Victoria Manual Cast Iron Grain Mill 1200g with Low Hopper

I'm confused by some of the negative reviews of this grinder. Perhaps because of them, I really took my time in setting this thing up. I takes a little attention to set the coarseness of the grind up just right. But once set, it works great! I'm thrilled with it. It's not like a blender that you can just plug in and use. It does take a little time to get use to. But if you expect that and give it the time it's a wonderful and reliable tool! Its cast-iron construction is solid and should hold up for years. Be careful when grinding not to tighten the plates too close together. I'm guessing that's why some have mentioned getting metal in their flour. I listen for metal on metal grinding. If I hear it, I stop and adjust the grinding plates further apart. I've had no problems with it. It does not produce a fine grind. I does great at producing a coarse (cornmeal type grind). I bought it for grinding acorns and on them, it works great! Again, maybe takes some time to figure out the proper set up. But, It works well and is well built. I'm quite please with this purchase.

I use this to grind fresh grains for my chickens, corn, sorghum, mesquite pods, and other seeds, I have it set for a finer chunk which the birds like. It will make some flour while grinding, and I'm sure I'd could keep processing it down to a finer and finer flour, yet at that point I would take the flour I had made, and use a food processer for a even finer flour. Yet it does what I need it for just fine, it's well made, and is Made in Mexico, the wooden handle is a nice touch, and as long as it's inside should last for years. The finish has a bright galvanized look, and it would appear that it will last generations of heavy use. It's not a lightweight unit, and the hardware could use a locking washer near the grinding plates, however I'm sure if you used them they would mar the finish, and it would take a wrench to loosed the nuts off. I just use my big strong hands to tighten the butterfly nuts, and I almost never have to readjust the settings. Well worth the money on this unit, some of the other ones on Amazon look like toy's, this is a unit that could be found at a local Taco Street Vendor in South America who is making fresh food with whole corn/maize.

I bought this to crack corn for my yard birds, especially my cardinals, they love cracked corn. Corn kernels are very hard and they were taking a toll on my Nutri Bullet. It arrived on time. It is cast iron so it's pretty heavy. The separate pieces don't fit well in the box as you can see from the photo, however, it did arrive in an additional bigger box. The pieces have a shiny coating, which I fully expect to chip off with use. This one already had a couple chipped areas upon arrival. I really don't mind because I prefer the cast iron rustic look anyway but I will run a bag or two of dry beans through initially to encourage that coating to wear down. I don't want to feed the coating to my birds. The instructions are clear and assembly was easy, took about 15 minutes. You will need a place to mount it to the edge of a table, counter, or work bench so keep that in mind, it is not free standing. Once assembled, I gave it a whirl. I had to use some elbow grease to get the handle all the way around. Mostly I ended up rocking it back and forth to grind, which wasn't a surprise to me because I have ground corn before. It is a bit of a work out but I'm a country girl and I don't mind the effort. The task should become easier with use and oiling. If you aren't into elbow grease, spend the extra money and purchase an electric one. This is not going to give you a fine mill, like flour, it's not designed for that. But it will crack course grains. Being cast iron, it will be susceptible to rust so I know it will require cleaning and oiling. The directions are very clear about that. I gave it an overall 4 because of the 1) chipped areas, 2) the coating (I would have preferred just plain ole cast iron but couldn't find one like that) and 3) the packaging it didn't fit in. It does deserve a 5 in one area though...it cracks corn to the perfect consistency I need for my cardinals. Overall, I am very happy with it so far. I will update if that changes.

Knowing you’re getting a very much manual grinder here i rate this high. I can grind nixtamalized corn in this much faster than using a metate. That being said it needs a second pass for Mexican tortillas. I’ve made a few pounds of top notch tortillas from several varieties of maiz. Probably takes me about an hour to process a lb of maiz taking my time.

The first use was to grind field corn cooked in calcium hydroxide to make masa harina for homemade corn tortillas. We use an electric grinding mill to make flour, and this mill will work to grind wet and also oily seeds. Easy to assemble and after use cleans up well. Yes, the corn tortillas were worth the effort.

Love it!!! Just what I wanted. It looks great, very well made, and the perfect size. The best product I’ve found that looks just like the one my mom and grandmother used—and now, for a great price, it’s in my kitchen 💝

Great for cracking wheat for cereal or feed. This does NOT make flour and it doesn't say it does. I suspect it would also crack corn as well. But this quickly does a great job at what it is good for. Easy to set up and easy to use.

Le doy solo una estrella, porque me vi obligada a ponerla pero de parte no le daría nada. resulta que este aparato cuando uno lo usa suelta partículas de metal, que incluso puede ser nosivo para salud y peligroso! Mi intención er hacer turrón de maní, antes de usarlo lo lave perfectamente, pero fue un gran asombro ver, la cantidad de pintura y restos de metal en mi maní. En mi foto puse el color del maní con azúcar con el aparato peligroso y el otro más claro es con mi aparato para moles carne. Piensen muy bien lo que van a comprar!.

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I am using this on almost the largest setting to split soybeans (which dehulls them) for making tempeh and soy milk. It works great. I can't see it ever breaking. So I'd say worth the price, since I'll own it forever. Although if you use it with wet ingredients you might have to be more careful about rust when washing it. I haven't washed mine since I use it only for dried soy beans.

Moedor ótimo, moe muito bem. Minha esposa gostou muito

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