How is the quality of the grinder on the pepper mill? Does it grind easily and work without difficulty for coarse, medium or fine grind?
1661090
They were purchased as a gift and the person receiving them has yet to let me know how well they work.
1661091
The quality is excellent! I have been using my set since Christmas, and it still looks brand new. The grinder on the pepper mill works easily and produces a medium to coarse result - exactly what I was looking for. Hope this helps!
1661092
We actually gave the set as a gift to our daughter. Our son-in-law has told us that the set works great; the grinder is sturdy and the set looks so good.
1145483
I've only used a few settings in the medium to coarse range and they've been fairly consistent. It does grind a little finer than my old Cuisinart when used on comparable settings.
1373695
I say yes it is a VERY good pepper mill. Why? My father bought one at least 10 years before he passed away in 1984 and I've used it almost every day since so at 40 years old it's still going strong. Regarding spices I expect it would work quite well as long as the un-ground spice is no larger than the peppercorns.
63100
We bought it to try to grind flax seeds, but it took so much work, my wife converted it to a pepper mill. It has worked very nicely as a pepper mill for the past 10 years of daily use, but may be having some mechanical difficulties at this point. For the flax seed, we gave up on grinding our own and started buying Bob's Red Mill ground flax seed.
1337537
There were no instructions in the package when I received this product. It's very simple to use and it works very well. Put your pepper or whatever spice you want to grind in the top after unscrewing the first section and turn until you feel you have reached the consistency that you want. My only concern is that it is small but other than that, it's fine.
794800
There is not a grind adjustment. The pepper is fairly coarse, but I like it that way. The salt is an average grind. There is no cap on the bottom, so they do "leak" a bit.
56790
For me this is as good as a more expensive one, I have a grinder I paid 40 for and they work about the same. The magnet that holds the top together is not that strong, it will fall off if you turn it over
158834
From my limited use thus so far I have adjusted with the machine off. The only things I can see that may go wrong is some clogging may occur or it will be difficult to go from coarse to fine. I have not experienced that yet like others have. In the instructions they do mention to run for a few seconds while turning grind size knob if you have issues, otherwise grind size can be done while off. Also they mention if it is hard going from coarse to fine then you may have to take hopper off and clear beans....again I have not had any issues of any kind so far.
124574
I have only used it for my french press. That grind is course. I did gain some respect for the grinder though and I think it would do well for any grind. Good luck.
1126007
I've used it for corn, wheat and cinnamon ( bark). I've found its a very good small-batch mill, but the production speed is slow enough that large batches should be done on a dedicated mill. Also, plan on two-staging your grind for best results. Also, I have experienced no problems what-so-ever mechanically, and it is VERY easy to clean.
1097997
Quite coarse. Actually at its coarsest setting, it is more like cracked pepper. So for most recipe applications where it calls for coarse ground pepper, I use the next-coarsest setting. It does a very good job of giving a wide range of grinds.
1486774
when i grind pepper corns, i strive for "cracked pepper", but i always get a bit of "fine ground" even though i check the results after each pulse. that's to be expected with a blade type processor. i'm happy with the resulting "mix".
846609
Just barely. I bought it for FP, because I have a dedicated commercial espresso grinder. However, you have to tinker around with the number of cups setting and coarseness setting (fewest number of cups/most coarse) to get something just into the FP range of grind. But I'm fine with that as it does produce decent FP in 3-5 min and the quality of this grinder seems pretty decent for the $.
859495
Not a very strong grinder, but easily ample for my hobby needs. It runs a very high RPM, and if you are gentle with feeding material, it works great. I vey much enjoy uning it, and it is nice addition to my workshop.
1421040
I have and use about a half dozen of the grinders, but have never had a problem. Are you grinding something very tough? It might have worn down the ceramic mill. Metal grinders are best with the tough items like peppercorns. I use mine to grind coarser herbs or dried peppers.
1778439
Without a problem. I use it to grind all of my spices, even hard to grind seeds like flax seed and chia seeds. It really handles everything I have put in it- including peppercorns!
65723
Yes, if you flip the grinder over, there's a brass screw that allows you to adjust the grind. We have our set for a pretty fine grind for black pepper, but it could go even finer.