Spice Grinders

The Jupiter Steel Flour Mill is an all metal flour grinder that is attached to a motor base. This base is actually quite versatile as it accepts other attachments designed to work with the Jupiter System. Such attachments include a meat mincer, wheatgrass juicer, fruit press, vegetable shredder, and an oat crusher.

With its stainless steel burr grinders, the Jupiter Steel Flour Mill can process all kinds of grains such as wheat, rice, oats, barley, millet, rye, or buckwheat. It can also grind corn, popcorn kernel as well as seeds like flax seeds, poppy seeds, and linseeds.

Its hopper can accommodate a little less than half a kilogram. Grinding at a fine setting, the hopper’s contents can be ground in roughly 10 minutes. If you continue grinding for an hour, you can have almost 3 kg of finely ground flour.

Adjusting of the grounds from coarse to fine or vice versa is easily accomplished. Indeed, you can do this even if the mill is running.

The 150-watt motor within the base is efficient, economical, and maintenance-free. It is also very quiet registering a sound level of only 50dB. This is quieter than a normal conversation at three to five feet. This would be more like a tranquil suburb, or a private office where everyone is glued to their computer.

The Hawo’s Billy 100 is housed in a beech plywood casing that is made of thin cross-laminated layers of wood. These layers were subjected to extremely high pressures when bonded resulting to a compact, durable, and stable piece of plywood.

The main case is rectangular with a spout in front and an adjustment lever and a power switch on its left. The hopper, with a 1.3 kg capacity, looks like an inverted pyramid whose pointed tip is embedded into the main case. The lines are clean and elegant making it an attractive addition to any kitchen.

Inside the case are 100 mm-diameter milling stones of corundum in ceramic that are self-sharpening and infinitely adjustable. This allows you to choose the precise consistency you want for your grounds. The stones are powered by a 360-watt brushless motor. With this combination, Billy 100 can produce 125 g of fine flour per minute.

Among the grains that it can process are wheat, spelt, rye, barley, oats, corn, millet, rice, linseed, dried peas, chickpeas, coffee, and quinoa. It can also handle spices such as coriander, cloves, fennel, caraway, allspice, cumin, cardamom, and peppercorn.

The grains and spices from the hopper fall into a milling chamber that is made of food light plastic where the millstones work on them. The millstones themselves rest on an elastic bedding. This makes the Billy 100 one of the quietest mills available, producing a noise level of less than 70dB.

Hawo’s Billy 100 measures 385 mm high and 210 mm wide and deep. It weighs 8.8 kg.

The Vario is considered by the makers of Schnitzer Electric Flour Mills to be their top of the line product. Indeed, it is their best-selling mill. It is bigger than their Pico model, but it is exactly the same size as the Grano, at 195 mm in width, 260 mm in depth, and 420 mm in height. It is powered by a 360-watt motor, compared to Pico’s 250- and Grano’s 600-watts.

The case is made of solid beechwood. It has a spout at the front and an adjustment lever for the consistency of the grounds at its left side. For the hopper you have a choice between a solid beech or stainless steel version. Both have a capacity of 1.2 kg.

The grinding mechanism is made of ceramic-lined crystalline corundum that is self-sharpening. As these are extremely durable materials, the millstones are expected to last for even more than a lifetime. Further, they are designed to grind without generating high temperatures. This is the reason for the smaller motor. The millstone, which is three times as big as that of the Pico, turns slower, thus generating less friction. This minimizes the possibility of burnt flour, and instead preserves more of its nutrients.

The Vario can easily process wheat, spelt, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, millet, linseed, dried peas, chickpeas, yeast flakes, coffee, and quinoa. It can also handle spices such as coriander, cloves, fennel, fenugreek, allspice, caraway, peppercorn, dill, cumin, and cardamom. In a minute you can have from 110 to 300 g of your grounds depending on how fine or coarse you want them.

The casing of the Waldner Biotech Single Grain Mill is made of beautifully-finished solid alder. This makes the mill a great addition to any kitchen, but more particularly one with a traditional design, or one that features wooden cupboards, cabinets, or hutches.

It stands 300 millimeters with a diameter of 160 millimeters. It is a bit tall, but this could probably be expected from a mill with a one kilogram hopper capacity. Its footprint, on the other hand, is rather small. This means you can use it to highlight your work table or countertop without sacrificing too much of your space.

