KitchenAid KGM All Metal Grain Mill Attachment

Product Description

Grind wheat, oats, corn, rice, and other low-moisture, low-oil grains. This all-metal grain mill simply attaches to the hub of your stand mixer for quick and easy milling. Choose from 'cracked' to extra fine consistency. For everything you want to make. KitchenAid.

Features

• Connect to any household KitchenAid Stand Mixer power hub and use the power of the motor to run the attachment. sold separately.
• Quickly and easily grind a variety of non-oily grains such as wheat; oats; rice; corn; barley; buckwheat; millet and other cereals.
• Select one of the 1 of the 12 levels on the dial to grind to your desired texture - from a very coarse "cracked" to a fine grind.
• Simply use the provided brush to clean the unit after each use when changing types of grains.
• Model KGM includes (1) Grain mill attachment; (1) Cleaning brush

Top Reviews

Good quality product for the price - you have to use it correctly.
by Brian (5 out of 5 stars)
August 14, 2016

This mill is perfect for the person who wants to a couple pounds of flour/week and already owns a real kitchen aid (commercial/pro-line.. artisan? ehhh)

I was using King Arthur flour prior to this - so already something decent - and after baking bread milled from hard red winter wheat? Totally blows away the store-bought. I was shocked how much better it was. There is depth and dimension to the bread that was simply not there before. I just can't go back and after using up what store-bought I have, I probably will never buy flour again.

How well does this mill work? Pretty good for the price I'd say - if you already have a real kitchenaid (more on that later). If you want a fine flour and are using a hard wheat you'll want to mill it about 2-3 times. If you want something coarser for a rustic bread - 1 or 2 runs through. Yes that's correct - you'll need to run it through the mill more than once for most flour. Dealbreaker for me? No. Do I think this matters for the average person? No. You gotta be realistic for about $100 you're getting a pretty good mill (all steel construction), but it's not perfect. If you want light duty commercial, then go pay $2-3k for a small commercial mill. For the typical baking enthusiast who is going through maybe 2-3 lbs/week? This is perfectly adequate. You can run it on speed 10 on a real kitchen aid and it takes no time at all.

One criticism - the flour kinda drifts about a bit. My solution was to set my tall bowl atop something so it's right underneath - easy fix just have something sturdy underneath.

Okay I said you need a real kitchenaid for this - Personally I have a Pro Line (DC motor). If you have the Commercial (AC motor) that's probably Okay too. Artisan? Forget it. Buy a hand mill or get one of the other powered mills out there.
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... for a year or more and I wanted to love this product
by Kim Lissa Salisbury (2 out of 5 stars)
December 1, 2017

