grain mills

I’m satisfied with the Retsel Mil-Rite I’ve had over a year. It doesn’t look as good as the Wolfgang, but it has larger-diameter (5-inch) stones, a steel buhr option, and can be operated manually. To clean, one simply backs the adjustment knob completely off; and the stones and auger come apart. It’s about as noisy as a microwave oven. The highest flour temp I’ve been able to measure is about 100°F, although I think the flour is briefly higher.

The Mil-Rite’s negatives are fairly minor: Large, posole corn doesn’t feed very well. On a loose setting, the bed (supposedly stationary) stone is a little loose; and grits can fly out the unshielded sides. Too tight a setting with soft grain results in flour back-up. Setting the stones to a pre-determined width is a little problematic.

I'm another satisfied user of the KoMo Fidibus Classic.  I've had it for almost a year and a half and have been very pleased with it.  However, I've heard nothing but praise for the Retsel mills as well.

I went for the KoMo because it was smaller, cheaper, and nicer-looking.  The main advantage I saw in the Retsel mills was the capability of grinding beans and seeds with steel plates, but that wasn't important enough to me to justify the tradeoffs.