What is the difference between the salt grinder and the pepper grinder?
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They look the same. I will tell you that the pepper doesn't grind as well as the salt. I think if's a function of the difference between the salt crystal, very hard and dense and the peppercorn, which somewhat hollow. I don't know if the 2 mills are interchangeable but I think the odds are pretty good that they are. C
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I have both the pepper and salt grinders. The internal workings of the two are the same - they both have ceramic grinders. The only difference, other than the salt coming pre-filled with salt and the pepper with pepper, is the ring around the OXO badge on the top of the grinder. The salt is white and the pepper is black.
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I don't have this product, but generally speaking salt grinders use a nylon grinding mechanism, since salt is corrosive to steel. Pepper and spice grinders usually have a stainless steel grinding mechanism.
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We have both and I suspect that they are the same unit but am not sure. They look identical.
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I do not know of any tools or measuring devices that can give that answer. When you grind salt or pepper it is in irregular shapes. If you need a specifically consistent size of salt and pepper you should buy off the shelf commercially ground salt and pepper.
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I only have the pepper grinder, but it has the best grind adjustment capability of any grinder I have seen. I would have to believe the salt grinder would be equally adjustable.
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Yes. The salt is made from non-corrosive materials and pepper is made from metal.
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I haven't tried mine with salt but it does do pepper with much more ease than prior auto pepper grinders I have had in the past. I would expect that it would work with salt...I have been meaning to buy a second one for that same purpose.
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No, you turn the top one direction for salt and the other direction for pepper. At first we didn't realize that we need to remove the bottom piece or else all of the ground salt and/or pepper just gets trapped in it. It is actually the funnel to use when refilling the salt and pepper and it is just stored on the unit as the base.
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No, salt and pepper grinders are not interchangeable, they have different grinding mechanisms. The mechanism in a pepper grinders are made of some kind of metal, but salt corrodes metal, so the mechanism in salt grinders are ceramic. However, this same company sells a pepper grinder in the exact same style that is also available on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Kamenstein-5-Inch-Glass-Grinder-Peppercorns/dp/B003XQG7FU/ref=pd_bxgy_k_img_y
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I'm not exactly sure which pictures you are looking at. I do see one with pepper (black) and salt (white). I believe they are identical, but one comes with pepper and one with salt.
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I guess you could, although the salt grinder is for grinding salt, so it might grind the pepper different. Actually, I would stick to having one pepper and one salt in the same container.
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If you have humidity issues, the salt may stick in the pepper mill. If you live in the desert I like do, then you could use the pepper mill as a salt grinder.
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The Original Pump & Grind mills were all designed the same way to allow the user to grind salt and pepper with one hand. The grinding mechanism in our mills is a stainless steel rod that has teeth, as this rod is pushed down through the contents of the mill it creates the grind. In conventional two-hand operated mills there are grinding wheels at the base of the mill so you can adjust these moving parts to create smaller or larger granulated output, with the Pump and Grind mill there are no mechanisms to adjust. I hope this help to better understand how our Original Pump & Grind mills work as opposed to the conventional two-hand operated mills. Have a great day. The Original Pump & Grind mills were all designed the same way to allow the user to grind salt and pepper with one hand. The grinding mechanism in our mills is a stainless steel rod that has teeth, as this rod is pushed down through the contents of the mill it creates the grind. In conventional two-hand operated mills there are grinding wheels at the base of the mill so you can adjust these moving parts to create smaller or larger granulated output, with the Pump and Grind mill there are no mechanisms to adjust. I hope this help to better understand how our Original Pump & Grind mills work... » Read More The Original Pump & Grind mills were all designed the same way to allow the user to grind salt and pepper with one hand. The grinding mechanism in our mills is a stainless steel rod that has teeth, as this rod is pushed down through the contents of the mill it creates the grind. In conventional two-hand operated mills there are grinding wheels at the base of the mill so you can adjust these moving parts to create smaller or larger granulated output, with the Pump and Grind mill there are no mechanisms to adjust. I hope this help to better understand how our Original Pump & Grind mills work as opposed to the conventional two-hand operated mills. Have a great day. « Show Less
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They are different. Pepper Mill has steel blades, Salt mill has ceramic blades. You can't use salt in the pepper mill because of corrosion, using the salt mill to grind pepper may be hazardous in time.
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I don't know exactly, but its a very good product, and the grinding doesn't use a lot of the pepper and salt. I use it frequently to make my dishes and recommend the product.
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Turn it one way to grind pepper and the other to grind salt. You have to remember to remove the bottom or you just get salt and pepper in it. It makes loading S&P; easier, but is a pain when using the mill.
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The salt will eventually corrode the metal grinder. The sell a silver one just for salt that works great.
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SKU 90603 is for peppercorn. It has a carbon steel grinder, while SKU 90604 is for salt crystal. That unit has a ceramic grinder which prevents it from rusting due to more moisture for the salt. However, you can also use the SKU 90604 for peppercorn though it may not grind as well as the carbon steel.Exact dimensions to each other. Note: these new LED light versions are much better overall in quality and have a stronger motor than before so you can pretty much disregard all negative comments from December 2012 and before.
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It's just salt... There shouldn't be any problem with grinders unless they are cheap plastic grinding wheels. It's no harder than typical table salt