Milling Grain in a Komo Fidibus 21

[user 52405]

Hello. I'm just getting into all grain again. Don't have my old mill anymore. But I do have a german made mill for making bread: Komo Fidibus 21 It uses stones to grind the grains. I figured that I could just dial the coarseness way back and see how it does. I tried 4 different grinds with some Pilsen German 2-row. I've attached the images below. I'd love to hear from you guys with your input on which looks best for a BIAB setting. Thanks


From left to right: Grind 1, 2, 3, 4

I'm leaning toward Grind 3. Everything appears to be well cracked with little flour. Grind 4 seems a little too coarse, with some of the grains not cracked at all.

 

[user 52405]

And just in case people have the Komo Fidibus and want to replicate:

Grind 1: was dialled in past the far right LARGE black dot on the grinder, to the corner seam(of the wooden housing).
Grind 2: was half way between the seam in the front right, and the rear right
Grind 3: was at the rear right seam
Grind 4: was half way between the rear right seam and the rear left seam.

 

[grampamark]

For BIAB It’s hard to crush too fine. I’d be inclined to go with #1 or #2. Two looks about like what I use with a mash tun. That said, even with high res photos, it’s hard to judge the crush if you can’t run your fingers through it.

 

[user 52405]

Thanks grampamark! I ended up going with #1. Target O.G. was 1.055. I hit 1.054. Very happy with the results

 

[Brettomomyces]

Those actually look pretty good for a flour mill, I would comfortably use 3-4 on my non biab setup.

 

[bracconiere]

to me they all look to coarse, but #1 had some flour tossed on top......personally i get about as much flour as #1 when i mill, but the chunks are half the size as what you show.....i'm wondering if maybe there was some way to slow the mill down? fan speed controller or something.....

 

[day_trippr]

Curious why a grain grinder would be named "Fidibus", considering the literal meaning of the word (yes, it's a real word) is "a piece of paper for lighting a pipe" or a stove burner or pretty much anything you want to light on fire using a piece of paper