VKP1012

Works great milling but hard to keep tight and moves around frequently when grinding. Easy to rotate and grind the wheat berries, well made but just slides around and gets loose frequently otherwise works great!

I will write a review based on the function I use it and that is basically to grind whole species (black and white pepper, cumin, caraway, coriander seeds, dill seeds, fennel, etc) I'm a sausage maker and at this, the mill does a great job. The coarseness can be adjusted from fine to coarse, however it is hard to reduce from coarse to fine on the fly because the spice will not allow the auger to be set tighter without emptying it first. Before this mill I burned out two kitchenaid coffee grinders and the spices never grinded evenly. With this mill the spices result in a more consistent size. About the use of this mill for cereals such as wheat, rice, etc, I will guess the output will be too small for the need of many users. At grinding species is ok since species are used at small quantities even in very large batches, but if you need to grind several pounds of flour probably this hand powered mill is not for you and maybe you should take a look at another model of the same vendor with a motor option. I cannot rate durability at least for now but some parts could have been made of more durable material such as a plastic washer between the auger and the handle. Even when it looks made of stainless steel this mill is made mostly of brushed aluminum, but the inner parts of the mill are stainless steel. I think you get a decent product for the price. Update: I found the mill cannot grind annatto seeds. Even though the annatto seed appears to be a dry seed and not oily, but after grinding a few it forms a hard dry paste around the auger and that's it, the mill gets clogged and no more seeds can go down the grinding path. Update: As you grind, the handle movement tightens the bolt that holds the handle and it results in a gradually finer grinding and it ends on the auger being completely tight and no allowing the product to grind at all. I hope this can be solved by installing a washer. I will keep you updated

I was looking for a hand grinder to try and make my own gluten free flours at home. We've had to go completely gluten free as our three young children all have an intollerance. It was getting really expesive purchasing already ground flours. After reading all of the reviews on amazon I took a chance on this one, there were a lot of very unhappy people, that said here's what I found... Pros -It shipped super fast thank you prime membership. -It fits into the regular size kitchen drawer completely assembled -Washes easy only one part to unscrew. -On nearly the finest setting it produced decent rice flour with little effort (do remember it is a HAND GRINDER) my husband and I both tried it and my 9 year old daughter. -One cup of white rice yielded more than one cup of flour going to save more than enough money to make up the cost of the grinder in just a month and a half. Cons -it does loosen itself from the table while grinding and you need to tighten it frequently, I believe it just needs a rubber stopper on the top of the table. Going to try this after a visit to the hardware store. - you cannot make it finer while grinding only more coarse, though it makes sense if you have stuff in it you cannot make it tighter. -The "chute" (where the flour comes out) is a little low to the table for my liking but it would not be as compact if it provided more space for the bowl. - the rice doesn't always fall into the hopper when you reach the end of your grinding we had to stop and poke it with a spoon to get it to fall into the grinder. - the box claims it makes half a cup of flour in a minute I thought this was funny they must be grinding it with a power drill it took us about 5 minutes or so depending on which one of us was grinding. Over all I'm very pleased with the purchase and look forward to recouping my grinder cost next month by making my own flour!!

Pros: - Solid build - 3/16" aluminum, single piece body - nothing to break. - One moving part (grinding head), seems pretty strong - Easy to clean, seems rust-proof - Does not damage counter-tops (it's clamp-mount), due to a rubber pad and good pressure distribution. - Grinds predictably, not super-dust-like fine, but fine enough. - Can grind many things (nuts, seeds, etc) as longs as they are fairly small (see Cons) - looks nice - Thin enough to be stored in a kitchen drawer, fully assembled Cons: - Manual (Requires effort) - but that's understood. - Very slow with flax seeds (must be set to very coarse - back nut off a lot), but does the job. - Large grains or nuts (eg almonds) need to be chopped first - they simply don't fit through the teeth. - Not easily suited for use with a handheld drill (Yes I thought about making it electric for bigger jobs). Can probably be done but you'll need to clamp the square head (see photos) so a big chuck is needed - you can't just use a socket wrench as you need to apply a pulling force to it... Can't fault it for this, it was hardly a design goal. In short, it's worth it if you need 2 cups or less, infrequently. With hard grains I was able to do about 1 cup per 2 minutes of cranking, with millet and similar grains it is faster. Finally, there is a certain pleasure in connecting with your food in a way an electric motor probably won't.

The perfect grinder for 1 or two cups of home-ground flours at a time. I use mine primarily for grinding barley and mustard seed. The device does require a bit of patience and elbow grease. Not difficult to turn, but you will have to crank and crank and crank to process 1/2 cup of mustard in about 30 minutes. However, the results are amazing...a very fine, even flour that fits well into any recipe, which is something you won't get from an electric grinder no matter how long you run it. We can now make our own barley flour to use as a delicious additive to baked goods, or to make our own mustard which is out of this world. Also handy for making a great rice, wheat, or corn flour from ground popcorn. Clean up is a breeze. When re-assembling, make sure the grinding head is all the way back in and the thumbscrew on the handle is on tight. This will ensure a very find, floury grind.

Love this item. My mother had one for 20 years and used it once a week. and it never had any issues. I have now purchased it and the build quality appears to be the same. Pros: -clamps easily onto counter and firmly. This is necessary because your going to be getting a short morning workout in. -manual grinder -very easy to clean, does not show fingerprints -grinds grains into flour which can be used in breads. -easy to use and operate, can be used by children -grinding head is machined, not cast, therefore is high enough quality to grind into flour. Cons: -not much in the way of cons. This is not the grinder for you if you want to use a motor or easily attach a drill, its not designed for that. -Large grains and nuts must be chopped first. -takes 1-4 minutes to grind a cup of flour. But it is not designed to be fast either. Overall i love it. I would recommend to anyone who grinds a bit of flour for some casual making of bread, or anyone who occasionally wants ground nuts for eating. Anything where you need more volume or faster speed look elsewhere. This is your basic, well-made, does-its-job-for-years manual grinder.

