Magic Mill 3 Plus versus Blendtec Kitchen Mill

[Arek Niski]

I can buy the first one for ~$120 on the Ebay or the second one for $150
(open box item) from on-line store. Which one would be better choice ?

[Slim Langer]

Post by Arek Niski
I can buy the first one for ~$120 on the Ebay or the second one for $150
(open box item) from on-line store. Which one would be better choice ?

At those prices I'd try the Blendtec, if it is guaranteed as new and
still carries the manufacturer's warranty. Both mills are functionally
very similar. The same design as the first impact mills. They're good
performers, but quite loud and a little dusty. With wheat, their "fine"
flour setting does not produce talcum-powder-fine flour, in contrast to
the more expensive Nutrimill or Whisper/wondermill. Like them, their
coarse setting is not quite coarse enough to make rough corn meal.
Blendtec (was K-tec) has a larger capacity lower bin for the finished
flour than the MMIII, and manufacturer's support and replacement parts
are more readily available. I have a MMII bought off EBay actually for
less than $70 delivered and it's worked like a champ for the past
couple of years, with no sign of stopping. I've noticed some good
looking MM III's selling recently for close to that price. The auction
deals tend to get better in the summer months when fewer people are
indoors baking. Make sure your seller guarantees that your mill runs
strong and well. If the Magic Mill breaks, there is no one to fix it
but you.

Good Luck

Slim

[Arek Niski]

Thanks for the replay. You have mentioned that Blentec does not produce
talcum-powder-fine flour. So how coarse is it? Can you feel particles with
your fingers? Is it much coarser than store bought AP flour?

Arek

Post by Slim Langer

Post by Arek Niski
I can buy the first one for ~$120 on the Ebay or the second one for $150
(open box item) from on-line store. Which one would be better choice ?

At those prices I'd try the Blendtec, if it is guaranteed as new and
still carries the manufacturer's warranty. Both mills are functionally
very similar. The same design as the first impact mills. They're good
performers, but quite loud and a little dusty. With wheat, their "fine"
flour setting does not produce talcum-powder-fine flour, in contrast to
the more expensive Nutrimill or Whisper/wondermill. Like them, their
coarse setting is not quite coarse enough to make rough corn meal.
Blendtec (was K-tec) has a larger capacity lower bin for the finished
flour than the MMIII, and manufacturer's support and replacement parts
are more readily available. I have a MMII bought off EBay actually for
less than $70 delivered and it's worked like a champ for the past
couple of years, with no sign of stopping. I've noticed some good
looking MM III's selling recently for close to that price. The auction
deals tend to get better in the summer months when fewer people are
indoors baking. Make sure your seller guarantees that your mill runs
strong and well. If the Magic Mill breaks, there is no one to fix it
but you.
Good Luck
Slim

[Slim Langer]

Post by Arek Niski
Thanks for the replay. You have mentioned that Blentec does not produce
talcum-powder-fine flour. So how coarse is it? Can you feel particles with
your fingers? Is it much coarser than store bought AP flour?
Arek

For my Magic Mill II on the finest setting, it grinds a very uniform
wheat flour that is just noticeably more coarse to my sight than the
store-bought King Arthur whole-wheat flour, when I spread the two
flours side-by-side. I can't feel a difference between my fingers. But
no problem using it in bread baking or any other use I've found. I can
make 100% WW bread from hard red wheat without adding gluten that has a
rise maybe 75-85% as high as with white wheat bread flour.

I do *not* have first hand experience using the Blendtec mill, I am
just judging by others who say they mill "about the same" fineness. But
since the Blendtec mills are still being made, you can write to the
company and ask them directly:

http://www.blendtec.com/contactus.aspx

I do notice that they do not have any wheat *bread* recipes on the
Blendtec site, only pancakes, focaccia and muffins. The description one
recipe makes of milling bean flour, with significant amounts of dust
and some trouble feeding larger beans into the mill, sounds a lot like
my experience with the MMII. But it's not a lot of trouble. I just work
a spoon back and forth in the top of the mill to keep the beans
feeding. As to the dust, I run the mill in the garage and sweep up
afterwards.

http://www.blendtec.com/recipecard.aspx?id=149

Slim

[Arek Niski]

Many thanks for all the info. I will take a second look at Nutramill.


"Slim Langer" <***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:***@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Arek Niski wrote:
| > Thanks for the replay. You have mentioned that Blentec does not produce
| > talcum-powder-fine flour. So how coarse is it? Can you feel particles
with
| > your fingers? Is it much coarser than store bought AP flour?
| >
| > Arek
| >
|
| For my Magic Mill II on the finest setting, it grinds a very uniform
| wheat flour that is just noticeably more coarse to my sight than the
| store-bought King Arthur whole-wheat flour, when I spread the two
| flours side-by-side. I can't feel a difference between my fingers. But
| no problem using it in bread baking or any other use I've found. I can
| make 100% WW bread from hard red wheat without adding gluten that has a
| rise maybe 75-85% as high as with white wheat bread flour.
|
| I do *not* have first hand experience using the Blendtec mill, I am
| just judging by others who say they mill "about the same" fineness. But
| since the Blendtec mills are still being made, you can write to the
| company and ask them directly:
|
| http://www.blendtec.com/contactus.aspx
|
| I do notice that they do not have any wheat *bread* recipes on the
| Blendtec site, only pancakes, focaccia and muffins. The description one
| recipe makes of milling bean flour, with significant amounts of dust
| and some trouble feeding larger beans into the mill, sounds a lot like
| my experience with the MMII. But it's not a lot of trouble. I just work
| a spoon back and forth in the top of the mill to keep the beans
| feeding. As to the dust, I run the mill in the garage and sweep up
| afterwards.
|
| http://www.blendtec.com/recipecard.aspx?id=149
|
| Slim
|