WhisperMill Part of the Grain Mill Comparison The WhisperMill ushered in a new generation of home grain mills, called micronizer mills. Instead of using stones or steel rollers to crush the grain, they use high speed steel disks spinning at 45,000 rpm or more. When grain hits the whirling disks, it just explodes into flour. Some […]
Mockmill 100 Part of the Grain Mill Comparison Where the Komo is a beautiful piece of woodworking, the Mockmill is molded from Arboblend®, which seems to be a plasticized wood product. This makes for a very serviceable white case. All of which is to say, it doesn’t take one’s breath away if you’re a lover
KoMo Fidibus Classic Part of the Grain Mill Comparison The KoMo Fidibus Classic Grain Mill is an earlier design from Wolfgang Mock who designed around 75% of the home mills in use in Europe. The good folks at Pleasant Hills Grain loaned this mill to us, and they were great to deal with throughout the review, and even after. It
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Classic KitchenAid Grain Mill Part of the Grain Mill Comparison The classic KitchenAid Grain Mill is a steel wheel based grinder. It is an attachment for the popular KitchenAid mixers. To use it, you need to have a KitchenAid mixer or a mixer with a compatible power take off unit. This mill was one of the first
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Let’s Talk About Milling At Home Part of the Grain Mill Comparison If you’re a regular here, you know I tend to ramble. This page could be a prime example of this. In this page, we’ll look at many different aspects of grain milling at home, starting with philosophy, getting good grain, and then finally
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Flour Test Conclusions Part Of The Big Flour Test Last Updated November 9, 2006 I haven’t tested all the flours on the market. Not even all the flours available in Colorado. Or even all the flours in my pantry. Still, I am seeing some definite trends. Trends that are worth commenting upon. The first, and
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Flour Test Results Chart Part Of The Big Flour Test More than a few people have commented that they’d like to have a single page with some sort of graph, or chart, of the results of the flour tests. So, here it is. All ratings are on the classic 1 – 10 scale, with 1
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Hydration Levels Compared Part Of The Big Flour Test A comparison of hydration levels in different flours How does one measure flour? By cups ? Many people tell you that cups are a very inaccurate way of measuring flour. What is needed, they insist, is to measure flour by weight. To a certain extent they are right. If I
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How We’re Testing Flour Part Of The Big Flour Test Flour Test Time Line #10 Last Revised January 27th, 2003 This details the order of the steps in the flour test. This lets us do the same things again and again without forgetting things. This time table lets you finish the flour test in
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Sourdough Ciabatta Ciabatta is an Italian word meaning “slipper”. It’s a soft bread that is shaped like a slipper. It’s a messy bread. It’s a bread where I usually use a mixer, though stretch and fold worked well. Enjoy it by tearing it apart and dipping the pieces into a nice flavorful olive oil. As is
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Why We’re Testing Flour Part Of The Big Flour Test There are few topics that focus a baker’s attention like flour. We all know what the best flour is, it’s the one we’re using! But, we still want to hear about what other people say, and why. So, we try other flours, we read about
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Grain Mills Examined and Compared We’ve spent a few weeks examining and evaluating some grain mills. We’ve looked at the classic KitchenAid Grain Mill, the Komo Fidibus Classic, the Mockmill 100, and the classic Whispermill. We have also shared two recipes that we used to test the flour. One is a 90% whole wheat bread with just a touch of rye
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