Meadows 8-Inch Stone Burr Mill, Ass'y MH

After more than half a year of use, I'm extremely happy with the Meadows 8” mill and believe it was a wise investment. I'm grinding mainly white and brown rice and the Meadows grinder gives me a finer flour with less heat than my old mill did. We're producing gluten-free cookies and the rice responds well to the cooler grind.

I was impressed with how the names of those who built the different parts of the mill were recorded. That told me I purchased from a company that understands accountability. The manual included with the mill is comprehensive and helpful.

Also, the entire purchasing experience and followup were second to none. Highly recommended!

Our small bakery uses the Meadows mill to grind rice, sorghum and wheat for bread and pastries. If you're looking for an easy-to-use mill to make flour, I would recommend it. It's easy to clean and maintain. Business has grown, so now I'm considering moving up to a larger Meadows model.

We use the Meadows stone burr mill at home, grinding wheat and corn to make bread, cookies, and so on. We're very pleased with the purchase. It's well made, very solid, a big step up from the mills we've used before. I think it will be in the family for a long time.

I like this mill, but question the 100 lbs/hour rate figure for the 8" mill. Our production grinding hard red spring wheat (Bolles variety) is just under 20 lbs/hour.

That said, I am satisfied with the fineness of the flour produced, and am getting very good yield (85%+) after sifting through a 50 (or sometimes 60) mesh sieve. If I had to do it again, I would not have gotten assembly C with the steel table, and would have opted instead to purchase the mill as a stand alone unit and mounted it to my own heavy wooden table. Although the table is nice, it is wider and longer than it needs to be, and was difficult to get through my door frame (had to remove molding). It's also a fairly heavy table. The paint on the underside of the table where the flour discharges has begun to chip after a short period of use (since December). That said, it hasn't affected functionality. I'm not a huge fan of the poly hopper, or the poly shoe that the metering device rests on. I changed out the shoe with a wooden one that I made to match the size and shape. The hopper is fine for it's purpose. Getting the mill set to the finest possible setting is a bit of a trick, and I find that viewing the rotating stones from underneath is the easiest way to tell when you have them as close as possible without touching. Once they begin to touch in the slightest, you will see little red sparks and then know to immediately back off the stones until no sparks are seen.

Overall, I'm happy with the mill and have made some excellent bread with the flour I've ground. I expect it to last for a very long time.

I'd recommend Meadows to anyone considering a small commercial flour mill. We're grinding corn into meal and flour for bread and other baking, and it's worked well for us. It's a good simple design, easy to use and to maintain.

I'm very happy with the Meadows mill. It's trouble-free and easy to run and maintain. It's been a great replacement for the machine we used before, which was always breaking down. There's nothing I'd change about the Meadows.

Bought this to mill flour for our farmers maket. Easy to use and very dependable. I would definitely recommend this mill to anyone looking.

The Meadows 8” mill is faster and easier to operate than stone burr mills I've used before. It's been completely reliable, it's easy to adjust and runs smooth as a dream. We're grinding corn and wheat and cleanup is easy. It's a well made mill and I recommend it without hesitation.

We're grinding wheat and rye in our small bakery and we're very happy with the Meadows 8” mill. It's easy to use, output is consistent, and I'm sure it will last for years. We'd recommend the Meadows mill to anyone with a small bakery, it's an excellent machine.