Mockmill grain mills

What a Mockmill actually is

Wolfgang Mock left KoMo in 2014 and concentrated on a new mill that became Mockmill, sold by Wolfgang Mock GmbH in Germany. The idea was a smaller, easier-to-clean mill that still used the same kind of industrial corundum-ceramic stones he had already designed for earlier brands. The 100 and 200 share the housing, hopper and stone size; they differ mainly in motor power and published fine-flour output.

Mockmill 100 and 200 compared

• Stones. Both use 90 mm industrial corundum-ceramic burrs — the same diameter as KoMo’s Fidibus 21 and Classic, and a little smaller than the 100 mm stones on KoMo’s Medium and Plus.
• Hopper. Both take about 1,100 g of wheat, which is larger than a Fidibus 21 (850 g) or Magic (700 g) and similar to a Fidibus Classic or Medium.
• Motor and output. The 100 is listed at 360 W and about 100 g of fine flour a minute, in the same band as KoMo’s 250–360 W Fidibus models. The 200 is listed at 600 W and about 200 g a minute — roughly twice the fine-flour throughput, useful if you bake several loaves or grind for more than one household.
• Housing. A compact composite case rather than KoMo’s beech box-joint cabinets. It takes less counter space and is easier to wipe down, but it does not look like furniture the way a Fidibus or Magic does.
• Warranty. Mockmill lists a 6-year manufacturer’s warranty, shorter than KoMo’s 12-year cover, which is worth weighing if you expect the mill to last a couple of decades.

Who the Mockmill suits

Choose a Mockmill if you want an electric stone-burr mill that sits unobtrusively, fills a large hopper in one go, and — on the 200 — grinds faster than a typical household KoMo. Stay with KoMo if you prefer a wooden housing, a longer warranty, or a smaller mill such as the Magic. Hawos, the company Mock founded in 1980, still sells the Oktini and Novum with his earlier milling technology and is the closer “family” alternative if you want a German mill with a different case.

All of these are stone-burr mills, not impact mills. Impact mills (common in North America) throw grain against a steel chamber and run louder and faster; they are a different tool, covered in the electric grain mill guide. If you are comparing European makers more widely, a directory of European home and kitchen brands lists companies in the same category, and there is a dedicated page of European alternatives to Bob’s Red Mill if you are leaving a US flour brand rather than shopping for a mill.

Using and looking after the stones

The care is the same as for other corundum-ceramic household mills: start the motor before you add grain, never screw the stones fully closed while the mill is running empty, and if flour comes out warm and slow, run a handful of hard wheat or dry rice on a coarse setting to clear glaze. Brush the chamber dry; do not wash the stones. Wet or oily seed (freshly washed grain, nuts, oily maize) will smear the stones on any of these mills, Mockmill included.

To plan a bake, the flour calculator turns a grain weight into an expected flour weight. For the wider choice of European mills, start with how to choose a grain mill and the home milling basics.