Mulino Manuale in Ghisa con Tramoggia Bassa

Knowing you’re getting a very much manual grinder here i rate this high. I can grind nixtamalized corn in this much faster than using a metate. That being said it needs a second pass for Mexican tortillas. I’ve made a few pounds of top notch tortillas from several varieties of maiz. Probably takes me about an hour to process a lb of maiz taking my time.

This little inexpensive hand Molino produced about as fine as possible at home masa. Masienda has an electric Molino for around $2000..and while tempting, I do not make enough masa to justify buying one. I have used my meat grinder and food processor and have gotten good results. But honestly, using this little grinder gave me a nice smooth masa to make masa fina for tortillas. I added water after grinding my nixtamal, balled up for pressing and turned out some very nice pliable tortillas. I buy Masienda corn and am very happy to have the flavor of Mexico in my kitchen. this is old school cooking. Using some arm strength and a little time and planning you can get a delicious nutritious corn tortilla.

I bought this to crack corn for my yard birds, especially my cardinals, they love cracked corn. Corn kernels are very hard and they were taking a toll on my Nutri Bullet. It arrived on time. It is cast iron so it's pretty heavy. The separate pieces don't fit well in the box as you can see from the photo, however, it did arrive in an additional bigger box. The pieces have a shiny coating, which I fully expect to chip off with use. This one already had a couple chipped areas upon arrival. I really don't mind because I prefer the cast iron rustic look anyway but I will run a bag or two of dry beans through initially to encourage that coating to wear down. I don't want to feed the coating to my birds. The instructions are clear and assembly was easy, took about 15 minutes. You will need a place to mount it to the edge of a table, counter, or work bench so keep that in mind, it is not free standing. Once assembled, I gave it a whirl. I had to use some elbow grease to get the handle all the way around. Mostly I ended up rocking it back and forth to grind, which wasn't a surprise to me because I have ground corn before. It is a bit of a work out but I'm a country girl and I don't mind the effort. The task should become easier with use and oiling. If you aren't into elbow grease, spend the extra money and purchase an electric one. This is not going to give you a fine mill, like flour, it's not designed for that. But it will crack course grains. Being cast iron, it will be susceptible to rust so I know it will require cleaning and oiling. The directions are very clear about that. I gave it an overall 4 because of the 1) chipped areas, 2) the coating (I would have preferred just plain ole cast iron but couldn't find one like that) and 3) the packaging it didn't fit in. It does deserve a 5 in one area though...it cracks corn to the perfect consistency I need for my cardinals. Overall, I am very happy with it so far. I will update if that changes.

This is a great manual grinder for $40. No electricity required. Grinds wet rice into powdery flour. Had to soak the rice first. Did for about 16hr, but probably could do less. Dry grains it just cracks into small pieces. Could work as a coffee grinder for coarse grind. Would work well for outdoors.

Product arrived from Amazon US undamaged. Box was well packed and contents still in the packaging. This review is based on first impressions after unboxing only and will be updated after use.Product quality is excellent. Material feels high quality cast, no sharp edges or burrs, tin coating is excellent. Everything feels high quality. Instruction manual is well written and informative.Only thing to note is that there is a lot of metal particles on all parts, which is presumably leftover from the manufacturing process. As with all utensils and food related equipment that you buy, WASH (and thoroughly dry and oil) BEFORE FIRST USE! The instructions also state to grind something cheap (like rice or cheap beans) the first few uses to "prep" the mill to get rid of any final loose particles (which is most likely what these other reviewers see) - this should stop after the first few "prep grinds".

It's tamale season in New Mexico and this grinder is a "MUST-Have" for making masa. After messing with 2 other devices to try and take short cuts from having to put in the labor. We decided to order this grinder. Delivered in 3 days. We found it to be sturdy, easy to assemble, easy to use. The size & height of the hopper held a good amount of our blue corn. I liked the ability to make adjustments of the coarseness, which made for a perfect texture. It Performed exactly how we remember our grandparents grinders did. Overall, labor of love will make all the difference of any meal. Especially when it comes to tamales.

I am really impressed with this product. I thought $50 was a small price to pay to see if it would work for me. I had a bunch of dried corn that I saved from my garden. I grinded up 4 ears of corn and got enough corn meal to make corn bread. This only took me about 5 minutes. I think this was well worth the cost. I intend to use this product many times and am confident that it will pay for itself.

I’m so happy with my purchase arrived in great condition, I haven't tried yet.

Dislikeit is very bad because is does not work as described.

Awesome! Heavy duty single cast body. Even the hopper which is made of metal is of high quality and not flimsy. The only plastic is the guard to prevent flour from flying out the grinding wheel from the top is of good quality which is not brittle and will not break of dropped.I put this grain grinder to the test by grinding black bean and it stood up to the challenge.Because it is not made in China it is of superior quality made to last a life time.A fly wheel can replace the hand crank and a V-belt and electric motor could turn this into a home chakki (flour mill).I added the photo for comparison with my meat mincer because I was shocked to see the size of it.

This thing rusts immediately after washing it the first time.

I used it to grind cooked hominy corn for arepas. The metal started to get rusted after just one use and wash. I don't think I will be using this again. What a waste of money, time and effort. I am truly disappointed.

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Esta bueno es muy bueno

Love it!!! Just what I wanted. It looks great, very well made, and the perfect size. The best product I’ve found that looks just like the one my mom and grandmother used—and now, for a great price, it’s in my kitchen 💝

I bought this manual grain mill mainly to grind roasted peanuts for my homemade bars, and I’m honestly impressed. The build quality is solid—heavy-duty cast iron that feels like it will last a lifetime. It took me a couple of tries to adjust the grind to the texture I needed, but once I figured it out, it worked perfectly.I love that it doesn’t require electricity, and it clamps really securely to my countertop. It does take some muscle to turn, but nothing too difficult. If you’re using it for nuts, corn, or grains and you’re okay with a bit of manual work, this tool is amazing.Highly recommend it for anyone doing small batch artisanal food at home like I do!

It is doing its job

It works very well, for both wet corn and dry grains.You need to grind and discard about 2 cups of rice to start.