HexMill Pepper Grinder, Aluminum Matte Black, 10 Grind Settings | Refillable

Someone asked why I didn't just spend the extra money (not much more considering this one is already a bit spendy) and get the MannKind one (not sure if that is the name). And I thought about it but something about spending over $200 before shipping and taxes on a pepper grinder annoyed me, and I KNOW the HexClad brand. Another reason is because while my favorite professional famous chef touts her Pepper Mate - it is to me a literal piece of junk. And that is where I will start with why I absolutely love this pepper mill. A) It is DUR-A-BLE!!! It is heavy, it is stout, it is the ultimate weapon against peppercorns, and it will not back down. I have used cute, matchy, fun, "professional" and highly regarded peppermills and went back to the old grocery store McCormick. But I got so tired of 20-50 turns of the little beasts just to get enough pepper on my salads, I realized I would save so much more time, energy and yes - money - if I just did real research and found a peppermill I could cherish and work WITH me while I create such amazing dishes as my famous The "TSFGIABWABORSASWYG" - ("Throw some fresh greens in a bowl with a bunch of random stuff and see what you get"). Delicious!! ;) When I tell you I was obsessed with research before making my decision, I am not exaggerating. I watched YouTube videos (at least 30+), I read Food, Kitchen, and Chef articles, I made a File in my file system for various Peppermill reviews and even came up with an excel spreadsheet (no - just kidding, I only started to, but my better half stepped in...LOL) It got to the point to where that when I finally received this peppermill, I wrapped it up and gave to my husband as a gift - a gift of peace and quiet about a S$#@& peppermill. Compared to others I have tried; one problem I found is how many times you have to turn the knob to get a sufficient amount of pepper. This one - depending on how much you like pepper - can give the avg person the perfect amount for a dish with one turn. I LOVE lots of pepper and I am MORE THAN happy with 2 turns. Another is how you plan on applying pepper - directly from the mill or with a pinch or two? The problem with the Pepper Mate is it is a flimsy plastic, hard to detach piece that wastes all your pepper by flying out of the compartment all over your kitchen and with it - it can hardly stay stable on a countertop - all that work you just did to grind your pepper. Annoying. This peppermill is so sturdy. I can either remove the magnetized bowl/compartment from the bottom and grind directly on top of my dish, or I grind the pepper with the compartment on, remove it (PTSD makes me do it still carefully) and use pinches or tsps. as needed. The compartment is deep, only attached by a good magnet system, and the entire thing is made of steel (I think), so the ground pepper doesn't go flying out of the compartment. The coarseness is on point for the lowest setting (Coarse) to highest (Fine) and everywhere in between. Though I use mine somewhere in the bottom third of the way 95% of the time anyway. I wanted to stop wasting time and money on grocery store peppermills, one that wasn't reviewed by paid national reviewers, but I wanted one that I could have for the rest of my life and one that was manual. Simple, durable, and one that actual amateur, unpaid home cooks reviewed, and it had to last. This pepper mill is worthy every single penny. Update - I just received the Salt & Pepper Grinder yesterday. I’ll be using this one for salt. And again it’s pristine in design and quality. This one has a dark silver coat to differentiate from the original black coated pepper grinder. It is heavy duty so it’s got weight to it but this set is going to last me forever. And the grind in every setting is fantastic!

What can I say, so far I use it daily multiple times and the quality it’s amazing. The different coarse grinds, the grip to it the appearance everything is on point. I can’t understand the bad reviews since the filling is super easy and big. It’s heavy yes but I rather have some sturdy good quality grinder for every day use rather than some lightweight and squeaky one. It is pricier but in my opinion definitely worth the price, I would try it and see for yourself. Great one.

The HexClad HexMill Pepper Grinder is fantastic. It grinds beautifully with adjustable coarseness, feels solid and well-made, and looks great on the counter. The mechanism is smooth and effortless — no more cheap grinders that get stuck or uneven. It’s a huge upgrade and makes fresh-ground pepper so much more enjoyable. Love it!

