A good but pricey alternative to a standalone grinder
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Be warned: this is not a perfect alternative to a dedicated meat grinder. This device, overpriced as it is, will allow you to make your Kitchenaide more versatile and save you counter/storage space. If that is your primary concern (as it was mine), then you've found an excellent option here. Consider my next paragraph carefully before buying.

This will only operate at the speed of your Kitchenaide, which is far below the operating speed of a standalone meat grinder. I do not feel comfortable operating the kitchenaide at the highest speeds, so I usually go about 6-8. At this speed, it takes 3-5 minutes to grind 5 lbs of meat. That's not too bad if you're an occasional fresh sausage maker, but if you are regularly doing 20 lbs. of meat, forget it. The hopper is small, so you constantly have to feed in more meat.

Consider that very decent stand alone grinders that grind much faster than this are available at Amazon for 75-100$ If you have the space, that is surely a better choice.

In terms of performance, except for the speed, this performs exactly as any quality meat grinder. I primarily use it for making falafel (using a fine grinding plate available at Smokehouse Chef) For that purpose, it works quite well, but I am already dissatisfied with it for making large quantities of sausage.

If you are serious about making fresh home sausage you really don't have a choice: get a standalone grinder, stuffer, and mixer. You won't feel like you're working at optimal conditions until you do.
3092773
This is a great grinder with lots of grinding options. The only problem I have is trying to cleanly transfer the coffee grinds from grinder to K-Cup. In order to fill the cup, I have to use a funnel to prevent a mess. I would recommend this grinder for coffee pot users and not for single-serve uses. I realize it advertises for 12 cups, but I was hoping it could accommodate the single use too.
2276672
I have only had the grinder a few days but I have used it several times and found it to work quite well. Seems to be well constructed and easy to use. It is slower than using an electric grinder but if you are not in a hurry then great. The coarseness/fineness of the ground is consistent throughout.
1040855
I recently switched to this hand grinder from using a whirly.  For the money it is excellent.  I use it primarily for grinding turkish coffee (1 click) and for pour-over drip grind for individual cups (9 clicks).  I don't think there's as cheap a grinder that does turkish fine, so there's no real comparison there.  For one or two tiny cups, it takes as much time to  grind the beans as it does for the water to heat in the ibrik,
For regular drip coffee, I do notice a difference in odor and flavor with the Hario compared to the whirly.  My wife however can't tell the difference, so be warned: no everyone finds burr grinders worth the trouble.  The grind is not very even once you get above 6 clicks, so I wouldn't say it's equal to an expensive burr grinder in that respect.  It's not uncommon to have some large chunks in with the normal grind.
I don't find the small container a drawback like I thought I would. If you need more than the 25g it holds, you just dump it into your coffee making device when it's almost full.  Truthfully, your hand needs a rest then anyway.
Cleaning is relatively easy, considering. It comes apart easily in just a few parts. You can rub with your fingers or use a fine brush and some mild vegetable soap.  I find I can get away with cleaning it only every month or so, and often go months without ill effect.  Unlike the larger electric burr grinders you can clean out all parts easily.
How much better is the flavor than the whirly?  If I had to scale it, I'd say about 20% better. In other words, noticeable but only if you turn on your senses and are a coffee connoisseur and are willing to spend 2-5 minutes grinding a couple cup's worth.
Addendum after a year: Holding up pretty well to daily use. At $22 it's almost disposable, so it's surpassed expectations. The spring that provides downward pressure on the burr has expanded so it slips out of place, abd it causes some friction to my cranking sometimes in grinding.  The 1 setting doesn't seem to work as well for Turkish coffee as a year ago; but it may just be I'm not cleaning it enough.  Overall think it's a terrific value.  And I discovered you can use this on setting 4 to grind poppy seeds without buying a special grinder.
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UPDATE 05/16
After having it a few months now, this guy unfortunately retired.. (which i took off one star for-- 3 stars now)
-The nails are unfortunately quite thin, so over time they became bent.
-The wood is somewhat soft. Mine had some random chips appear on the inside, and no one wants that in their herbs.

Original Review
March 07/16
Funny how a lot of noobs hate it and pros love it! This is true because as your first grinder, this probably won't be your favorite. But if you know what you're doing, and have experience with other grinders, this very well might be one of the best!

CONS:

-There is nothing to hold the grinder together (usually a magnet), so if you turn it upside down the lid will fall RIGHT OFF.

-The grinder is small-- a little smaller than the average palm. There is also no depth to it, so it won't hold a lot of material. You do need a tray (or piece of computer paper) to lay out your material.

-The teeth aren't sharp, (rather blunt, actually) and there isn't full coverage, so it does take some time to grind EVENLY depending on what consistency you're looking for.

