KitchenAid Electric Stainless Steel Burr Coffee Grinder

We bought this unit to grind botanicals for our craft distillery. It makes short work of the juniper berries and pinon nuts we use in our gin and gets them to a size we can then transfer to our food processor to blend with the other botanicals for the gin.

It works as expected, no issues. I weigh the coffee beans into the filter-lined basket, dump them into the hopper, then grind them directly into the basket. No mess. I re-insert the bottom jar just to give the grinder an attractive balanced look on the counter when not in use.

Great grinder and high quality. It is a little higher priced but after using a less expensive one for many years when went to replace it I wanted a better quality machine.. The less expensive grinders are very loud and the parts are mostly plastic and tends to pick a lot of static electricity making a mess with clinging grounds. This grinder has metal parts and glass containers for holding the beans and ground coffee - no static clinging - no mess!! Not nearly as loud and grinding adjustments are very good and easy to use. Very attractive counter-top appliance, especially when you add the KitchenAid coffee make of the same color setting next to it... Looking forward to many years of continuous trouble free service... The only negative thing I would say is that the bottom glass container that catches the ground coffee should be made of thicker glass construction similar to the top bean container. The one that it has seems a little fragile to me and I'm afraid it might break easily...

The burr grinder is, first of all, lovely to look at and a delight to use; it is heavy duty, and, it would appear, durable. This is the second burr grinder of this sort from KA that we have owned. The other lasted well over 15 years. And is still working, though it needs new burrs.

I bought this after much research of conical burr grinders, which were reviewed on various blogs as either inexpensive junk or over-priced, unreliable and fragile. This flat-burr (just like the grocery store grinders) grinder seems to be built for the long haul and is built with user-maintenance in mind. I have always used a hand burr grinder for years, so I am thankful to be able to grind my beans in seconds without effort! Also, I love the grind quality and ease of adjustment for said grind quality.

Bought this grinder specifically for doing pour over coffee. Fine ground control leads to pulling all the nuanced flavors from the coffee bean, important to me as I buy very high quality beans. Do yourself a favor and follow suit. You'll love it. The design is classic kitchenaid and build quality is second to none.

I knew I would own this coffee grinder someday when I could justify the cost. When my the current grinder broke my wife convinced me to take the plunge. The grind constancy and the visual control of the amount of coffee being ground might this unit a winner. I also like the ease of changing the grind size depending the brewing method.

After reading an article in the NYT about how a good burr grinder is vital for good coffee, we decided to look for one. I did fairly extensive research on line and also asked a friend who is very fussy about coffee. I looked at many models with fancy features (built in scales, timers, etc.) but decided that the important thing is reliability and an even grind, especially at the coarse end of the spectrum, since we use a French press. The Kitchenmaid appealed because of its robust build of metal and glass and its simple design. So far we are very pleased: the ground beans are quite even in consistency, the grinder is easy to use, and the coffee is vastly better than when we used our blade grinder. I do wish that the Kitchenmaid were a bit smaller and quieter, but I suppose that would compromise its robustness

Overall I'm happy with my purchase. I'm impressed that I am able to grind the darkest and oilest of coffee beans without fail, clogging or bogging down. The grinder is of substantial weight and good quality except the glass container that the grinds fall into. It is very thin and fragile. It actually makes me a bit nervous when using. I'm hoping in the future Kitchenaid will offer a replacement bottom glass cylinder as substantial as the top glass hopper which holds the whole beans.

My older model Kitchenaid Pro Burr Grinder was still working fine till the plastic drive gears on the motor transmission started breaking off. At that point the motor could not turn the grinders. I was disappointed since although it was nearly 5 yrs old, I only used it once a week at most during the period. No replacement parts were available anywhere so I couldn't repair it. After looking at the grinders available, I decided to just replace with the same type unit as many of the glass parts etc. are interchangeable and very costly to replace individually.