (I suspect there isn't much difference), but the performance of the machine, and the performance of the flour is clearly better.As for the machine: it is much faster (although that is not the most relevant criteria), and is not as messy as the Retsel in dusting the counters, etc., it is noisy, but not a deal breaker (and because it's fast it's not on for very long) I had considered that I would grind on the porch if it was too noisy, but it's not that big a problem...It's much easier to clean than the Retsel, which involved removing the stone burrs and scraping the stones.As to the results: I like to make cornbread with fresh ground corn; there is really no comparison with store bought cornmeal. Nutrimill recommends popcorn, and it has made some delicious corn bread. With the retsel it was always a problem grinding corn as the stones would gum up very easily and sometimes have to be cleaned in the middle of a batch. Or, I would have to stand there and force the corn into the grinder. Also, I would have to sift the grits out to use the flour. With the Nutrimill, it is fast, and the flour is fine and doesnt need sifting (no waste). FAR superior in grinding corn.With wheat, the retsel did a good job, but the bran was larger compared to the micronized flour from the Nutrimill. I had read that these longer strands of bran with their sharp edges would cut the gluten, and result in heavier whole wheat bread. This has been my experience since getting the new mill. My bread with fresh ground flour rises and performs more like store bought unbleached bread flour, resulting in a much lighter loaf than the retsel's flour gave me.So, I am very satisfied with this machine. As I said, there may be nutritional differences as compared with stone ground, or maybe not. But if the proof of the baking is in the eating, this is a winner.

This has been amazing for milling our own grain. It works so well and is quick and easy to use! Worth the price!