(Update 3.16.16)
PROTIP: Grind it while holding it in an angle, it will ensure everything is getting pulverized. Also, when turning, turn in long full turns back and forth, rather than short, semi-turns back and forth.

As a first grinder, I'd much rather recommend a nice 4 piece grinder because it fits MOST needs, with the added benefit of collecting pollen (kief), and not having to have a "tray" for your material, as it collects it in its own chamber. It also has a magnet keeping it together. If you can only buy ONE grinder, this WOULD NOT be it! I have multiple 4 piece grinders!

PROS
But! If you buy this WITH a purpose, it is invaluable! I was looking for, SPECIFICALLY a TWO piece grinder because it lets YOU decide how fine or coarse you want it.  I needed to get a POWDER fine consistency which most VAPORIZERS thrive in, and this does the job well!  This is because it doesn't have holes for your herbs to fall through once it's reached a certain size (about the size of the hole) . So you can just keep grinding it and grinding it and grinding it. I do usually leave this guy at home, as it CANNOT, I repeat, CANNOT STORE MATERIAL. The lid WILL fall off. My friends have asked about it more than once as it looks very classy!

Coarseness I prefer depending on how you smoke:

-LARGER grind for DIRECT COMBUSTION (where a source of flame ((lighter or hempwick)) would come in direct contact with material)- I.e. A bowl, or a water pipe. I like this consistency because if it's too fine, you will torch your entire bowl really quickly and really easily which=waste in my opinion.

-Medium grind for rolling anything - This is to replicate something close to what's actually inside cigarettes. I like it medium as opposed to a fine grind because this way of smoking is "burning" constantly (I.e. releasing smoke when you're not smoking) so if it's too fine, again, it will burn too fast. Medium grind works the best but too big of a grind and you WILL get uneven burning!

-Fine Grind- This is IDEAL for vaporizers. This is true because it creates more surface area! More surface area=better contact with heating element=amazing vape! This is the MAIN reason I purchased this grinder!

PROTIP: If you're grinding more material, it's easier to grind. This is because more material packs it tighter into the grinder, thus making sure all the material is getting some shredding!
IF you want to grind a small amount, I found that holding it on its side while grinding and letting gravity help you keep it all on one side, helps speed up the grinding process!

I take a lot of time writing these reviews, so I hope you found this helpful! (If you did, there's a button to let me know!!! ;])
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I really like this grinder, I was going to buy another one but holy cows they sure jacked up the price. Because of the price jump I will shop around. It seems like I paid $40-50 dollars for it, but now its $100 or more, that's a bit much. I used this for about 3 1/2 years. It did a good job, but the covering got dirty easy-I got the red one and the plastic seemed to absorb a lot of the coffee so a cleaning was needed and not a wipe down like other small kitchen appliances. When it broke, my son and his girlfriend got me a Mr. Coffee and that was a piece of junk compared to this. In fact I got that coffee grinder for Christmas of 2016 and now that one's broken. They don't make products as good as they once did. but charge high prices like its a high quality item. The amount of money you have to fork out-and the life time of this being less than 4 years, doesn't make it  a good buy. Maybe if they reduce the price by 40-50 bucks than it would be worth it.
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Got this instead of the larger one.  I figured I wanted it to be more portable in case I want to take it on camping trips or anywhere on the move.  I'm sure it would take the same amount of effort grinding for multiple servings on this slim grinder versus the larger one, minus the time it takes to easily unscrew/screw the grinds on the lower container.
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My first hand-grinder, so perhaps I didn't realize how time consuming it is to grind coffee.
It does a fine job at grinding my coffee to a uniform size.
Con is it takes FOREVER to grind enough for one Aeropress.
Also - the mechanisms are quite "jiggly" and loose. I recommend buying the stabilizing piece to add on.
Pro is the mechanisms are very simple, and I feel quite able to adjust or upgrade as needed.
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Grinds well.
Because it's a manual burr grinder, you can easily set the size of your coffee grounds, from coarse to fine (though, I haven't tried grinding it to fine since I use coarse grounds for my French press). The grounded coarse coffee were fairly even, too.

Good design.
The hopper where you drop in the coffee beans nicely feeds the beans (using gravity) into the grinding mechanism and from there into the glass jar. The hopper (with the grinding mechanism) can then be washed separately and the glass jar comes with a convenient lid for storing.

Good torque.
The grinding handle is easy to turn, albeit the area where you hold down the grinder to keep it steady is a bit too large for my small hands. Still, it's not so tough to turn that you're using too much effort in the morning, especially when you're too sleepy! So, I wouldn't count manually grinding coffee as a workout :(

Easy to clean.
The grinder disassembles easily which means you can really clean all parts in a few minutes and have a "fresh" and oil-free one the next day. I use a plain toothbrush to get the burr grinder squeaky clean. I suggest patting it dry and then letting the ceramic burr grinder air dry.

