does this mill grind wheat berries course medium and fine? (are there settings)? Does it have a setting for cracked wheat?
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There is no setting for cracked wheat, but it will grind a range of flour textures.
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The grain mill has two knobs that control motor speed and feed rate. Even at the lowest motor speed and highest feed rate, you are getting a very coarse flour. This is not coarse enough for cracked wheat. The small mill (chopper) would do the job. Just use short bursts until it's the right consistency.
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Some hard grains must be ground twice. You can regrind until you get the flour as fine as you wish. On each pass you tighten the adjustment to a level to where you can turn the wheel comfortably.
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It has a conical burr that is some kind of grey stone. Mine cracked at a little part of the burr (where it attaches to the 'drive shaft') and a little flake broke off and got caught in the grind. I fished it out and it works fine. You can set the grind however you want, I do coarse and the mechanism locks in place so the grind is consistent. Hope his help!
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Well I tried to turn it as far as it would go toward coarse to take a picture of what coarse is and as I was doing so I noticed that it would spin in that direction but the grain was stuck on fine. Hard to explain the way it looked but it is essentially broken and stuck on fine grit. I just bought this within the past few months. I liked it up until yesterday when it stopped working. I suggest getting another mill. As an FYI before the mill broke the coarse this mill offered was not at the level of "cracked pepper" but was pretty close and I doubt you would have gotten a noticeable difference using the courses grain in a cracked pepper recipe. Well I tried to turn it as far as it would go toward coarse to take a picture of what coarse is and as I was doing so I noticed that it would spin in that direction but the grain was stuck on fine. Hard to explain the way it looked but it is essentially broken and stuck on fine grit. I just bought this within the past few months. I liked it up until yesterday when it stopped working. I suggest getting another mill. As an FYI before the mill broke the coarse this mill offered was not at the level of "cracked pepper" but was pretty close and I doubt you would have gotten a... » Read More Well I tried to turn it as far as it would go toward coarse to take a picture of what coarse is and as I was doing so I noticed that it would spin in that direction but the grain was stuck on fine. Hard to explain the way it looked but it is essentially broken and stuck on fine grit. I just bought this within the past few months. I liked it up until yesterday when it stopped working. I suggest getting another mill. As an FYI before the mill broke the coarse this mill offered was not at the level of "cracked pepper" but was pretty close and I doubt you would have gotten a noticeable difference using the courses grain in a cracked pepper recipe. « Show Less
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I would certainly not recommend purchasing the VICTORIO Deluxe Grain Mill (VKP1024) for the sole purpose of grinding dried herbs as that is not what it is designed for. That being said, if you are looking for a grain mill which you can also use for other items, then this is the right mill. Keep in mind that you don't want to put any wet foods or oily foods into the mill as it will gum up and eventually damage the milling cones.
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I don't see why not. It's less hard than grains. It's a good thought... I was thinking of dehydrating home made dog food, and it would surely save space to grind it too! This handles some pretty tough whole wheat berries. I have run mine over an hour with the motor attachment. I opted for this one because I can also hand grind when the power is out. I make breads on the woodstove, which are great. Even power is on I do it! Make sure you realize only this deluxe can take the motor...I know that's not what you asked about...but the motor is very worth it! My only one little issue with this grinder for wheat....which is no big deal... but it may also be true with veggies...sometimes when you are near the end of what's in the hopper, sometimes (with motor OFF please!) need to push the stuff down a little more. Seems the weight of more stuff in the hopper does the pushing. Not an issue with the hand grinding so much, but could be. I poke the stuff down with a skewer and it works again for the duration of what's left in it. Very sturdy, very good, I use it on the finest setting, good fine powder comes out.
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I haven't tried it with nuts or grains. I mostly used it to grind up cinnamon so far. But it should grind nuts.
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My grinder has settings 0-40. Mine is set on 18. So basically a medium setting.
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It will grind it to a point. Not to flour consistency. Might work for what your looking to do.
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You can adjust the settings. But if you expect very fine flour (from wheat), not sure that's possible.One person somewhere in the comments says 'yes, it's possible'.I read up on these grinders the other day and this is mainly a 'CORN' grinder, not a wheat grinder.I didn't know there was a difference :/Edit to say: I only tried mine once and it was a bit of a pain. But I don't have a stable table yet, so that's part of the problem.Check out the comments, I think the first one had some good Info.
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Hi Patdownsouth! Thanks - I did end up buying it and am quite happy with it. You're right, there are some major errors with some of the recipe (check out that water content for the 1lb raisin bread) and I'm still looking for a really good whole wheat recipe with seeds/nuts. The two paddles do work well. Mine does have three settings (1-1.5lb, 2lb, and 2.5lb) and it beeps in the middle of the cycle (which is not in the manual, and I need to look next time it does to figure out where in the cycle it is) and I assume that's for adding nuts/seeds/fruit. It is definitely much better than my 14 year old Zo! Hi Patdownsouth! Thanks - I did end up buying it and am quite happy with it. You're right, there are some major errors with some of the recipe (check out that water content for the 1lb raisin bread) and I'm still looking for a really good whole wheat recipe with seeds/nuts. The two paddles do work well. Mine does have three settings (1-1.5lb, 2lb, and 2.5lb) and it beeps in the middle of the cycle (which is not in the manual, and I need to look next time it does to figure out where in the cycle it is) and I assume that's for adding nuts/seeds/fruit. It is definitely much better than my 14... » Read More Hi Patdownsouth! Thanks - I did end up buying it and am quite happy with it. You're right, there are some major errors with some of the recipe (check out that water content for the 1lb raisin bread) and I'm still looking for a really good whole wheat recipe with seeds/nuts. The two paddles do work well. Mine does have three settings (1-1.5lb, 2lb, and 2.5lb) and it beeps in the middle of the cycle (which is not in the manual, and I need to look next time it does to figure out where in the cycle it is) and I assume that's for adding nuts/seeds/fruit. It is definitely much better than my 14 year old Zo! « Show Less
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This grinder has one speed and has no settings for coarse or fine etc. You control how fine something is ground by varying the grind time... or by pulsing the button manually. It's a good sturdy grinder and would likely grind up any spices that you might want to put in it though.
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I don't know about grinding rye as I use mostly wheat. I purchased the KitchenAid to make it more convient in grinding bread flour. This one took too long to grind enough flour for a batch of bread. I returned it for a refund and went back to using my homemade grinder.
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Hi Charlotte. It does grind rye well. The only issue I have with this is that if the knob isn't on really tight it spins the attachment and the seeds fly everywhere. Even when it is on tight I have to keep my eye on it because the auger causes a lot of vibration and it loosens. Otherwise, it's a good device to have. I hope this helps.
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It has a adjustment for corseness and I have read it is good for cracked wheat but have not tried it with wheat but I use it with whole grain rice and it works great.
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It would grind much finer for sure, but since I do not eat wheat (we eat Gluten Free) I do not know for sure. I could go test it to see if it would make rice into granules (which I believe it would), to make cream of rice, only it started smoking yesterday, and shaving off plastic from some part inside and spitting the plastic shavings into the already ground flour. So now I am afraid to turn it on, and will be purchasing a new mill, but a different brand, for reasons already stated.
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I have one of these excellent grinders and, yes, it can be used to grind sprouted grains. I works especially well on hard wheat also...