Some time back I decided it was time to get a grain mill. The coffee grinder I picked up a few weeks ago is nice and will do some course grinds that a typical grain mill will not. It is very slow though and can only do very small amounts at a time. I knew this when I picked it up and am still happy with it. That being said, I still had my heart set on a ‘real’ grain mill.
I have been saving for a few months and had narrowed the candidates down to two. The WonderMill and the NutriMill. Both are about the same price ($250-$260 range) and do pretty much the same job. Both have great reviews but the NutriMill is larger and will grind more grain in one setting. I had pretty much decided on the WonderMill only because it was smaller. I knew I wouldn’t be grinding 5lbs in a setting and really didn’t need anything as large as the NutriMill. The plan was/is to grind as much as I need for a particular recipe, thereby having the freshest product.
Fast-forward to this morning. I was sitting at the computer going through email and decided to do a mill search on Craigslist. I have search for both mills previously and have come up empty handed. Not expecting anything I did the search and what do you know… a Nutrimill for sale and for only $100! An email and a phone call later and I am on the way up to pick up the mill. For less than half the price of a new unit I had to at least go look at it and try it out. Long story short, the photo above is the newly adopted mill sitting in my kitchen.
As I was writing this a friend of mine dropped off two bags of wheat I had ordered. 1 50lb bag of soft white and 1 50lb bag of hard white wheat. Jut in time. I have some mylar bags waiting…time to get to work.
Do you like your mill? I am looking on craigslist in HOPES of finding a deal like yours! $100 is a marvelous bargain.
Yes I LOVE LOVE LOVE my mill. Good luck with Craigslist. You can find some awesome deals on there.