I wanted a Kitchen Aid grain mill for a year or more and I wanted to love this product. Used it yesterday with my pro series 600 watt Kitchen Aid mixer. This mill should not be used with an artisan 325 watt Kitchen Aid mixer; it was too much work for my pro! After reading all the instructions i happily set about grounding my newly arrived red fife wheat berries, non gmo, organically grown by Belle Valley Ancient Grains. It was mind numbingly slow but did turn out a beautiful, commercial grade flour. The instructions say not to grind more than 10 cups of berries at time without allowing the mixer to cool for 45 minutes, between batches. I ground six cups it took over three hours to grind, not including three 45 minute rest periods, she had to knead dough too! My mixers motor became to hot to touch, the mill, the all metal mill became to hot to touch! Seriously had to use pot holders to detach the mill. During the process I shut the mixer down and cooled for 45 minutes after just two cups of again mind numbingly slow grinding. I wanted 12 cups of flour to make six loaves of bread. (Froze five 'loaves' of dough for a constant supply of freshly baked bread.) I settled for six cups of flour and supplemented with store bought. This mill while beautifully built, solid all metal, open the box and make your heart pound with joy and anticipation; disappoints. More importantly I believe it is too much work for the motor. I'm afraid to use it again. I love my mixer to much to threaten it's lifespan for six cups of flour. While the flour was grinding I set about making a tanzhong bread rue; in the short time, thirty minutes that the rue took, the grain mill overheated my mixer. I began to smell the motor burning! Shocked because i read the instructions which stated grind no more than 10 cups and i was just into two cups, I touched my mixer, HOT and then the mill Hot! I unplugged and took the grain mill apart with oven mitts on. I thought there must be a blockage, something must be wrong to overheat my mixer like that. Nothing. I used the mill according to the manufacturer's exact instructions and even with the pro series mixer, milling grain is to hard on the motor. I pushed my mixer, cooling for 45 minutes in between grinding two cup batches of the red fife wheat berries. I ground the six cups of flour. It took all day, seven hours to turn out just the bread dough, before the rise. The mixer is my back bone, she made two, three loaf batches of bread yesterday. Turned out beautifully, fine ground flour but way to much work for even the 600 watt professional series. I have more mixer than i need in my kitchen on most days, however yesterday the grain mill threatened to kill my motor. Again, do not even consider this attachment if you don't have a pro series mixer. I think Kitchen Aid should make that point very clear. If you get this mill it would be better to grind flour one day and make whatever gives you joy the next. But sit on top of the mixer, grind in two cup batches cooling 45 minutes in between. The Kitchen Aid pasta attachment, pasta roller, meat grinder, the shredder/slicer attachment have them and love them all. I am returning the grain mill with a heavy heart. I wanted this grain mill to work!
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Great mill for wheat, works well, makes very fine flour.
by D. Fox (5 out of 5 stars)
February 26, 2014

I have used this mill now several times to mill hard white wheat and hard red wheat; it has worked flawlessly in my Artisan 5-qt Kitchen Aid mixer. The flour that I have milled seems to be just as fine as the professionally milled flour, with slightly more variation in fineness, but perfect for baking.

A few notes/advice for using:
- The mixer will get warm when running, and can get quite hot if grinding from whole grain to finest setting; I ran mine in batches just to be safe. My Mixer is over 11-years old with the original gearing; I did repack the grease about 4 years ago. (Kitchen Aid Mill Attachment Manual says to not run more than 10 cups without letting the mixer rest for 45 mins).
- I ran my batches in 5 cup intervals because I was running the same grain through twice to get better results. I highly recommend running the grain through at a course setting, and then running it through again at the fine setting. With this method at the most fine setting I got a consistency and fineness that is almost identical to professional milled flour. This also allows the mixer to run a little cooler and not work as hard.
- It mills quicker than I expected, and is also much quieter than I anticipated. Some reviews stated it was very loud, though it is noisy (grinding hard grain), you can still carry on a conversation while standing at the mixer. I have also milled flour while the kids were sleeping upstairs and they did not even notice.

Another great product from Kitchen Aid, highly recommend to anyone that wants to easily mill flour at home.
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i am a fan of kitchen aid mixers- I love my mixer
by Jessedog11 (1 out of 5 stars)
March 22, 2017

1st off, i am a fan of kitchen aid mixers- I love my mixer!!. However, this grain mill works- but takes way too long to make a fine flour, You have to run the grain through 3 times to get it good. The grate on the top makes it messy and cumbersome to get the grins into the funnel . I just used my Magic Bullet and it is way easier- make s the flour even more fine and is easer to use. if you have a Magic Bullet or any time of high speed food processor, you will be better off and wasting your time with this mill- I am very disappointed. if anyone wants to Buy mine and lives in NYC - Give me a shout out.
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Should come with a warning not to use on a ...
by Kurt Gradel (1 out of 5 stars)
September 18, 2017

Should come with a warning not to use on a 325 Watt stand mixer. It killed our machine after properly triple grinding of only one cup of wheat. Called Kitchen Aid and they didn't want to know anything about imdentifing my loss. Had to buy another machine. Bought the 575 watt pro version. Hopefully that works.
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Great Grain Mill, kinda...
by hesperidae (4 out of 5 stars)
June 3, 2015

This works beautifully. It's heavy, sturdy and grinds whole grains into flour for all sorts of delicious baked goods. Also coarse grinds for those who like a grainer bread. It's a tad noisy, but I can't imagine grinding hard wheat into flour quietly with anything. Easy cleanup.