The Waldner Biotech grinds grain such as wheat, rye, oats, barley, or rice; oil seeds such as flax seeds, rapeseeds, or sunflower seeds; and maize. These are ground in a 90-millimeter diameter millstone that is made of a combination of ceramic and corundum. It is self-sharpening and is expected to last a lifetime.

A 360-watt industrial grade motor activates the millstone. It is a quiet yet robust powerhouse that is guaranteed to provide excellent and long service. An insulation panel separates the motor from the self-cleaning milling chamber. This keeps the temperature around the grains low thus preserving their nutrient contents.

The texture of the grounds can be adjusted by rotating the hopper. A printed scale around the hopper indicates the adjustments from light fine flour to coarse grist.

The big hopper and quick grinding performance of the Schnitzer Grano Electric Flour Mill make it an ideal kitchen equipment for a medium-sized family that is bent on eating natural and healthy whole grains packed with fiber, minerals, vitamins, and enzymes.

The grains that this mill grinds aren’t the only thing natural about it. Its housing is made of linseed-oiled beech wood, while for the hopper you can choose stay to natural with the wood, or add a dash of contemporary with the stainless steel version. Both these hoppers have a capacity of 1.2 kilograms.

The grinders are also made of natural materials –ceramic bound corundum. These can be adjusted using a lever on left side of the mill to produce fine or coarse grounds. An industrial grade 600-watt motor powers the corundum and ceramic grinders and enables them to produce 220 grams of fine flour a minute, or 600 grams of coarse grains for the same amount of time. And because the grinders are made of stone, they do not overheat the grains thus preserving their nutrients.

The Grano Mill can process grains and seeds as small as a millet or as big as a corn. Oily seeds can also be ground if you chose a medium or coarse setting. If you mix them with wheat or rye on a one-to-one ratio, you can set your mill to fine. You can grind barley, oats, rice, spelt, linseed, yeast, dried peas, chickpeas, coffee, quinoa, and amaranth. You can also use the Grano to mill spices such as coriander, cloves, fennel, caraway, peppercorn, dill, nigella, and cardamom among others.

The mill is 420 millimeters tall, and 200 millimeters wide and deep. Its spout is at 120 millimeters from the base.

One of the best features of the Mil-Rite Grain and Seed Mill is that you can install either stone or steel grinders on it depending on what you wish to grind. Stone grinders work well with wheat, rice, barley, oats, buckwheat, maize, quinoa, or spelt. Small nuts, berries, field corn, and soybeans, however, could plug the stones. These are better handled with stainless steel grinders.

The grinding mechanism of this mill is slow-turning. This produces flake-type flour in contrast to the chunks or even dust-like flour produced by high-speed mills. Also because of this, it does not generate heat which can negatively impact on the flour, and minimizes if not eliminates vibration, noise, and flour dust.

The grinding plates are designed to loosen up and disengage if the machine runs out of mill to process. This means that you fill the hopper, leave it for any reason, and not worry about damaging the grinders.

Milling consistency is adjustable with the turn of a knob from coarse cereal to fine flour. A cup to one-and-half cups of fine flour is produced in approximately one minute. Coarse grounds come much faster.

The standard stainless steel hopper that comes with the unit can accommodate three quarts, although other sizes are available from Mil-Rite.

In the event of power outages, or in remote locations with not electric power, you can still use the Mil-Rite Grain and Seed Mill with a manual crank with a powder-coated steel handle.

The mill is 16 inches high, 11 inches wide, and 12 inches deep. It has a shipping weight of 37 pounds.

Hawo’s Novum Grain Mill is made of plastic which could be white, beige, yellow, or a combination of gray and black. This cylindrical grinder stands approximately 380 mm and has a diameter of 200 mm. A grain discharge outlet protrudes from the grinder’s body and ends with a spout that is about 160 mm from the base. This gives ample room for a bowl to catch the grounds. Above this is an adjustment lever with a round handle for the consistency of the grounds, from coarse through fine to superfine.

Inside this plastic casing is the hopper with a capacity of 600 grams. It pours grains into a milling chamber that is made of food light plastic. Hawo’s Novum uses 100-mm diameter corundum ceramic stone grinders. These do not generate heat when doing their job and therefore do not damage the grains. Grinding is quiet at a 72-decibel noise level, just about the level of normal human conversation, thanks to an elastic bedding in its mill work setting.

