Will it grind pepper? I ask because I am not finding pepper mills with enough capacity and so I thought this might work. What do you think?
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It says in the instructions that you should only grind coffee with it, but I haven't tried anything else. Honestly, I can't think of a good reason why that wouldn't work. It is very small, though, so if capacity is what you're looking for it may not help anyway. It holds around 4 scoops- maybe a little more- of whole coffee beans in the hopper. Sorry, I couldn't be more help!
2100380
It grinds the amount you want. I would NOT recommend buying this grinder. Mine lasted 9 months.....
383359
My grinder works great. Regarding your problem, you could try replacing the batteries or possibly changing the type of salt/pepper your using. Good luck!
1260331
I think they are just alike. I have both. Can't say I ever tried to see if the pepper mill would grind salt. They work the same. Honestly I hardly ever use the salt mill. It looks nice sitting with the pepper mill. They hold a lot so I do not have to refill that often.
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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.
1487395
I would not recommend this grinder for spices. I tried grinding spices and the second time I used it it stopped working completely and I sent it back for a refund.
1745004
You have to be careful not to set it too coarse or you will ruin the wheel. I suggest you crush a heavy coarse pepper separately.
1910145
You'll never get it ground as fine as you want it ground in this grinder. You need a pepper mill for that.
1093728
Seems to work best for larger hard seeds like pepper corns. Have not tried to grind the seeds you listed but i have tried to grind fennel. Most of the fennel seeds fall through without getting touched by the grinder. I imagine the same would happen to the small seeds you want to grind. You may need to get a mortar and pestal or try one of those electric gadgets that grinds coffee beans.
1647272
All peppercorn should work, Finding not enough power to do a cracked product. Only get small fine grind. Do not recommend. PAT
1646777
Well, I haven't tried anything else but spices with properties similar to that of pepper could be ground, I would imagine.Since I use pepper quite often and anyways, emptying and refilling the mill every now and then with a different spice would end up being more time consuming than using a mortar & pestle.
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Hello--im not sure this would be the right one for large chunks of pepper. It does fine with the typical peppercorns--and even with those, sometimes i can hear the gears 'pushing through' those. Not that it struggles with regular pepper--but i dont see this model pushing it much further than that. I'd think you would want a manual grinder for that. Hope this helps.
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Shirley, I haven tried that, but I think the cumin and cardamon would be fine. I wouldn't try anything bigger than peppercorns...or anything harder either. I hope this helps you. It is a sturdy little grinder!
1596188
Yes it will grind spices. The manual lists these spices in its guidelines: Peppercorns, Cinnamon Sticks, Whole Cloves, Coriander Seeds, Flax Seed. It does not say anything about those being the 'only' kinds of spices to use, so, I think that any kind of spices that are similar in structure to those (or coffee beans) should be fine. As for amounts, it lists "up to 4 tablespoons"; that will give you an idea of the capacity for each grinding.
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Well I tried to turn it as far as it would go toward coarse to take a picture of what coarse is and as I was doing so I noticed that it would spin in that direction but the grain was stuck on fine. Hard to explain the way it looked but it is essentially broken and stuck on fine grit. I just bought this within the past few months. I liked it up until yesterday when it stopped working. I suggest getting another mill. As an FYI before the mill broke the coarse this mill offered was not at the level of "cracked pepper" but was pretty close and I doubt you would have gotten a noticeable difference using the courses grain in a cracked pepper recipe. Well I tried to turn it as far as it would go toward coarse to take a picture of what coarse is and as I was doing so I noticed that it would spin in that direction but the grain was stuck on fine. Hard to explain the way it looked but it is essentially broken and stuck on fine grit. I just bought this within the past few months. I liked it up until yesterday when it stopped working. I suggest getting another mill. As an FYI before the mill broke the coarse this mill offered was not at the level of "cracked pepper" but was pretty close and I doubt you would have gotten a... » Read More Well I tried to turn it as far as it would go toward coarse to take a picture of what coarse is and as I was doing so I noticed that it would spin in that direction but the grain was stuck on fine. Hard to explain the way it looked but it is essentially broken and stuck on fine grit. I just bought this within the past few months. I liked it up until yesterday when it stopped working. I suggest getting another mill. As an FYI before the mill broke the coarse this mill offered was not at the level of "cracked pepper" but was pretty close and I doubt you would have gotten a noticeable difference using the courses grain in a cracked pepper recipe. « Show Less
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Hi, I think it could grind spices, but it would also depend on the amount of spices you want to grind. Even though the container is not that big, you might need good portion of spices for it to work. Hopefully this will help.
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NO it can't, and don't let the picture fool you. it's actually very small. and the return spring are weak, it got stuck grinding peppercorn .