Mockmill Grain Mill Review + Giveaway
Note: Pleasant Hill Grain provided me with a Mockmill for review. All opinions are my own.
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:
The mill attaches to KitchenAid quickly and easily.
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.
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!
You can enter below:
GOOD LUCK!
Once in every two weeks!
I don't bake with whole grains that often. Maybe once every couple of months? My baking has really slowed down lately....
I would love to grind corn for cornbread; how delicious!
I try to use them as much as I can but milling it myself would be better. Thanks for the chance to enter.
Andrea D.
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At least once a week. I have desire and plans to start growing my own organic grains. Would love to win this.
This is so cool!
This is pretty cool! Thank you for including the video demonstration, I love to see things in action. I think having a way to make your own fresh flour at home sounds like such a healthy option rather than buying the stuff that has been sitting on a shelf for a while.
I buy whole grains all the time and just bought a mixer so maybe now I can bake with them myself!
I bake with whole grains every chance I get!
I'm always excited to see what's happening in your kitchen! Happy Fall!
I bake once every two weeks with whole grains!
I haven't
I haven't
A few times a year. I really should use whole grains more.
I've been trying to do more whole grains in a house full of kids who prefer WonderBread and refuse to eat anything remotely resembling whole grain...slowly working it into their diets! 🙂
I try to bake with whole grains every time I bake. I think I would be doing more baking if I could mill my own grains 🙂
I have just begun making my own breads and I think this would be incredible. Just imagine how yummy the bread would be. I mostly bake with whole grain but, with biscuits I used a combination.
I would say that I don't cook or bake with whole grains nearly enough, but since our little one has started solid foods, I have a big motivation to do it more often.
I love using whole grains in baking, if I remember I will try substitute at least some white flour in a recipe for a whole grain flour.