A 360-watt industrial-grade motor spins the grinding stones with facility. With this kind of power, it can grind 350 grams of coarse grounds in a minute, 125 grams if you want them fine, and about 100 for superfine.

The millstones of the Schinitzer Pico Electric Flour Mill are made of corundum coated in ceramic that are exceptionally hard and completely inert. These are self-sharpening stones that can grind dry grain or seeds as small as millets or as big as corns. With the use of an adjustment lever you can choose to have fine flour, coarse ground, or cracked grain. It can also grind oily seeds either on their own, in which case you are limited to medium and coarse grounds, or mixed with wheat or rye in a 1:1 ratio if you want them fine.

Among the other grains that the Pico Electric Flour Mill can process are spelt, barley, rice, oats, chickpeas, quinoa, and yeast flakes. Spices, on the other hand, include among others, fennel, coriander, pepper corn, mustard seed, black cumin, and cardamon. It can even be used to grind coffee beans. This makes the Pico a truly versatile equipment.

The millstones grind grain and spices in a food-grade hygienic plastic chamber that is tough enough to withstand daily use. A small 250-watt industrial grade motor rotates the 70 mm millstones to produce from 100 g of fine flour or 200 g of coarse grounds per minute. Cleaning is easy as you only need to remove the hopper and the top cover to reveal the stones. You then simply lift the upper stone from its seating.

The millstones, chamber, and motor are encased either in beech or maple wood housing that is coated with linseed oil for protection. The Pico is rectangular with a width of 160 mm and depth of 240 mm. It has a height of 320 mm. At the top is the hopper which could either be made of wood with a capacity of 650 g, or of metal with a capacity of 850 g.

With a birch ply housing finished in linseed oil varnish and its simple straight lines, Hawo’s Easy Grain Mill is an elegant-looking addition to your kitchen counter or work table. With its wood finish it is particularly suited to kitchens with wooden tables and cabinets.

Inside this housing is a 2.8-inch diameter millstone of corundum ceramic stone. This is horizontally set and powered by a 360-watt motor. With this power the motor effortlessly runs even with a hopper full of corn. It can produce 3.5 ounces of fine flour or 10.6 ounces of coarse grain in about a minute of grinding of wheat, oats, corn, rice, rye, or other grains.

The motor is protected by a bipolar switch and a starter fuse that protect against power surges. To prevent overheating, it is equipped with a temperature management system.

The hopper capacity is 1.2 pounds, sufficient for a family of up to four persons. The milling chamber is made of food light plastic. The grinder rests on an elastic bedding which means that milling is quiet with a minimum of vibration. Indeed, the noise level emitted by the Easy Grain Mill is a low 70 dB.

With a width and depth of only six inches, this mill does not occupy a large piece of your counter or worktable. You can leave it there as additional décor. It is 13 inches in height with a spout for the grounds. Under this you can put a bowl with a maximum height of 4.7 inches to catch the falling flour.

The Easy Grain Mill weighs in at approximately 17.5 pounds.

The best features of the Samap Electric Stone Mill F100 are its patented cooling turbine, natural grinding stones, and industrial rated motor. These features, working together in tandem, make the F100 an efficient, sturdy, and powerful grain mill. Indeed, it is strong enough for continuous use in bakeries and restaurants.

The cooling turbine forces a stream of air through the housing up to the grinding chamber. The air goes on to carry the flour out of the chamber through the flour/air deflector. The flour remains in an attached bottle container while the air escapes through a dust filter. This system assures that neither the grinding stones nor the flour gets hot even after hours of continuous milling. This preserves the nutrients in the flour. It also eliminates the need for reduction gears that are prone to wear and tear.

The grinding stones are made of naxos/basalt embedded in magnesite. These are extremely hard stones that do not need periodic sharpening.

The stones are activated by a 1-hp, 700-watt industrial motor that is capable of continuous operation. It is provided with an overload circuit-breaker for protection in the event that the mill should jam due to wrong adjustments or damp grain.

The Samap Electric Stone Mill F100 processes dry and hard grains quickly, at 200 – 400 grams a minute at a fine setting, but it is not intended to mill oily grains. It can grind spelt, rye, oats, quinoa, millet, wheat, maize, rice, buckwheat and barley. An adjustment knob can be set to grind super fine or very coarse grounds. The hopper features an adjustable feeding speed allowing you to slow it down if you need to multitask, or speed it up if dinner is fast approaching.