Vic Firth Tronco 10-Inch Salt Mill, White

 (2 customer reviews)

This is a very nice salt grinder. The lacquer coating is excellent and high gloss. The grinding mechanism is of high quality. Twisting the little knob on top changes the grind from fine to coarse. I like to use sea salt, which is fairly coarse, but I don't like salt crunching between my teeth when I eat. With this grinder, you have complete control over that. In addition, this grinder has a nice, tactile, quality feel in the hand. I previously owned a beautiful German stainless steel salt grinder. It never worked properly and the salt consistently came out too coarse. That this was from Germany, where there is a fetish for precision, was a disappointment. That I had to toss such a nice but useless object into the trash was a small tragedy. With the Vic Firth Tronco, however, this was not a problem--and it's American made. Perhaps we have something to teach the Germans about quality--at least when it comes to salt grinders.

This has the best combo of form/function I could find. This grinder with course sea salt, works better than great. My wife loves it for controlling the amount she adds to her dishes.