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For gourmet coffee that tastes just like your favorite coffee house, try grinding your beans fresh before you brew. This commercial-style burr coffee mill from the KitchenAid Pro Line series is designed with large cutting burrs and offers 15 grind sizes from espresso fine to French press-coarse. And despite its rugged, professional size, the system runs at a low 450 RPMs, so it causes minimum frictional heating of grinds and produces little noise. Special controls deliver coffee to burrs rather than requiring you to pour them in at once, resulting in excellent consistency and better-tasting coffee. Other highlights include a bin seal plate, easy burr removal for cleaning and under-cabinet design so you can keep it on display at all times. 120 volts. 150 watt dc motor. Wood-handled brush removes grinds thoroughly..
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Substantial, made to last construction.,
By silvergirl (Wisconsin, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid 7-oz. Pro Line Burr Coffee Grinder, Onyx Black. (Kitchen)
I chucked my old burr grinder in favor of something more substantial, and the KitchenAid steps up to the plate.A couple of cons: 1) It is big. It comes close to the size of my coffee maker in terms of space. Fortunately, I have a big kitchen. 2) No automatic off. Simple Off/On toggle on the side. Many Pros: 1) Again, substantial glass and metal presentation. You get what you pay for. Did it ever occur to you all the old metal and glass mixers and appliances in grandma's kitchen that have been beaten within an inch of their life, but still work after all these years? Invest in something that's made to last, period. I wanted an anti-static glass coffee receptacle (I can't stand when the ground coffee flies all over the counter from a plastic container), and a metal appliance. Great presence on the countertop. Beam me up scotty. 2) Well constructed. Really not much to assemble, and the unit fits together well, unlike its plastic cousins. I like the way that the ground coffee falls 180 degrees downward from the grinder. Previous burr grinders that I've owned tend to have the hopper on top, grinder in the middle, and then will spit the ground coffee out at a 90 degree angle from the grinder. This creates pockets where ground coffee tends to gum up the mechanism (especially if you're using an oily bean). This design, although big in size, uses gravity to move the ground coffee through. 3) Quieter than a number of other burr grinders that I've owned. (a bonus for quelling caffeine-withdrawal headache issues in the AM) 4) Pretty uniform ground size. I'm not making espresso with this grinder, so I can't report how finely it grinds, but as a new owner, I'm in the process of titrating the perfect grind size for my metal cone filter. The manufacturer's book comes with setting suggestions. I'm not a complete coffee freak, but I do tend to use only "top shelf" coffees that I order direct from plantations. Coffee represents my daily luxury, and this grinder preserves the flavor of the bean. 5) Good resale value. I know this is an odd thing to look at as a pro, because, why re-sell it? But, not everything fits hand and glove. I was searching for a used one on e-bay and saw that the same model used was selling for about 60 cents on the dollar. Beats that "pre-owned" car you were looking at. I looked around for coffee grinders and for the quality of materials and workmanship, this really is the best long-term deal on the market. I just couldn't see paying several hundred dollars more for an italian grinder when this machine is much better than adequate. I've had good luck with this manufacturer in the past.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Serious Grinder for Seriously Good Coffee,
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This review is from: KitchenAid 7-oz. Pro Line Burr Coffee Grinder, Onyx Black. (Kitchen)
This is an excellent coffee grinder. It has a powerful, yet quiet motor and the grind selection dial is robust. The straight, vertical path of beans through the grinder makes it very trouble free. The only downsides are it is big, heavy and takes up a fair amount of counter space. This is a serious grinder, but it makes seriously good coffee.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great grinder, but not made in America like the mixers are.,
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This review is from: KitchenAid 7-oz. Pro Line Burr Coffee Grinder, Onyx Black. (Kitchen)
I like this grinder. It is very reliable, quiet and doesn't generate too many fines or dust. Most other grinders on the market are made of plastic, are noisy and have tiny burrs that spin at high speed creating lots of fines in the grind, overheats the beans and easily jam up. This grinder has large burrs that rotate at very low rpm which greatly increases burr life, reduces noise, does not overheat the beans, produces fewer fines and is much less likely to jam. According to Kitchenaid the burrs will grind 600 - 800 lbs of coffee before they are worn out and need to be replaced.I never had issues with the glass breakage like other people. However, I recommend you jiggle the jar that catches the grinds before pulling it away because sometimes grounds cling to the plastic flange over the jar and will fall down once the jar is removed. As for the negative points. The grinder is only available in one color now.... Black. You can't buy white colored grinder to match your white mixer. Second. I was expecting this grinder to be American made since the mixers are still made in America. This grinder has also has premium price that suggests non 3rd world labor was used to build it. However, this grinder is made in China. Premium price, but not premium labor.
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