Is it easy to use a Kitchen Grain Mill?
Grinding grains at home takes as little as a few minutes for a loaf of bread. It's an economical and easy way to have healthy and tasty breads and baking. Buying and storing grains is also very simple.

Why use a Kitchen Grain Mill?
Commercial milling removes nearly 30% of the the most nutritious parts of the whole grain. Within 72 hours, whole grain flour has lost over 80% of most vitamins. Mold and bacteria also quickly combine to further reduce nutrients and taste. The wheat germ oil quickly becomes rancid, leaving the flour tasting flat at first, and then bitter. Without fresh whole grain flours, most have forgotten what fresh flour is.
A kitchen grain mill allows you to make fresh flour at home for your bread making and cooking, giving you the best nutrients and taste.

What grains can I mill?
Stone and steel milling of Wheat, Rye, Spelt, Barley, Oats, Millet, Corn (Maize, not popcorn), Durum Wheat, Long Grain Rice, Round Grain Rice, Buckwheat, Linseed, Chickpeas, Dried Peas, Quinoa, Amaranth. Other clean grains of a similar size (that are dry and low in oil content) can be milled with care in stone mills. Please refer to the listing for each model and Contact Us if you have specialty uses.

What Spices can I grind?
Stone grinding includes Coriander, Fennel, Cloves, Fenugreek, Caraway, All Spice (pimento or Jamaican Pepper), Pepper Corn, Mustard Seed on coarse setting, Dill, Cummin, Nigella (Black Cummin), the seeds of Green/White/Black Cardamon. Blends should be used when milling oily spices like cloves or chillies, and all spices must be dry before milling. Please Contact Us for specialty uses.

Can I mill nuts and seeds?
Yes, with the hand steel mills you can mill seeds like sesame, poppy, flax etc. and many types of nuts for a nut meal flour. Stone electric models and the Country hand mill can mill nuts and seeds down to medium-fine fine when mixed 50:50 with hard dry grains like wheat.
Please Contact Us for specialty uses.

Is grain easy to source and store?
Yes, there are many Traditional, Organic and Bio-Dynamic growers in Australia.
Grain is easy to store in your home. Consult your supplier on storage. See Grain Suppliers

How much flour do I get from the grain?
When whole grain milling, you get the same amount of flour from the grain measured by weight.
Volume increases approx 50% e.g. 1 cup of wheat grain makes approx. 1 1/2 cups flour

Does it take a long time to make flour?
The time depends on the output of your grain mill - from 40gms per minute for stone hand milling,
up to 600gms per minute with electric models.

Why is Grain Moisture important?
Milling of grain requires grain-moisture of less than 14% to prevent the milling surfaces from binding.
Moisture should be between 15-25% for flaking (rolling) as found naturally in oat groats.
Try the knife test - place a knife blade flat down over a grain and press hard. If the grain cracks, it is usually dry enough to mill. If it squashes without a "crack" sound , it is considered too damp to mill and should be dried out before milling or another grain supply sourced.

Is cleaning a grain mill easy?
Yes, cleaning a grain mill is a simple task. For regular milling and flaking, cleaning is not a necessity.
1) coarse mill a tablespoon of rice between sessions to clean the grinding surfaces. (stone mill)
2) Run on coarse and vacuum the output spout. *NB no liquid cleaning allowed.
Cleaning timber housings is done with a dry cloth, and occasionally with Linseed Oil.

Why the differences in Warranty ?
Warranty varies with manufacturers according to their own ideas of what is reasonable.
With such a high design and build quality found in Schnitzer, Hawos and Komo mills, the number of warranty have been very small, making warranty periods a non-issue for these products.
The Whisper Mill Limited Lifetime Warranty does not cover broken teeth or burnt out motors due to misuse, so care should always be taken with this product.

Can I get spare parts and service?
Yes, spare parts and service are readily available here in Australia.