April 12, 2018 - 4:50am
WonderMill grinding
I found a good price on a WonderMill junior. But I’m spoiled for my KoMo. The KoMo Mills gives me 100% of whatever I mill. So if 50g of rye is needed, I weigh out 50g of Rye berries, grind them and I always get 50g of Rye flour. Not so with the WonderMill. 50g of berries may produce 42g (an estimate) of flour. The rest remains inside the mill.
Has anyone found a work around for this?
Mill review. The WonderMill comes with a set of grinding stones and a set of steel burrs. It will grind anything. But if you decide on a hand operated mill, do yourself a favor and NEVER use a KoMo. {;-) The WonderMill will never be the same. I’m not knocking the WM, it’s a great mill. But grinding is comparably much more difficult and somewhat messy.
Dan
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a $79 hand crank mill and and a $400 premium electric one. For the longest time I used a $20 Krupp's coffee mill to grind grain till I burned it up. It worked good enough and at least you didn't wear yourself out -but it took some time.
If you take apart the WM Jr and clean it I'm guessing you will find the rest of your missing flour.
Even though I'm using an electric mill, the KA Mockmill, I always loose some flour to the stones, too. It's not much, I'd estimate 1-2% so I include the estimated loss when I weigh out my wheat. I normally clean the mill out after each use. I wonder, if you aren't cleaning the KoMo mill stones after each use maybe the next milling session is pushing out the mill's 'tariff' from a previous milling and thus making up a full total output? Another point might be the stone's orientation. I believe the KoMo is horizontal while the Wondermill Jr is vertical.
mill on a weekly basis because I use the sifter attachment. I can say with certainty that there is next to no flour left in the milling stones after milling flour. However, after I use the sifting attachment, that is a different story... lots of flour left in there.
You are right. I don’t clean the mill after use? But it sure is nice to put in 50g and get back 50g.
Leslie Ruf also has a MockMill and she experiences that same as you.
Dan
Most of the things I own have 'idiosyncrasies', especiallllly my computerrrrr keyboard. So I take them into account in advance, sometimes. I've been thinking about a Wondermill Jr. for backup when - not if - the power goes out. The steel burr's ability to handle oily or wet materials would come in handy, too.
I got it because it will grind anything. It is built like a tank. The grind adjustment works well. I can’t imagine anything breaking on it. The clamp is outstanding. BUT it is a little messy and grinding by hand can be a chore. It’s not miserable by any means. The problem for me is, I’ve become accustomed to a nice electric mill. I grind berries on a regular basis and after a few years use, I’ve never cleaned my electric mill. I consider the KoMo self cleaning. Maybe I wrong about that, though. You will need to clean the WM, but it’s a breeze.
I’d like to try my hand at peanut butter, but haven’t yet.
Dan
I love my Wondermill Jr., actually. I mill six or seven different grains regularly - there's always something on the go. It's clamped to the workbench downstairs where my little bread shop is, and I spend the four hours that the shop is open, milling flour. It's a good workout too!
After every batch I take the stones off and brush them into the receiving bowl (after emptying the finished flour out of it), then use the brush that came with the mill to clean the rest of the grain out of the auger. There will be a fair bit in there. I then sift what came out of the auger, putting the flour into the flour bin and the leftover grain bits back into a small container. Next time I mill this particular grain I dump the contents of this little container into the hopper first, then fill it up with fresh grain. This process isn't a problem for me, particularly as I want to clean the mill between different kinds of grain anyway. It only takes a few minutes and I mill a full container of grain each time anyway (rather than a weighed amount just for one bake).
Wendy, you must have arms like Popeye :D
Dan
Well, they're not quite as skinny on the top part as Popeye's, and I don't have any tattoos. However, I do have pretty good guns for an old lady! :) It's a great aerobic workout too.