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Mockmill Grain Mill Review + Giveaway


Note: Pleasant Hill Grain provided me with a Mockmill for review. All opinions are my own.

Mockmill Grain Mill Review

A couple of months ago, the folks at Pleasant Hill Grain contacted me and asked me if I would be interested in reviewing the Mockmill Grain Mill for KitchenAid (designed by Wolfgang Mock). Now that I’ve had a chance to give it some good use, I’d like to let you all know what I think of it!
I must admit that I was a bit skeptical of a KitchenAid attachment grain mill. I mean, could it really grind flour? But I saw that it was designed and manufactured in Germany, and that it uses ceramic grinding stones. So I decided to hold off judgement until I could test it out myself.
To my surprise, I was quite pleased with the performance of the Mockmill. I have made biscuits, cake, pancakes, and more baked goods with the flour I ground from it. I tested out both soft white and hard red wheat berries, and even my homemade sprouted (and dehydrated) wheat. You can grind other non-oily, dry grains, but I haven’t given them a go yet. I’d love to grind corn for cornbread!
Let me give you a rundown on some of the pros and cons of this grain mill:
Pros:
  • * The Mockmill is quite small compared to other grain mills. When it’s attached to the KitchenAid, it takes up very little extra space in your kitchen.
  • * It’s super easy to attach, and works with all KitchenAid stand mixers. 
  • * It’s very convenient to grind just the amount of flour you need for a recipe.
  • * The mill has a low grinding temperature, so it doesn’t damage the nutrients of the grains.

Cons:
  • * You must remove the grain mill when you want to use your KitchenAid for other purposes.
  • * The mill shakes a bit when running, but this is minimized by tightening down the attachment screw properly.
  • * The mill doesn’t grind the flour super-super fine, but it was great for my purposes. If you bake a lot of delicate, fine pastries, this might bother you, but I didn’t find that it was a problem for me.

Let me show you how it works:
Mockmill Grain Mill Review

The mill attaches to KitchenAid quickly and easily.

Mockmill Grain Mill Review
You adjust the coarseness of the grind by twisting the front of the mill.
Note: the grain mill itself is pretty quiet, but my KitchenAid is fairly noisy. If you have a quiet stand mixer, I think this would have a low noise level.
Also, as far as I can tell, it is only sold in white, so you can’t match it to your KitchenAid if it isn’t white. This doesn’t bother me, but I thought I’d note it.

Mockmill Grain Mill Review

Here is an example of the flour ground from soft white and hard red wheat on the finest setting.

Here’s a video demonstration of the grinding process.

In closing thoughts, would I purchase the Mockmill grain mill?
Yes, I actually would! I had been wanting my own grain mill for quite some time, but I never considered a KitchenAid attachment. Now that I’ve tested it out, I think this is the mill I would purchase. Of course, it’s not my ultimate, dream mill (I’d have to cough up at least $500 for that), but it works great for my purposes.

If you’re looking for grains and beans to grind, Pleasant Hill sells a pretty wide variety. They also carry other grain mills and kitchen tools/appliances. I want this step stool for Helen.

GIVEAWAY

The folks at Pleasant Hill Grain would like to give away a Mockmill Grain Mill to one lucky Buttered Side Up reader!

U.S. and Canadian residents only, please!

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GOOD LUCK!

Erica Lea

Tuesday 12th of January 2016

I use the tutorial over on the Weed 'Em and Reap blog. I'll have to share my own spin here on Buttered Side Up sometime.

I dry my sprouted wheat in the oven. I'd like to invest in a dehydrator someday so I could use lower heat (my oven only goes down to 170).

Leda Grossman

Sunday 10th of January 2016

Hi! Just found this post while doing some research on the mock mill. How do you soak/sprout your grains and then dehydrate them before milling? After they have sprouted do you just lay them out on a paper towel to dry out? Thanks! I just received a kitchenaid classic for the holidays and am looking into different attachments.

Carissa Fassnacht

Tuesday 29th of September 2015

I usually bake with whole grains once a week! Love to bake!

kellyr78

Tuesday 29th of September 2015

I bake with whole grains several times a month.

Abby Jo @ forgottenwayfarms.com

Tuesday 29th of September 2015

I soak my grains, and use a hand grinder. However, I would really enjoy this one for my kitchen Aid!