I ordered this item to make nut butter. A wet grinder arrived. The instructions have no reference to dry materials?
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I bought this item to make nut butter for my raw food restaurant where we make our own almond butter. The most efficient way I have found to do this is to first process the nuts in a cuisanart until they are pretty fine, then add them to the stone grinder. We add almond oil for a smooth consistency. If you leave the top of and help it along with a spatula for the first five minutes and then let it go for another five. Another review said you shouldn't let it run for more than a half hour because the motor isn't that strong and it usually takes less than ten minutes to make about 4 cups of almond butter.
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I bought this item to make nut butter for my raw food restaurant where we make our own almond butter. The most efficient way I have found to do this is to first process the nuts in a cuisanart until they are pretty fine, then add them to the stone grinder. We add almond oil for a smooth consistency. If you leave the top of and help it along with a spatula for the first five minutes and then let it go for another five. Another review said you shouldn't let it run for more than a half hour because the motor isn't that strong and it usually takes less than ten minutes to make about 4 cups of almond butter. I bought this item to make nut butter for my raw food restaurant where we make our own almond butter. The most efficient way I have found to do this is to first process the nuts in a cuisanart until they are pretty fine, then add them to the stone grinder. We add almond oil for a smooth consistency. If you leave the top of and help it along with a spatula for the first five minutes and then let it go for another five. Another review said you shouldn't let it run for more than a half hour because the motor isn't that strong and it usually takes less than ten minutes to make about 4 cups of... » Read More I bought this item to make nut butter for my raw food restaurant where we make our own almond butter. The most efficient way I have found to do this is to first process the nuts in a cuisanart until they are pretty fine, then add them to the stone grinder. We add almond oil for a smooth consistency. If you leave the top of and help it along with a spatula for the first five minutes and then let it go for another five. Another review said you shouldn't let it run for more than a half hour because the motor isn't that strong and it usually takes less than ten minutes to make about 4 cups of almond butter. « Show Less
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This specific grinder is predominantly used for grinding soaked rice, black gram (skinned or whole) and lentils to make a thick batter for making Indian Pancakes (Dosa) or Steamed rice cake (Idli). One needs to add little amount of water or use soaked ingredient while grinding, hence it is called wet grinder. For general purposes, you may use this grinder for any grains, cereal or lentils that requires you to grind them into a fine paste. This is not meant for dry grinding. If you are using to produce nut butter, you may add some acceptable oils to encourage grinding. But, to my knowledge no one has ever used it for dry grinding. This specific grinder is predominantly used for grinding soaked rice, black gram (skinned or whole) and lentils to make a thick batter for making Indian Pancakes (Dosa) or Steamed rice cake (Idli). One needs to add little amount of water or use soaked ingredient while grinding, hence it is called wet grinder. For general purposes, you may use this grinder for any grains, cereal or lentils that requires you to grind them into a fine paste. This is not meant for dry grinding. If you are using to produce nut butter, you may add some acceptable oils to encourage grinding. But, to my knowledge... » Read More This specific grinder is predominantly used for grinding soaked rice, black gram (skinned or whole) and lentils to make a thick batter for making Indian Pancakes (Dosa) or Steamed rice cake (Idli). One needs to add little amount of water or use soaked ingredient while grinding, hence it is called wet grinder. For general purposes, you may use this grinder for any grains, cereal or lentils that requires you to grind them into a fine paste. This is not meant for dry grinding. If you are using to produce nut butter, you may add some acceptable oils to encourage grinding. But, to my knowledge no one has ever used it for dry grinding. « Show Less
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The stone is a wet stone... what ever you put in it, be it nuts, seeds, chips like coconut it will grind it to a wet liquidy butter.
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The Cuisinart is junk. I bought one and it will not do nuts without jamming the blade. It certainly wouldn't do butter of any kind. It is ok as a spice grinder but for anything else its junk.Carol
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I'm actually not sure about that one... The grinder is "stone" so water SHOULD be fine... But I don't know. I've washed out the receptacle part but haven't felt the need to clean the grinder yet.
