Searching for the World's Best Pepper Mill

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(MartyMoose)

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

None better... I have the large brass one.

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I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

As you say, lots out there. I got one from Penzeys and was disappointed; I got the larger of the two
they offer, but found it both too small and too light. I have a fairly tall, 10 inch or so, wooden
mill which I like a lot. On the bottom it says Banton by Vic Firth. By altering the screw tension
you can change the grind from very fine to coarse enough for steak au poivre. I've had it for quite
a while and don't remember it as being particularly expensive. I don't like the electric ones, but
chacun a son gout.

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Quoted message said:

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

Grindingly Yours (Ha.sorry)

Marty Moose

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MartyMoose said:

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

Quoted message said:

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

Quoted message said:

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

What do you mean by "best?" Cheapest, most durable, or what? What is "best" is subjective.

I think the William bounds are the best. The grinding mechanism is guaranteed forever. The
adjustment for coarse-medium-fine is also really easy and effective. I gave my son one of the
wooden, squatty ones and he loves it. He says his friends always make comments on how nice it is.

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Quoted message said:

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

Grindingly Yours (Ha.sorry)

Marty Moose

at Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:51:49 GMT in <20040112115149.13580.00003008@mb-
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Quoted message said:

(MartyMoose)

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

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None better... I have the large brass one.

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This reference yields a "product not found". Are you, perchance, referring to the "Professional Salt
& Pepper Mills" made in Greece, (Item #1248 in your case)?

If so I agree that these are really good. I got one after looking around and concluding that it was
the best I would be able to find. A few quibbles, though.

The finest grind setting is coarser than what I would like ideally. I'd like to be able to grind
down to the consistency of ultra-fine pastry flour for certain spices.

The actual mechanism is difficult to clean. I'd prefer something you could disassemble quickly right
down to the grinding buhrs, so that you could give them a thorough clean when using them for
multiple spices.

It would also be nice to have a hard ceramic buhr available for more resilient items. That would
also provide a longer life, IMHO.

It's really big for table use. This isn't a major quibble, because I use it for cooking, where a
smaller one would be impractical, and I think it's silly to get 2, one for cooking and one for the
table. But those who are only going to use it at the table will find it somewhat unwieldy, and also
top-heavy. If you want to stand it up at the table even a fairly mild vibration or jar will
probably cause it to tip, and these are heavy units. They'll easily damage a tabletop, and break
any dishes they hit.

Having said this, however, I haven't found another unit with the features I'd like anyway. So most
of these quibbles are wish-list, not actual reality.
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I'll second the Unicorn Magnum Plus...I collect pepper grinders, always searching for the best. I
too bought the one from Penzey's only to be disappointed. HOWEVER, just love my Magnum Plus. It's
wonderful!!!

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Quoted message said:

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best
Pepper Mill that I can find.

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

Grindingly Yours (Ha.sorry)

Marty Moose

Unicorn Magnum Plus Pepper Mill cooking.comshprodde.aspOpen ↗

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Having said this, however, I haven't found another unit with the features I'd like anyway. So most
of these quibbles are wish-list, not actual reality.
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For cooking I use an old fashioned styled turn the handle (on top) Coffee Grinder for my spice
and pepper grinding needs. The Handle can be removed and a battery operated electric drill can be
used to supply the turning force if I have lots of spices to grind.It adjusts the grind enough
for my wants. I got it from a kit offered at www.Leevalley.com. I did have to build a wooden box
with a drawer for use with it though. I'm guessing a plastic bowl would work as well but not look
as nice. I use a generic pepper grinder at the table. The coffee grinder is quite easy to
disassemble to clean.

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I went in search of the 'best' pepper grinder and eventually decided on a Marlux grinder, there made
in France and have a life time guarantee. They can be adjusted from very fine to quite coarse and
have a nice smooth movement.

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Regards, Paul

MartyMoose said:

I love freshly ground pepper on just about anything.

I've decide that if I'm going to use the best peppercorns available, I should use the best Pepper
Mill that I can find.

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

Grindingly Yours (Ha…sorry)

Marty Moose

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(Alex Rast)

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The finest grind setting is coarser than what I would like ideally. I'd like to be able to grind
down to the consistency of ultra-fine pastry flour for certain spices...

