Pepper Mills

Editors rate only manual pepper mills because the electric pepper mills they tried didn't work. They review seven pepper mills on performance and design. Editors say they appreciate mills with large,… unobstructed filler doors and large capacities. Top-rated pepper mills have a large output and easy-to-use grind adjustment settings. We wish the editors had named the electric pepper mills that choked.

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Aida Mollenkamp tests six pepper grinders sold by Broadway Panhandler for ease of use, grind consistency, design, style and features. Mollenkamp dislikes plastic mills, and she concludes that the best… pepper mill "depends on what you're doing and how large your hands are," but she describes only one mill as "good for smaller hands." We'd give this article a higher rating if Mollenkamp had ranked the pepper mills. The ultra sleek Peugeot Reims pepper mill is her top pick, followed closely by the Peugeot Fidji.

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At Amazon.com, many pepper mills have accumulated ratings, but only a few pepper mills have been rated more than 10 times. Most earn ratings in the neighborhood of three to four stars. Among those manual… pepper mills that have a substantial number of reviews, the Unicorn Magnum pepper mill and William Bounds Key Mill WB-1 are top-rated, followed by the Williams Bounds 8-Inch WB pepper mill. The MIU Electric Pepper Mill gets good marks in the electric category. The Chef'n Mini pepper ball is among the lowest-rated pepper mills here.

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This article is little more than a list of Teri Tsang's top five pepper mills, with a couple of pros and cons for each. Although Tsang helpfully includes a photo of each pepper mill, she doesn't explain how… she tested each mill or discuss her rating criteria. The list isn't ranked, and she doesn't name the best mill in various categories, which limits the usefulness of this article. What's worse, all of the grinders have fairly serious flaws. The PepperMate Pepper Mill is listed as one of her favorites, but its drawback is an "awkward key crank." The Unicorn Peppergun doesn't grind uniformly, Tsang says.

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