If you want a pepper mill between Mannkitchen and Cole & Mason, this Hexclad is it! PROS: Tall sturdy yet sleek design; large capacity chamber for pepper corns; 2-3 turns yields a very generous output of pepper for a large salad; comes with built in cup to grind straight into and prevents messes of pepper where you set it down; less expensive than Mannkitchen. CONS: Seller increased the price to $159. I got one for $109. More expensive than Cole and Mason, the Americas Test Kitchen favorite, but it comes with a built in cup. Cole and Mason mills do not come with a cup. CONCLUSION: Skip Cole and Mason. Skip Mannkitchen. Invest in the Hexclad pepper mill now, but wait until the price comes back down. 🙃

Pepper is a must in my household and milled pepper just doesn't have the same aroma as freshly heat treated and ground pepper. Pros: 1. User friendly - pop off the top with a simple press of a button, easily adjustable dial to grind with preset sizes 2. Effective and efficient - the grind just rains down pepper regardless of the coarsness setting, even st the finest setting. It accomplishes this with less turns than any others you'll find at the price point of around $100 3. Build quality - the mill has a sturdy, well oiled machine feel to it during use. It tapers to become smaller at the top so smaller hands can use this mill as well. 4. Value - Can't find better value than this mill for its quality, effectiveness, and brand name. Cons: 1. It can be heavy for some to hold for longer periods, BUT you shouldn't need more than one simple turn to get what you need to cook. 2. The biggest con is they intentionally made it so it cannot handle salt or other corrosive ingredients, while offering a salt grinder with basically the same exact offerings. That's just a complaint as a consumer trying to nitpick this amazing product. Regardless amateur or pro, if you like using pepper, this is a must have.

For recent years I tried several electric mills until I ended up with Peugeot mills, which were the best I ever owned. They still are, and the only reason I even considered the HexClad peppermill (only) was the bold promise of the high output. That's one thing my favorites mentioned above do not really deliver. The mill is heavy (thick aluminum build) and feels solid as a tank. It's not a small mill, but I am sure you too have seen bigger ones (i.e., in restaurants). As a black pepper fiend, cooking larger meals with the mentioned electric mills is a bit of a test of patience. The bold promise above and the special of $109 for the pepper mill made me curious. Further, the cap also acting as a measuring cup seemed like a nice feature. It does, however, make this always a two-handed affair (unless you leave the cap off). The easy access for refills is simply to remove the handle. Push the button and it comes right off, exposing a big opening, and then simply clip it back on. The HexClad does well in those aspects and holds more peppercorns than any mill I have ever owned. It's a manual mill and doesn't require batteries, but it also requires the proverbial elbow grease. In fact, I was at first surprised at the effort needed, but it is not unreasonable considering the amount of pepper being ground at the same time. That is not much of a drawback, but may be a significant problem if you're fighting arthritis or carpal tunnel. That's not (yet) the case for me, and it took a bit of an adjustment to enjoy the high output. Yes, you need a lot of fresh ground pepper; this mill delivers. The grind quality is good. Considering my reference (Peugeot) I can't say that it's any better, but it seems to work just fine. What is different is that it seemed to imply that the scale at the grind outlet directly relates to coarseness. Well, it does only in the sense that it allows to if you're adjusting finer or coarser since the mill portion (and with it the adjustment knob) turn in normal use and the scale is mere decoration (or reminder with direction to change how.) Overall, I am glad I tried this pepper mill. It is now a splendid companion to my electric mills from Peugeot (not a replacement). The dedication to pepper is fairly standard for the proper material choices, and I don't use enough salt to justify the investment in a matching salt mill. (Salt really doesn't have a fresh-ground benefit, making it less important.) At the special price, I certainly recommend it. With the extra $50 at full price, it's up to you if that's worth it.

