Review on KitchenAid KGM Metal Grain Attachment by Dylan Goins

I've wanted a Kitchen Aid Grain Mill for a year or more and I wanted to love this product. Used it yesterday with my 600w Kitchen Aid Professional Blender. This grinder cannot be used with the 325W Kitchen Aid Handmade Blender; That was too much work for my pro! After reading all the instructions, I happily set about grounding the newly arrived Dudka red wheatberries, non-GMO, organically grown by Belle Valley Ancient Grains. It was amazingly slow, but it turned out to be a beautiful commercial grade flour. The directions say to grind no more than 10 cups of berries at a time without letting the blender cool for 45 minutes between batches. I mashed six cups, it took over three hours not counting three 45 minute breaks, she had to knead the dough too! My blender motor felt hot, the grinder, all the metal grinders got hot! Seriously had to use oven mitts to loosen the grinder. During the process I turned off the blender and after only 2 cups of amazingly slow grinding, cooled for 45 minutes. It took me 12 cups of flour to bake six loaves of bread. (I froze five "patties" of dough to always have freshly baked bread.) I agreed to six jars of flour and supplemented with store-bought. This windmill is beautifully built, solid metal, open the box and let your heart pound with joy and anticipation; disappointing. More importantly, I think it's too much work for the engine. I'm afraid to use it again. I love my blender too much to jeopardize its life with six cups of flour. While the flour was being ground, I started making tangzhong rue bread; in the short time of thirty minutes that the lozenge needed, the mill overheated my stirrer. I smelled a burning engine! Shocked because I read the instructions to grind no more than 10 cups and I only had 2 cups, I touched the blender, HOT, and then the grinder, HOT! I unplugged and disassembled the grinder in thumbtacks. I figured it must be a clog, something must be wrong for my blender to overheat like this. Nothing. I used the grinder according to the manufacturer's exact instructions, and even with the Pro Series Blender, grinding grain has a major impact on the motor. I turned on the blender and chilled 45 minutes between grinding 2 cups of red wheat berries. I ground six cups of flour. A whole day, seven hours just to knead bread dough until you get up. The blender is my mainstay, yesterday she baked two or three loaves of bread. It's turned out nice, finely ground flour, but that's too much even for a 600-watt professional series. I keep more of a blender in my kitchen than I need most days, but yesterday a grain mill threatened to kill my engine. Again, don't even consider this unit if you don't have a Pro Series mixer. I think Kitchen Aid should be very clear about this. If you have this mill, it is better if you grind flour one day and tomorrow do what brings you joy. But sit on the blender and grind in two batches, chilling for 45 minutes in between. The Kitchen Aid pasta attachment, pasta roller, meat grinder, chopper/slicer attachment have them and everyone loves them. I return the mill with a heavy heart. I wanted this grinder to work!