Kuhn Rikon 8-Inch Ratchet Salt Pepper Grinder, Red

 (7 customer reviews)

I received this item as a gift recently.

Overall, it seems to be a nice grinder. It's far faster than models where you need to spin something around to grind the salt or pepper inside, and loading it with peppercorns or salt is very easy. If you're not careful, the rocking motion can send ground material flying off to the sides of whatever you're using it on, but a firm grip on the lower portion fixes that easily.

I used it almost daily for about a week before it stopped working. Midway through peppering a salad dressing I was making, the lever got stuck. I loosened and tightened the adjustable grinder to try to loosen up whatever was stuck, but from what I could see, nothing was actually stuck in the grinder. When I tried to resume grinding, the lever made it through about 2 more cranks before it made a loud "pop" noise. The bottom of the grinder dropped out of the device, and all the peppercorns fell out.

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We found this grinder at a Sur Le Table store in Portland this fall and because of its unique mechanism we had to try it. Since then it has been the most popular item in the kitchen. We fill it with a medley pepper found on line and use it frequently as it is so easy and delivers a lot of fresh ground pepper in a short amount of time. We often wonder how recipes expect a goood helping of pepper when it takes longer to crank out the grind from a traditional mill than the whole recipe.
I recently bought more as presents for family and friends.
I recommend it highly.

This is great for sea salt- if you want to get rid of the big chunks that sometimes are hard to get rid of in a dish you will love this grinder! Kids love using it too.