I picked up both the salt and pepper Hexclad grinders during Prime Days, so the price went from really expensive to very expensive. But the price was only 50% of its primary competitor. The reason I was looking for "heirloom" shakers is my previous grinders were about 4 years old, had cost about 25% of what these grinders cost combined, and were falling apart. Obviously, if I'm buying new grinder, the performance of the old ones had degraded for some time. While there were metal bits on the old grinders, many of the functioning parts were plastic and had see-through acrylic which seemed like a good idea when new but after years of pouring crystals in had become hazy. I wanted grinders I would never have to replace and performance would remain the same, year after year. Hexclad also has a lifetime warranty on all the parts. I could go on about all the high quality features of these excellent performing grinders, but they are well documented on reviews elsewhere. I particularly wanted to point out 2 changed design features vs. what I had seen in reviews. One very positive and one not as positive. A positive change on both grinders was they did away with the rubber gasket that helped the bottom tray grip to the shaker (a number of reports are out there that they were not particularly durable) and in each of the 8 inside hex corners of the tray tiny spring loaded bearing were installed to help the bottom tray grab onto the grinder. This seems like a much more permanent solution and of very high quality. Kudos to Hexclad. The other change is they have done away with the coarseness dots... Other reviews explained their were 12 dot settings on the bottom to select coarseness so you could look and immediately know the coarseness of the output. Now with the dots gone, one must turn the selector all the way clockwise, then turn back to identify how coarse the setting is. This sounds like the same design of the expensive competitor. The pepper mill has 9 clicks from end to end, the salt mill has 7 clicks from end to end. The expensive competitor has 30 clicks from end to end. I personally think fewer is better. Who needs 30 coarseness settings? I'm sure there was a reason the change was made, but now these shakers are just that slightly less intuitive. In summary, they look and feel super high end... and perform amazingly. While very pricey, the quality feels very worthy of the price. Nothing but metal and ceramic bits on the equipment. No regrets at this point. Edit: now after several weeks of use I'll highlight another less-than-optimal experience with these grinders, but not a killer concern... This grinder has a cap on the bottom, which keeps things neat and tidy when not in use. However, when removing the cap there are invariably a few particles of salt or pepper in the cap that fall down when opening. My learning is I have to open each grinder over the food or I'll end up with salt and pepper particles over my counter or table. The grinders do feel like it will last a lifetime. I suppose adding a glass sight to the side to confirm how much salt or pepper remains in the mill could be an improvement on the design. I'm still glad I bought them.

It is just so well made. The weight is perfect, the gears are perfect and the adjusting of the size of the grind is exactly what i have been looking for in a pepper grinder. the magnetic cap is great as i can also premeasure the pepper.

This has been a great purchase; blasts pepper out quickly (I really like pepper-heavy marinades & seasoning). The adjustment of grind size is fantastic, and gives a very wide variety of textures, and the grind cap is fantastic for if you want to grind an amount, and then pinch to add to food. Really happy with this buy, I use it daily, and it's working very nicely for my needs.

Calidad maxima , algo para toda la vida y dosifica increible con minimo esfierzo ,perfecto

Sehr hochwertig, ein Hand Schmeichler für Männer, extrem schnelles Mahlen. Tolles Stahl Mahlwerk. Pfeffer schmeckt intensiver. Ein must have für Gastro sexuelle Männer.

Yes - I 1000% recommend this pepper mill! Unpacking, you already know this is solid, quality made, the weight! ... the exact opposite of cheap and flimsy. It's large and holds a lot of pepper. The release button for the filling cap at the top is genius. Easily filled with a funnel or even better ... when buying pepper in sealed bags ... just cut open a smaller corner of the bag and the pepper corns flow securely into the mill without spill. The bottom catch-cup is less important to me but works perfectly with the ball-bearing lock ... and catches some ground pepper still in the bottom part, provides a secure stand and, if you desire so, pre-grind into the holder. My previous mill was made of plastic and broke because the grinding shaft twisted out of the plastic turn knob. I planned to get the same one again because it ground fast and I was generally happy with it. But I'm glad I changed my mind at the last minute. The HexClad is built like a tank, highest quality and grinds also super fast in all settings. It's worth the extra buck if you want a pepper mill that's top notch!

This is the best pepper grinder I have ever purchased. The grind quality is outstanding and consistent. Will probably get the salt mill when I have the money because they are expensive. Highly recommended