How coarse is the coarsest grind? Meaning can I use it to blacken food?
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I've never had it on the coarsest grind, because it's difficult to get it back to a very fine grind where I like it, but I've had it where I consider very coarse, and it puts-out very large chunks of pepper very rapidly. I don't know what you mean by "blacken food".
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The grinder comes with an instruction booklet that gives suggestions on how to control the coarseness or fineness of the grind. It all boils down to how long YOU hold the activation button down on the grinder. David
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If you want a coarse chop, this won't work. However, it does make very quick work of fruits and berries if you want to purée them. It is a powerful machine with a good-sized capacity.
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fine to coarse, mine stopped working after a month, could not return, no repair center, after I bought the Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill, still works great after 6 months, spend the extra money and save your self from this grinder, its a dud...happy fathers day
1474666
You can only grind dry, non-oily ingredients. It works excellent on grains for sure. Love this grinder! Highly recommend.
1093121
To the best of my knowlege, it does not come in a coarse grind. Mine didn't work at all well until I used a "christmas tree" shaped stone in a Dremel tool to sharpen the little teeth very gently on the inside. Now it grates like a little grating fiend. I hope this is helpful. Gerry N.
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This grinder produces a coarse grind as is shown in the product photo of ground nutmeg. If you truly need a "dust-like" consistency, such as that of store-bought ground oregano, then I don't think this product will meet your needs.
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Yes, I have found mine to be brilliant for cooking small pieces of food. Heat it up slowly. It does become pitted and darkens.
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coarse coffee for sure, other spices etc. not too sure about but would be hard to get a uniform grind I think.
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Hi, Melitta recommends a Fine grind. As fine as you can grind it, I have found.Cheer,Phil
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I have ground popcorn many times as slow as possible, on the finest settings possible. Sadly, I can't get it as fine as I would like. It's always what I would consider a coarse cornbread grind. Sure if I sifted it with various sizes of mesh screens, some of the milled product would be fine, just not enough. I'm thinking I might have to break it up first in a food processor to have more luck.
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I think so.We use restaurant grade coarse black pepper which is not a fine grade and it works great. I use a huge amount of black pepper on food and this large container is awesome.
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I'll agree with the others - it can be used for things other than coffee but it seems to be designed for a coarser grind (at minimum setting) than most dedicated spice grinders are.
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There is a screw in the bottom of the grinder with a groove (works fine with a flat-head screw driver) you can turn either direction to adjust the coarse or fineness of your grind. I played around with mine over a large piece of wax-paper until I got a nice mix; partially coarse/partially medium-fine. Good Luck! BTW, I love this pepper grinder. The seasoning of foods with fresh grind is beyond compare!
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No,the grind is so fine, it requires oil to process through grinder. A food processor would give you a dry grind
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Yes. Course grind. If you want to reduce to flour consistency, I would use ceramic with broad pestle
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I use this grinder for espresso drinks and have never tried grinding much more coarsely. I would recommend contacting the manufacturer. They have great customer service and can advise you fairly quickly after sending them a message.