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Komo flour sifter

August 18, 2021 - 3:19pm
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LameLamer

Komo flour sifter

Hi guys 

Anybody got one of these? 

I'm looking to get my flour fine enough to bake and one sifting just ain't cutting it, it's still like a wholemeal flour. 

If anyone knows if this add on is any use please let me know it's a bit pricey for it to be useless for my needs. 

 

Cheers 

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Danni3ll3
Aug 19 2021 - 3:34pm

To be honest, I no longer use it. It comes with 3 screens but even the finest will not sift as fine as commercial flour. 
Things to note:

  1. Its a pain to remove the hopper of your komo and install the sifter. 
  2. The komo has to cool down completely before you are able to screw the hopper back on. Or at least that’s the case with my mill. 
  3. The plexiglass tube clicks onto two little metal beads and you have to watch that this stays engaged otherwise, you’ll end up with one heck of a mess. Hasn’t happened to me but has to others. 
  4. You need to remove the bran after each batch as the brushes stop working if there is too much bran in there. That means scooping out with a spoon or taking the whole sifter of the body of the mill. 
  5. And as you have discovered, it’s not cheap. 

I liked it initially because it was faster than sifting manually but it proved to be a huge pain every time I used it. Now I just leave the bran in the flour and enjoy the extra nutrients. 

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LameLamer
Aug 19 2021 - 5:03pm

Thank you danni3113, ok so it's poo poo lol, is there any advice out there or do I just buy flour I want for pastries? 

Thanks again 

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Danni3ll3
Aug 19 2021 - 5:07pm

regular flour sifters and see how the flour works out for your pastries. You might be surprised like I was with keeping the bran in my breads. Then again, this would work for just home baking. Definitely not for a commercial operation.