Cleaning a Nutrimill Grain Mill
I have had my Nutrimill for many years and love it. With the exception of two years that I lived in a tiny home, I have used it almost weekly for about 7 years.
We managed to pick up pantry moths at our last rental house. Joy of joys.
I have had to replace most of my baking supplies and am checking everything every few weeks. This has been a nightmare. Well, it just got worse.
I thought they had been limited to the stuff in my kitchen. I keep my appliances and long term storage in a different room. Today, I was looking in the dust collector part of the flour bin on the Nutrimill and found a bit of webbing.
It has been some time since I lost the instruction manual, but as I recall, there is no way to clean out the inside of the mill itself and I am only supposed to dry clean the rest of it.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to sanitize my Nutrimill? Should I wet clean it?
at me. Freezing it or Diatomaceous earth. If you can fit your mill in the freezer, it will kill the eggs. I would then grind some grain to clean it out and throw the resultant flour away.
The other is to use Diatomaceous earth. Sprinkle some in your mill and leave it for a few days. Then do the same as above. Grind some grain with more Diatomaceous earth and throw the flour out.
Hope this helps. Remember though that I haven't dealt with this nor have I done this in the past So you need to try this at your own risk.
I agree with Danni, don't try to wet clean it, and don't try to take it apart. I have taken apart a Wondermill, which is similar, and even once you get it apart, which is very tricky, there are lots of tiny spaces that would be hard to clean. Do something to kill the bugs and larve, then use a vacuum cleaner to suck out what you can, then take it to a gas station, or your own air compressor, and try to blow out the rest. Once you have done the best you can, then run some rice or wheat berries through, throw out the flour, and you should be good to go.
Thank you. My husband agrees with Danni, too. Though I am a bit concerned about condensation when I take it back out of the freezer.
These moths have me freaked out. I have never had any sort of infestation before.
Pantry moths are a seasonal happening where I live usually brought in with bird seed. If they happen to get into my house I use moth traps that I purchase at my local ACE Hardware store and they soon diminish and disappear. No harmful ingredients. Just a small sticker with pheromones that attracts them and then they get stuck on the sticky surface.
If I find them in my grain pails I remove the webbing bundles and, if I don't plan on using the grain in a timely fashion, I freeze it and then return it to the pail IF the pail is clear of any larvae after a good scrubbing and airing out session.
I have found that rye berries are more prone to moths than my wheat berries and that weevils love barley in my 7 grain mixture.
My mills are used daily so no critters survive that area but I have heard of using tea bags as a deterrent when not in use.
One thing that might help with you freaking out is that at least your are not dealing with mice or rats…..now those critters really reek havoc. :O
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