No burr grinder is capable of so fine a grind, certainly not with high quality peppercorns
(too oily).

Not for pepper, but for other (less oily) spices. I don't quite see why it would be impossible to
manufacture a grinder with that level of possible grind. But it would require extreme precision. I
suspect all the parts would need to be mounted on precision bearings to permit the kind of fine
tolerances one would require. As I said, these are quibbles. I don't seriously expect a company
would manufacture such a grinder, but in an ideal world, they would.

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The actual mechanism is difficult to clean. I'd prefer something you could disassemble quickly
right down to the grinding buhrs, so that you could give them a thorough clean when using them for
multiple spices.

I've been using mine for 5-6 years, many tmes each day, needs no cleaning.

If you're using it only for pepper, probably no cleaning required. But I like to use mine for many
different spices, e.g. cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, pepper, etc... For that case I'd like to be able
to clean it out between different spices so as not to mix the flavour of one for the other. As it
is, the only thing I can really do is grind a certain amount of the new spice, throw that portion
out, then grind the stuff I'm actually going to use.

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It would also be nice to have a hard ceramic buhr available for more resilient items. That would
also provide a longer life, IMHO.

No comment.

What are you signifying? Do you really have nothing to say on this? Do you think there's some self-
evidently obvious reason that ceramic would be a bad choice? Do you think this is getting overly
obsessive? Sorry if I'm sounding obtuse but I would appreciate some clarification.

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It's really big for table use. This isn't a major quibble, because I use it for cooking, where a
smaller one would be impractical, and I think it's silly to get 2, one for cooking and one for
the table.

Why? Do you have only one spoon?

Because a grinder is a semi-major mechanical apparatus. As such, as long as one can do the job,
there shouldn't really be a need for others. Spoons, I might have more than one, because I would
expect more than one person might wish to use a spoon at the same time, but do I have more than one
of each type of spoon that typically no more than one person would wish to use simultaneously? No.
So, I have one large wooden spoon, one stirring spoon, one slotted spoon, etc. I prefer not to have
duplicates of items performing essentially the same function.

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I think the William bounds are the best. The grinding mechanism is guaranteed forever.

I agree - I have a William Bounds/All Clad pepper mill. Paid about $10 for it on eBay - new in the
box. It has three settings (coarse, medium and fine),is a comfortable size, and looks great in my
kitchen. Can't beat it for price/performance!

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The finest grind setting is coarser than what I would like ideally. I'd like to be able to grind
down to the consistency of ultra-fine pastry flour for certain spices.

What you want is a granite mortar and pestle. Not marble, not ceramic, not soapstone, but granite. I
find mine much more useful than any mechanical grinder I've tried. You can pound spices down to a
consistency finer than pastry flour, no grit at all and super powdery in a fairly short time. They
run from 20 -25 dollars at SE Asian grocery stores and are a bargain for how much they do.

regards, trillium

I've got the Unicorn Magnum grinder. Works well. Cook's Illustrated liked it. Don't know if it is
the world's best...

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I think the William bounds are the best. The grinding mechanism is guaranteed forever.

I agree - I have a William Bounds/All Clad pepper mill. Paid about $10 for it on eBay - new in
the box. It has three settings (coarse, medium and fine),is a comfortable size, and looks great
in my kitchen. Can't beat it for price/performance!

I have one and I think the William Bounds mechanism sucks big time:

peppermillsandmore.comwmbounds.shtmlOpen ↗ "The William Bounds peppermill crushes rather
than grinds the

peppercorns"

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Regardless which setting there's the same assortment of particles... thing

is

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just awful. The thingie is not a peppermill, it does not grind.

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(MartyMoose) said:

I've searched the internet only to find hundreds of different pepper mills for sale. I'm hoping
that a few of the many experienced foodies on rec.food.cooking would share their pepper mill
experiences with me.

Trudeau Evolution. Nice and heavy, rubber bottom (so it won't slip), ceramic grinder mechanism,
instantly adjustable. I got one and liked it so much I bought a second one for white pepper.

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