So let me begin by saying this is the only reference I have to grinding grains. I purchased this item to add to my emergency preparation plan. I wanted to ensure that I could grind whole grains without electricity for bread making, etc. I tried a very simple bread recipe yesterday (first time making homemade bread) using fresh ground white wheat berries. I am in good physical shape, however, my arms were definitely feeling the burn after grinding almost 4 cups of hard white wheat berries (this produced the 5 cups flour I needed for the recipe). It only stands to reason that the tighter you tighten the handle for finer flour makes it more difficult to crank. I had a consistency somewhat coarser than regular flour, however, it was still very "powdery" and worked well for the recipe. I had to adjust the tightness of the handle screw more than a few times but this was expected as I was vigorously cranking the handle. It stayed in place on the counter where I attached it even though the plate on the hold down screw was not making complete contact with a flat surface under the counter (it was on the lip of the counter). I assisted by placing my free hand on the top of the hopper to help hold it in place. I would recommend this item to anyone like myself that wants it as a backup or for emergency food preparation. It was a great addition. If you would be using it quite often I would recommend one that may have gears to assist in grinding. It depends on how much effort you are wanting to put out for the final result. If anyone is interested the bread was wonderful and really easy to make with very few ingredients and NEVER making bread before!!!

3 stars! Why? Oh I'll tell you why right now, in my sweat soaked clothes, with bruised hands, sore shoulders and arms and very very HANGRY. What should have taken me "20 minutes" took over 2 hours. I kept going because I really am invested and want my fresh pizza crust tonight!! Back story: I found Bread Beckers and listened to Sue Beckers YouTube channel and immediately bought organic wheat berries and used my Nutribullet with the "dry" blade to grind my fresh flour until my "real mill" arrived. This gave me pretty decent flour, and pretty quickly too, but it was loud and not perfectly fine. As I ate my Nutribullet ground fresh wheat berries bread over this last week (yes, only 1 week!) my health has improved so drastically i knew this is now my life. I watched my extreme psoriasis and eczema I've battled for YEARS on my foot calm and fade.... it's almost gone! My knee pain that has had me hobbling up the stairs like a goblin: GONE! My anxiety? GONE! My brain fog? GONE! My mind is blown! Understanding that I shall forever until I die be grinding wheat berries to make 100% fresh whole INTACT flour to heal and nourish my body I promptly scoured the interwebs and considered all reviews of all mills. I knew I wanted a manual one to start as I'm a single person on a budget....and, you know, incase we end up losing access to electricity for whatever reason. (Don't "OK, prepper" me! This is a valid concern for us all) Anyway, after much consideration I bought this despite the plastic pieces and parts (I really don't want plastic, the top and grinding shaft have plastic) and I dismissed as "user error" all the negative reviews that mentioned the clamp loosening and the grind setting continually slipping to courser and courser. It arrived packaged well, was super easy to set up. I followed all directions. I assembled as instructed and clamped to my "fixed countedtop " as it said to do.... unfortunately this does NOT WORK on countertops with those slightly raised "egg saver" edges so after much frustration I had to stop production and move to my sturdy dining room table that became a wobbly mess. The clamp never stays put, it continually loosens no matter how tight you get it.... and the instructions forbid you from using any sort of tool to tighten it. The ever loosening clamp made me have to stop every 4 rotations to realign and retighten. This caused much pain, bruising of my fingers and so much cramping I feel like I just wrote a 400 page novel in HANDWRITING! The mill will start moving side to side as you rotate the handle as it loosens which caused my hands to scrap the knob during rotations. I have never suffered so much frustration! I'd have been ok overlooking the need to continually tighten if the mill actually made consistent fine flour. It started off that way but, just as the clamp loosens during use, so does the grind setting knob! Ugh! As you can see in my photos the flour ended up like a fine cornmeal..... it started off so perfectly fine abd soft! But since the instructions forbid us from tightening the grind setting from course to fine I had to leave it as it loosened. (We can only adjust from fine to course, never from course to finer or it will damage the dang thing!) I will be returning this. Unfortunately. I really wanted to love it! I'll be getting one that permanently affixes. On a positive note: I got in such a workout I could eat the whole pizza I'm making with absolutely ZERO guilt. But first I must shower because my goodness, you WILL SWEAT!

I have been grinding wheat and spelt for bread making and since i got it i now just eat home made bread, it tastes so good, Great Product many thanks A+++

This unit impressed me a lot , well sturdy and simple . Although it’s a crank and not electric, it is perfect for my polypore mushrooms like turkey tail to grind up into powder, for those who don’t know about mushroom Polypore there hard and a pain to grind into powder . The slot that your chute offers before the burl grinder mechanism does a fair bit willing to let other substances to grind up as well with out getting clogged , if it does get clogged ; it is so simple and easy/quick to unclog . So far I like this purchase . To go camping or any herb 🌿 grinding in mother natures ounce dried. Electric grinder is okay but in some polypores in order not to make it into a fluf cotton candy texture or result , cuz of the heat , manual crank works best and it’s easy and really efficient and effective to powder a wide verity of things

Grinds to 100% powder Easy to adjust

The product was as described, met my expectations and arrived promptly. Excellent seller.

This grain mill is so simple to set up & use. The quality of flour is fine. Really happy with this item.