William Bounds Rita Custom Combination Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill

by William Bounds

Product Features

• Provides basic seasonings with one convenient tool
• Chrome adjustment ring offers three pepper grind settings
• Mill has corrosion-resistant grinding mechanism
• Comes stocked with five-pepper mixture
• Lifetime warranty against defects

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• 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: B00004SAGL
• Item model number: 3702
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,034 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This sturdy, 4-inch-tall, shaker/grinder offers three pepper grind settings, coarse, medium, and fine, that are changeable with a twist of a chrome adjustment ring. Unlike many balky pepper grinders, the grinding mechanism, operated by twisting the salt shaker, works smoothly, cascading ground pepper from the bottom. A knob on the chrome top unscrews so the top can be removed for refilling salt, and the salt chamber comes off to provide an opening for refilling pepper. Clear-acrylic bodies allow monitoring of both salt and pepper levels. Sleek, modern, and compact, it looks good in kitchen or dining room. Clean the mill/shaker with a damp cloth. --Fred Brack

Product Description

03702 Features: -Acrylic body.-Salt shakes from the top.-Three pepper grind settings.-Made in the USA. Color/Finish: -Metal accents. Dimensions: -Dimensions: 4.625''.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Keep Looking, February 10, 2004

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L Camp (Boring, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: William Bounds Rita Custom Combination Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill (Kitchen)

I've owned 2 of these for a few years. I can't recommend them, and I'm surprised they are still being sold. They are poorly designed and low quality. If you set the grinder to its coarse setting, it will slip back to its fine setting as soon as you twist it to grind. I've given up trying to get coarse or medium pepper and just leave it set to fine. Both grinders do this.
On one of the grinders, the trim ring at the bottom fell off. Later, the plastic part(it holds the salt) that turns the grinding mechanism broke. The other one hasn't broken yet but has many stress cracks in the plastic.
The salt shaker part of this is marginal, but at least it comes off so you can clean it. The part that holds the pepper does not come apart and you cannot get in there to clean it.
If these only cost a few dollars, I wouldn't complain about them, but they aren't cheap. At this price, they should work much better and last much longer.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I won't buy any other, March 24, 2002

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Jack Stephens (Edmonds, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: William Bounds Rita Custom Combination Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill (Kitchen)

As a gadget guy, I am fustrated by things that look nice but don't work well. Most pepper mills fall into this category for me, except this one. It is exceptionally reliable, efficient and elegant enough for company use. I won't buy any any other.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I passed on this one at the store!, April 20, 2004

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Donald Smith (Martinez, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: William Bounds Rita Custom Combination Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill (Kitchen)

I LOOOOOOVE pepper grinders. I have owned at least three. This one caught my eye when I was registering for wedding gifts, but as I was looking at it I discovered that the tops were very wobbly. Only about 1 in 10 turned the way it should. The others were very loose, and did not hug to the pepper mill tightly enough.

*****Final Thoughts*****
There are plenty of good pepper mills out there, and most of them grind pretty well. I'm sure this one did to, but the salt-topper/grinding handle was not secure enough for comfortable use.