UPDATE: Upon having used this for a few months, I've decided to purchase a dedicated grain mill. This does not grind wheat fine enough for pastry-type applications. It is still a good purchase, and great for grinding larger things (corn, beans, etc.) that grain mills usually can't fit through. Also a great first passthrough device for larger things.

I am removing 1 star (not due to the grind size) because I've learned you have to hover over it as it works. I filled it up with grain (only holds 3 cups at a time, thank heaven) and walked away. A couple of minutes later, I heard a horrible crunch then crash. The 'bolt' that holds attachments had worked loose, the grain mill had flown off the mixer and hit the bowl of flour sending wheat berries and flour flying in every direction at once. I was displeased. Do you have any idea how far a wheat berry can fly, bounce, and skitter? Don't leave it unattended and check bolt often.
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Grinds brown rice into flour perfectly!
by Richard (5 out of 5 stars)
June 14, 2018

I bought this grinder to use it to make brown rice rice flour. Having purchased rice flour in the past, I spent a lot of money doing so. For a 1 lb bad of brown rice rice flour, I would spend $4.99 at the local health food store. That was a ridiculous price, so that's why I decided to invest int this grain mill. It grinds the rice perfectly, and although I haven't used it on other grains, I'm sure it will also work well with them. I find it easier to grind the brown rice in several batches. The first batch is ground on a medium setting, with the final batch being ground on a fine setting. It is easier on the mill, causing it not to get so hot. I can buy a 2 lb bag of organic brown rice for about $3.00. That is $1.49 per pound, much less than the $4.99 I was paying for brown rice rice flour at the health food store! It is well worth the investment if you plan on baking with gluten free flour. I highly recommend this grain mill!
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Perfect for wheat!
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
January 6, 2017

I use this to grind wheat for my bread. It works great! I was hesitant to order due to some reviews saying that it doesn't grind fine enough for bread. I found it to be perfect. I think it is because so many who aren't used to working with fresh milled wheat flour expect the super fine white flour from the grocery store. Yes this grinds more coarse than a factory, but you don't want a super fine grind as to retain the nutrients. I would definitely buy this mill again and am very happy with it and the fact that it attaches to an appliance that I already have, saving space and most certainly money as a good freestanding grinder can get extremely expensive.
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Should have read all the negative reviews which all turned out true
by Amazon Customer (1 out of 5 stars)
November 21, 2016

Today's the third time I used my grain mill and it busted my stand mixer. I use a classic series stand mixer which I bought a few weeks ago. I am only able to grind 1 cup of hard wheat (150g) each time because the stand mixer gets very hot I can smell plastic burning each time (must have been some plastic parts inside the mixer). This time I had to stop half way after smoke started to emit from the mixer. I always follow the instructions - go through 3 stages from coarsest to finest and it's the finest setting where heat starts to pick up very quickly. I guess you just can't expect it to run on finest ever.
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Grain Mill Attachment Not Great for Making Bread Flours
by Spencer in Seattle (3 out of 5 stars)
May 9, 2015

I originally bought the grain mill attachment to break up malted barley for brewing. If you're a brewer, you probably know that you only really need to crack up the barley before brewing with it -- and this mill worked wonders for that. I ran many pounds of barley through this mill without a problem. It's a brewer's best friend.

However, I recently started using this mill to make various kinds of bread flours, and the performance is less than amazing. On the finest setting, what comes out is anything but a finely ground flour. Instead, I find myself refeeding the flour back through the mill two or three times before I get a good flour. The grind is simply not fine enough.

Now, I know there are better flour mills out there, and many that are recommended by bread makers. However, this grain mill is marketed as a tool for making flour. In fact, an image of flour-production is on the cover of my box! So I'm a little bummed about that.

In addition, note that the entire mill is made of aluminum. I'm not crazy about preparing food with aluminum, so that dings an additional star off this mill for me.

The best thing about this mill is the ease of use. The worst things are the performance with flour making and the aluminum construction

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