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GrainMaker®
The red GrainMaker® mill is created and assembled in Stevensville, Montana,  Ravalli County, USA. All materials are American made as well. All powder coating finish is FDA approved. These mills are also known as grist mills, grain mills or grain grinders, flour mills and can be used as nut butter makers. The materials are machined out of solid stock by Bitterroot Tool & Machine which is an ISO certified machine shop. The only mill to have a lifetime guarantee on the whole mill including the solid stock, hardened steel machined Burrs.

History
In 1998, Bonnie Jones started looking in to grinding flour at home. At that time her husband Randy Jones was working at a Tool & Die company. He offered to create Bonnie a mill since most were back ordered because of Y2K scare and she couldn't find one that she was impressed with enough to order or to wait the length of time required to obtain one. Randy sought permission from his employer to use some scrap metal from work to make a mill for his personal use. That is when the GrainMaker® mill began to take shape.

In February of 1999, Randy set the first "GrainMaker®" mill prototype up for Bonnie to use. Friends of Randy and Bonnie liked the mill so much they wanted Randy to start making them one too. Randy was able to take a year off of work to explore manufacturing the mills.

The first mills that they began to produce held the name White Harvest Mills. They were small, and covered in a black Rhino Liner to protect the steel. Randy and Bonnie researched materials and burr types and designs. They found that while stone burrs were recommended they were hard on your teeth by leaving small particles of sand in the flour which over time would wear down the teeth. They needed a steel burr that didn't need sharpening and could handle a wide variety of grinds from super fine to cracked. Looking at the best mills currently on the market and antiques from the past, every inch was studied; their strong features as well as their flaws Randy designed a new mill that was not only easier to care for than current mills but more durable than the antique ones he had been studying.

In a year's time, they traveled some with the GrainMaker® to local shows and started introducing the product to the public. After all, it is one thing for family and friends to want one, but they didn’t have any experience in market research or about marketing a product period, let alone have the ability or the funds to advertise on a grand scale.

By 2008 the word of mouth had gotten around to the point the company now how the ability to advertise on a national scale. In 2010 Randy compiled all the reviews and requests from current and prospective customers and started to integrate those ideas into the design of the GrainMaker® and the current Model No.99 was created. The Model No.116 was engineered for those who wanted larger everything and a feed slide. The Flaker Mill or the No.275 was created to honor the requests for a mill that would roll oats, crack and crush barley and hops as well as crack animal feed.

As 2011 rolled around More requests were made for a much smaller mill only to be used as a hand mill with no other purpose. Randy designed the Model No.35 to fit that need.

Currently, Bitterroot Tool and Machine is aiming to release a Sorghum Press as well as a De-huller in late 2013 under the GrainMaker® Mill line.

Reviews of GrainMaker&reg; Mills

 * 1) Follow the grain
 * 2) Choosing the Right Countertop Grain Mill
 * 3) Grind Your Own Flour With a Bike-Powered Grain Mill
 * 4) Grain Mill Comparison: Country Living vs GrainMaker
 * 5) My Super-Duper Hand Powered grain mill
 * 6) The Daily Grind