Will this simply crack grains like oats, wheat , corn or does it just do various fineness of flours?
1251872
It grinds them into various finenesses. It's been a while since I had mine (can't eat gluten) but I'm really pretty sure I remember you could adjust that too depending in the grain to be ground.
1251873
The owners manual states that it will mill hard and soft wheat, dried pinto beans, dried green peas, dried sweet corn, sorghum, buckwheat, triticale, popcorn, barley, millet, oats, rice, small dried garbanzos, most types of dried beans, legumes, dried mung beans, dried pinto beans, feed or field corn, oyster shells, dried lentils, split peas, soybeans and rye. It will not mill sugar, sunflower seeds, all types of nuts, dried fruits including dates and raisins, sesame seeds, coffee beans, peanuts and spices.
1251874
No, it makes it very fine like flour. If you just want to crack grains I suggest trying a food processor on "pulse".
1251875
We have made a corn meal similar in size and consistency of store bought. But otherwise haven't used it for cracked oats or wheat. I believe it would work well.
1251876
The settings are just for 'various fineness of flours', you can't set it large enough to only crack grains.
1251877
Just varios fineness of flours, although yoi can get a very coarse flour just not quite like cracked wheat cereal.
1966400
Hi, have been out of pocket for a few weeks, so just now getting to your question. The flour has a great taste and is great for baking. Not sure 'how large a grain parts' you're asking about? It is not a 'rough or coarse' grind with tons of hulls or unground seed-parts in it, but is obviously not as fine as the sterile white bleached stuff you get in stores. We buy it because it IS whole grain, which means you get the nutrition stored in the seed coat. Hope this is helpful. (p.s. we would purchase from them again)
825936
I have used it on English Walnuts and it works fine. However, I have not found anything that will crack Black Walnuts easily, except a squirrel.
1370082
It will only grind dry corn or wheat, it will not work with soft or wet grains.
2099008
I'm not sure about oat groats, though I can say definitively that when grinding corn it must be completely dry or it will gum up the mill...hope this helps.
171523
Yes. I have used it for flour and corn tortillas. Both work well. It seems you need a little less pressure with the corn tortillas, but it will work for flour.
554625
I haven't tried this but I am reluctant to suggest it. I use a limited amount of oat fiber in my recipes and mix it with other flours.
721457
My experience says "no". I've tried, and it takes many, many turns of the device to get a very small amount of whatever I'm grinding, then what I have is almost as fine as flour. But others seems to have much better success. I kept it because I don't have the energy to return it, plus it's very pretty. Silly, but true. Pretty useless, and pretty but useless.
1367451
Not certain about cream of wheat, but it will do cornmeal if that helps. I have an old hand mill that I use for coarse stuff.
146816
As long as its dry sure it will...the key is the corn must be thoroughly dry. If it's not you will have a difficult time grinding the corn...the mill will constantly get clogged. I typically run my corn through twice...once at a course setting and then again at a fine setting so that we can make corn bread...seems to work better if you do this.
2162827
It works great for both white and brown rice. I tried steel cut oatmeal and turned out well, but so far have not tried wheat, barley. According to the Aroma
1418709
The grain mill has two knobs that control motor speed and feed rate. Even at the lowest motor speed and highest feed rate, you are getting a very coarse flour. This is not coarse enough for cracked wheat. The small mill (chopper) would do the job. Just use short bursts until it's the right consistency.
1466518
I grind wheat berries in mine all the time. It works well. Just don't expect much at a time. I get two cups of flour in about fifteen minutes then I let the grinder cool. It's enough for some delicious wheat bread.
1162152
I doubt it: grinder is good for cracking grain. Consider this: soaking nuts overnight, pouring off water, adding fresh water, pulverizing in blender.
2213867
Very coarse. If you need flour you have to "crack"it first anyway and put it thru again otherwise you will regret the mess.
1456601
Yes, I would think so. I have never tried other grains or seeds, but I grind wheat into a very fine flour, and rice is a similar grain. I have trouble telling the difference between flour ground on the coarse setting and flour ground on the fine setting. This mill will not make grits!
1937705
The mill has a wide adjustment range. Its capable of grinding fine flour or very course grinds. The adjustment is very easy to use as well.