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I used it to make pasteles, which is a traditional Puerto Rican holiday dish. It was capable of grinding bananas and other hard vegetables to a pasty consistency, so I guess it will work for the nut butters you mention.
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I am not sure what you mean by "wet grinder," but tonight I used the Ninja to make dosa batter from 1/4 cup of red lentils and 3/4 cup long-grain white rice, plus the water I had soaked them in, and it easily made a beautiful smooth batter. Not grainy at all. I also made a dosa batter of 1/4 cup from red lentils and 3/4 cup of whole-grain basmati rice the same way. That also came out nice and smooth, but it did take a bit longer and I had to add extra water because the mixture failed to move around enough inside the container so it could all be ground well. I think this was due to the rice being whole-grain, and not the fault of the Ninja. I would not try to grind soaked rice without adding enough water. You could probably grind dry things like flax seeds, which 'flow around' when I grind them in my little Mr. Coffee grinder, but things that have been soaked want to stick to the sides of the container, rather than flow the way we need them to. I would say, give up on trying to use the Ninja to "dry grind" anything that has been soaked. Now I have the two mixtures, which are the consistency of pancake batter, fermenting in two bowls covered with plastic wrap, and I am looking forward to eating dosas tomorrow night.
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It does much better with dry ingredients than wet. Just tried it with peanuts and it worked well. The only problem I encountered is that while some nuts were ground fine, others were hardly touched. Good idea to shake the container half way through.
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Hi Richard!I totally recommend this product!it is of great, heavy duty quality and will make chocolate just fine!I used my grinder for making delicious coconut butter and chocolate.Worked like a champ!I have only used mine maybe 5 times and will selling it for a decent price if interested.I have moved onto Fruitarianism and have no use for my grinder.Let me know if interested.Have a pleasant day,Jay
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although I haven't tried it yet, I did do a lot of reading before I purchased it. It should grind nuts, grains, and dried beans. We purchased it for emergency use. I own an electric wheat grinder.
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The Cuisinart is junk. I bought one and it will not do nuts without jamming the blade. It certainly wouldn't do butter of any kind. It is ok as a spice grinder but for anything else its junk. Carol
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We use a food processor to do that. Blenders are not normally recommended for nut butters.
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Yes. I made almond butter and chocolate. Like the first responder says, it's best to grind ingredients with a food processor or a coffee grinder first. The almond butter came out fine. When left a few days, a lot of oil came to the top.
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You can do this yourself by choosing your type of salt crystals, and put in it a mortal and pestle or a grinder (I use a Cuisinart coffee grinder) and pulse it until it is ground into as fine of a grain or a powder as you like. This salt just takes much effort out of it. Most people (myself included) do not like to have noticeable granules of salt on their popcorn or roasted nuts which using normal table salt produces. This salt does have tricalcium phosphate in it.
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There is a white wing-type nut under the main body. You remove the cylindrical canister at the bottom and you'll see the white nut attached to the top part. Unscrew it for a coarser grain and engage it for a finer grain. Begin with the nut completely screwed in then back it off. You will feel clicks... just count the clicks and remember the number of clicks compared to the grind. I would start by backing off about 10 clicks and adjusting from there. Just grind a couple of beans to check, make any adjustments and grind another few beans. Hope that helps
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Yes, it is suppose to make nut butters; however, I have not made any yet. I can't imagine there would be any problems. This machine is fantastic.
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Not sure of the problem. Make sure that are not any beans in the grinder area preventing the hopper from setting in place correctly. You have placed hopper in place felt it set down into the groove and then turn the knob inside the hooper? Hope this helps...
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I would not use this grinder to make nut butters. (I make my own nut butters all of the time, in my 14 c. Cuisinart Food processor, which does an amazing job. In my experience, you need at least a 7 cup food proc. to make any nut butter). This little grinder is not meant for the motor to be running for as long as it takes to make nut butter.
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I'm reading these questions, because I've received this item as a much-wanted gift. (I'm thrilled!) And, coincidentally, I've just read an interesting series of posts about using a pestle and mortar for making nut butters on another site. See link. (I hope it's OK to post it.) Look for the comment and answers from a poster named Nablusiya. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/796482?page=all