Use and Care Manual Mockmill We're pleased to offer a little collection of advice that has been gathered from lots of happy Mockmill customers as well as from our own experience using the Mockmill to create breads, sweet concoctions, gluten-free treats and more. This may be considered an addendum to, but is not part of, the Mockmill User's Manual. Page 1 of 8 www.WolfgangMock.com | Feedback@WolfgangMock.
Before you begin... Please take special care to think of these four things before you start using your Mockmill: Load the hopper first! Before you turn on the mixer, too, load the hopper up. It's simply best practice, as this way the mill is being fed from the moment it starts turning! That protects the stones from wear. Start your Mockmill on a not-too-fine setting When the Mockmill is set all the way at fine, the stones may actually touch.
Turning the guide toward On the coarse end – the end with the larger dots, - the knob may stop before you get to the biggest dot. Turn it any further, and you'll release it for disassembly. The stopping point your actual "coarsest point". On the other end of the scale, you’ll find that you can (easily) turn the mill well past the smallest dot. That is the zone in which most people find “the finest spot”. As explained earlier, you should only do that once there is grain in the hopper and the mill is turning.
There are a lot of forces at work during the milling of grains, so you will want to check the screw from time to time for tightness and retighten as needed. Taking Care of your Mockmill (and mixer) Post-use cleaning After each use, you can simply turn the Mockmill upside down over your counter or sink to empty any remaining grains. The Mockmill does not require deep cleaning after every use. You can simply wipe off its exterior surfaces, including the easily removed flour chute.
Don't overheat your mixer! Your mixer is driven by a strong motor and a set of gears that reduce the motor's high speed down to the speed determined by the setting you choose. When the mixer is used for a long time, the heat of the motor is transferred to the gear box, and the top of the mixer can become quite hot. That's a sign that it's time to give the mixer a little rest, to let it cool down. We recommend that you not grind more than five pounds of flour at one time.
Learn about different milling grades Make sure you're getting the most out of your Mockmill by experimenting with the mill settings.
How do you find recipes? Look for whole meal recipes online or just substitute your "real" flour for the flour your recipes call for. Your milled flour will be a bit fluffier than packaged flours, so if you are measuring by volume, use a little more flour than you ordinarily would. Better yet, get a digital scale and start cooking by weight. It’s so much easier and more accurate than measuring ingredients by volume! (Tip: a cup of flour weighs about 125 grams, or 4 ounces.
So definitely trust your imagination! And if you get creatively rebellious and want to try grinding things we don’t recommend – you needn’t be be overly cautious. You may wish to try mixing seeds – for example flax - with your wheat, if your recipe calls for both. As long as a typically dry grain makes up at least half of the mixture, it will "clean up" oily residues the flax seed leaves behind.
