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KitchenAid BCG100OB Blade Coffee Grinder, Onyx Black |
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List price:
$39.99
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- Powerful 200 watt motor
- Stainless steel blade easily grinds beans
- Brushes stainless steel bowl with etched measure marking
- Clear top cover
- Pulse control
10 star gen This is a brand I highly recommend
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We bought this in the red which is such a vibrant colour. I consider this the Mercedes of coffee grinders, and we have owned a few other brands. In fact we bought a new De Longhi coffee machine and it came with one of their coffee grinders that didn't work after the fourth try. Seems the motor burned out. So as a birthday gift for my husband I ordered this coffee grinder, which was on back order (that was the only negative) but it finally arrived.
It is much quieter than the other grinders we have used, and I like the steel mechanism and that healthy size over cup that you press down on to trigger the grinder. The appliance looks so nice on the counter that I hated to stick it away.
I should note that I own most of the KitchenAid counter appliances, as well as the bottle opener, basting brush, spatulas etc. and buy this brand because it is excellent and I have yet to be disappointed.
And in the process of designing and building a new zen style home, we are making sure that the kitchen is designed so that the KitchenAid appliances we own are easy access since we cook and entertain a lot and feel proud to have this brand in our home.
Burr grinder is unnecessary when you learn to use this.
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After "borrowing" my mother's burr grinder for a year, I finally decided to buy my own coffee-grinding apparatus. However, not having the bucks for a burr, I knew it'd have to be a blade, and this made me sad and worried about my future coffee. I thought, "How will I get the exact even grind that I need without a fabulous burr grinder? A blade can never do this!" Ha! I've done the experiment. Over the last 2 months, using my shiny new red Kitchenaid blade coffee grinder, I made grinds for my French press pot (6 seconds), my drip maker (12 seconds), and my stovetop espresso pot (20 seconds + some scraping), all with delicious results. I've found that the necessary grind can be achieved with experience. It takes just a few uses to figure out the amount of time needed to yield a specific coarseness/fineness. To get espresso-fine, because those very fine grounds tend to clump, I have to scrape the bottom of the generously-sized, removable stainless steel bowl once or twice during grinding, but so what? The point is, it can and does grind fine. Evenness is imperfect, but not enough to stand between me and great coffee. Messy? Sometimes, but not enough to stand between me and great coffee. The price? Definitely not enough to stand between me and great coffee. And surprisingly, I don't miss the burr grinder at all.
I love this grinder!
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I have read some of the other reviews about this coffee grinder, and I'm not sure where the reviewers are coming from. The beans grind evenly, and can be made unifomly coarse or fine according to the time spent grinding. (This is all of a few seconds) I have never had a problem with coffee flying out of the grinder when finished, as mentioned by one reviewer. I love the ease of popping the top and body of the grinder into the dishwasher instead of laboriously brushing or wiping out stale grinds, and I enjoy the look of the grinder. In fact, I liked my red Kitchenaid grinder so much that I bought two more, one for each child.
