What do you have?
What do you suggest?

Best one out there?

-Todd

I want to be able to make FLOUR to make bread as well as use it for corn bread, cereal, etc. If I need 2 different ones then so be it.

I just want the BEST. Something that will last, and that requires no power.

Country Living Grain Mill ? Anyone have one.

Also, does anyone know a good source for whole yellow or white dried/dehydrated corn in #10 cans?

I have never done the mill thing, but I have had pretty good luck buying from Emergency Essentials, Inc before. They have several mills, this is just one they sell...

Whatever you buy, make sure it has a fly wheel. This will make milling a lot easier since it will build and hold inertia from cranking instead of having to apply the same amount of force every crank.

Hi Todd,

From everything I have ever studied on grain mills, the Country Living Grain Mill is supposed to be the best. I wanted to get one, but it was too expensive for me at the time I bought mine.

I have a Family Grain Mill, which probably isn't strong enough for what you seem to be looking for. I am going to start using mine soon. I want to experiment with it. I bought it back in 1999.

Here is a page that has several grain mills and a comparison of them at the bottom of the the page. I like this company. I have ordered from them and they were promt and I had no problems with them. http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/index.aspx#Nutrimill

Be sure to let us know which one you decide to get and why?

Joy

From what I understand, some of the grain mills don't grind corn. So make sure the one you get does since you want to make things like corn bread.

Joy

I agree that the Country Living grain mill seems to be the most rugged one out there and the easist if you gring huge amounts, however, I bought the Family Grain Mill and could not be happier with it.

I really like the modular nature of the unit, I have the grain mill as well as the oat flaker. It also has a powered base and a converter so that you can put it on any KitchenAid mixer with a PTO unit.

There are also numerous other attachments for it including a hand crank base, vegetable processor and a meat grinder. Quality is excellent and mine has seen a lot of use with no issues. I would recommend it to any one looking for a good grain mill with a lot of value and expandability to it.

I bought mine at Pleasant Hill Grain, good prices and great customer service.

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/index.aspx#Nutrimill

From their description:
"Mills approximately 1/2 cup of flour per minute"

Is that a norm?

I have the Country Living Grain Mill and use it almost weekly. We also just harvested our first crop of red spring wheat that I am still threshing.

The Mill works very well - on only one occasion when the wheat had a higher moisture content did it fail to perform very efficiently. The available crank handle extension is worth it, unless you can 'belt' the flywheel to a stationary bike - which is an option.

The Country Living Grain Mill does have an auger for corn, although we have not tried it yet. We are still waiting to harvest our first dent corn crop, and will try it out then.

We use the wheat flour mostly for sourdough bread and pancakes - and both are awesome!!! You can easily create your own sourdough starter in about three days from your flour and some water.

Best of Luck to you!