Nice compact product.
Unlike some electric grinders, this can be easily stowed away and used anywhere (i.e., camping). It came with the hopper with the grinding mechanism, the glass jar with removable outer rubber base, a measuring spoon (which is small enough that it can be stored inside the glass jar) and a plastic lid that screws unto the glass jar for storing your coffee grinds.
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I am a 50 year old man who loves his coffee and over the years I have been using a standard coffee grinder to grind my coffee beans.  For years I have been wondering why some "grinders" cost so much and thought that the people who bought them were nuts.  They still maybe are nuts when it comes to the grinders that are upwards of 200.00.  This grinder on the other hand, which is reasonably priced, has been slowly changing my mind about coffee grinding and the flavor in the cup.

The hopper holds a decent amount of beans ready to be ground.  The grinder settings are numerous and the quality of the grind is very good.  I realize that the various grinder styles out there go up with higher levels of milling materials.  This one suits me fine.  And I have not had a home brewed cup of coffee this good in a long long time.

I am so tickled by the performance and value of the Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Automatic Burr grinder that both of my sisters may get one for Christmas.  Good coffee drinking runs in our family.
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great grinder , should've grabbed the larger one, but this works well
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Great little coffee grinder. Convenient for user
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I purchased this Black and Decker SmartGrind when I saw it for sale at the local Kroger Grocery Store.  It was about $17.00, I believe. I had just bought my first Bodum French Press and I knew that this would be better than nothing. I think that if you use the Pulse feature and grind your beans for 8 or 9 seconds (the instruction say 10-12 seconds) it makes a good coarse grind with minimal "dust".  To me, using the Pulse feature, one second at a time, makes the big difference. I am still looking at a conical burr grinder (I like the KitchenAid model that sells for about $170.00) but, for now, this little grinder works well. And, it can be used for nuts and spices. It seems to be well made. I think I just got lucky when I found it on the shelf for $17.00.
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I like this grinder. The resulting grind is quite uniform and you can easily hold it with one hand as you grind with the other.  You have to be willing (I'm happy to) use some "elbow grease" to spend a few minutes grinding manually.

Wish there were
(1) a more obvious way to set the grind (you have to turn the little nut at the bottom of the grinding handle one way or the other - I always forget which way for a finer/coarser grind and have to experiment. But one click changes the grind.)
(2) the handle folded down rather than coming off
(3) the neck had a slightly larger diameter. You can't get a tablespoon into the jar.
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I bought this grinder about six months ago and have been using it regularly ever since.  I am an amateur coffee enthusiast; I enjoy experimenting with different micro-roasts and different methods of coffee brewing.  This is a good inexpensive ceramic burr grinder, which produces ground coffee that is consistent in particle size.  The hand-grinding also adds an enjoyable ritual to my morning.  My only issue with this product is that switching between grind size is difficult; there are no ways to mark the right setting for a particular grind size.  This becomes an issue if you want to switch coffee-brewing methods, which I do on a semi-regular basis.  Furthermore, the instruction manual does not have English instructions, although you can look up information online.  But overall, this is a good grinder for a good price.
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I chose this portable grinder, among many others that look identical, because of the lifetime warranty they offer. Most of the claims previously stated by others are true (all metal construction, easy to clean, etc). However, these are the drawbacks:
1. The handle sits on top of the shaft without anything nut to keep it in place. Right now it works fine because the fitting with the handle is tight, but it may not last.
2. If you want to grind coffee on a fine setting you need to exert considerable effort to move the handle. Also, you need extra time to grind the beans.

So, if you don't mind these two issues, the grinder may work for you for those few occasions where you don't have electricity.
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This is my first burr grinder to go with my first home espresso machine the Rancilio Silvia (I've worked in a few espresso places over the years so am familiar with commercial machines).
the grinder works very well and can create whatever grind you will need from espresso to french press. In terms of grinding performance I'd give it ***** , however overall it has a few design features that are lacking:
1) beans get stuck in the screw holes inside the bean hopper/holder- so that you have to turn the grinder upside down and whack it to get the stuck beans out. I've read you can stick cut up pieces of foam earplugs into the holes- pretty cheesy.
2) the chute the ground coffee goes through is blue plastic. ugly, and I understand it can crack and break over time, stainless steel would seem better here
3) grounds spill out of the portafilter while filling regardless of technique. I think this may just be the way it is because you need to fill the portafilter slightly heaping prior to tamping. the placement of the removable portafilter holder seems a big high, forcing more grounds to spill, I'm finding I often use it without the holder.
So, I'd buy it again, but wish it was designed a bit bigger.
It seems absurdly expensive, but I don't know what to compare it to and it seems to work very well.