OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder

by OXO

Product Features

• Handsome as well as functional, so it goes from kitchen to dining room with ease
• Designed with stainless-steel accents and a clear acrylic body
• Has a soft, nonslip grip for comfortable grinding and comes filled with whole peppercorns
• Non-corrosive ceramic grinder won't absorb flavors or odors and is positioned at top so no mess on counters or tables
• Easily adjusts from fine to coarse grind; rests flat upside down for easy refilling; has a 4-3/4-ounce capacity

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 2.2 x 5.5 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001CDP6EE
• Item model number: 1140700
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (139 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,040 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #1 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Salt & Pepper > Pepper Mills
  • #22 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Seasoning & Spice Tools

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Handsome as well as functional, the Oxo Good Grips Pepper Grinder goes from kitchen to dining room with ease. Designed with stainless-steel accents and a clear acrylic body, the grinder has a soft, nonslip grip for comfortable grinding and comes filled with whole peppercorns. Its non-corrosive ceramic grinder won't absorb flavors or odors and is positioned at the top so as not to leave a mess on the counter or table. The grinder easily adjusts from fine to coarse grind and rests flat when upside down for easy refilling. It has a 4-3/4-ounce capacity.

Product Description

With its stainless steel accents and clear acrylic body, the Oxo good grips pepper grinder is as comfortable in the kitchen as the dining room. The pepper grinder has a non-corrosive ceramic grinder which won't absorb flavors or odors and is positioned at the top of the grinder so as not to leave a mess on the counter or table. The salt grinder is easily adjustable from fine to coarse grind and rests flat when upside down for easy refilling. The grinder has a soft, nonslip grip for comfortable grinding and comes filled with whole peppercorns. 4-3/4-ounce capacity

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

197 of 202 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect utility and style., April 21, 2009

By 

Roderic Rinehart "Roderic" (Heart of Rural Indiana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder (Kitchen)

First, THIS IS A PERFECT PEPPER GRINDER. It has the easiest loading area I have ever seen. It has coarse to fine settings which always come out uniform. It is pretty affordable and it looks good.

Second, when I tried out a slew of pepper grinders, it came down to two major and three minor qualities.

Major:

1. The pepper grinder MUST have adjustable settings, from coarse to fine, and the pepper must come out uniformly. If a pepper grinder can't do this, it does not matter how cheap it is or how cool it looks.

2. The pepper grinder MUST be easy to refill. This is almost as important as #1, and just about as much of a deal-breaker if its poorly designed. Some of the grinders have the most asinine, tiny, and poorly designed holes you could ever imagine.

Minor:
1. It should be affordable. Anything less than $10 and more than $30 should be looked at closely. Under 10 and it just can't possibly be that good, and over 30 means its most likely overpriced. These aren't hard and fast rules, but something to consider.

2. It should be elegant or stylish. I've always preferred something in the silver/black area that tends to go with a variety of kitchen or home decors and just look nice on the table.

3. It is helpful if it faces upward, to keep grinds off the table. This is pretty common nowadays and isn't as hard to find as used to be the case.

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars actually comes filled with pepper, March 30, 2009

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Noah Xu (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder (Kitchen)

First of all I was really surprised it actually came with peppers, gave me a chance to give it a few twists right after it came in the bag from Amazon.

The picture from Amazon shows the grinder side facing up, the way it's meant to be on the table. The dots that you see near the lip are what you use to adjust how fine you want the pepper to come out. The rubber bottom is what you twist to do the actual grinding. It is really easy to fill as there is no metal rod going out the back like those wooden pepper grinders. The fill cap is a twist on plastic cap. Highly recommended grinder.

54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Does not grind fine enough; grind is uneven, July 26, 2009

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J. R. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder (Kitchen)

This OXO Pepper Grinder is ergonomically designed: the rubbery grip makes it easy to use, and the business end is on the top (which means loose pepper doesn't scatter around when the grinder is not in use).

Unfortunately, I was disappointed when I discovered that the grind on the finest setting is much too coarse. Even worse, it produces an uneven grind on every setting.

I almost returned it, but I suppose it can serve as a backup, or maybe I can put some sort of exotic, seldom-used peppercorns in it.

EDIT: I finally gave up trying to get good results with this pepper grinder. Since it was then too late to return to Amazon, I contacted the customer service department at Oxo and returned the item directly to them along with the purchase receipt. They then gave me a full refund for the purchase price. So extra credit to Oxo for honoring their satisfaction guarantee.