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| Acrylic Pepper Mill & Salt Shaker Set (4.50") | 
| Manufacturer: Back To Basics
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $11.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 229341
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5 x 4 x 1
UPC: 089163083709
EAN: 0089163983702
ASIN: B00005OTWP
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
Your table is calling for a stylish accent. This square pepper mill and salt shaker set in clear acrylic from Chef Specialties is the answer. Pepper mill adjusts from coarse to fine grind. Salt and pepper are included. Lifetime manufacturer's guarantee on mechanisms. No. 08370. Imported. Salt shaker: 4-1/2Hx1-1/2W" Pepper mill: 4-1/2Hx1-1/2W".
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 Barely functional -- chunky, coarse-ground pepper at best October 6, 2007
Getting a functional peppermill for basic home use should not be this difficult.
The mill itself is incapable of grinding the pepper at even a medium grade -- when it works, it produces extremely coarse pepper, with intermittent large chunks coming through. (Yes, I adjusted it, even using tools to further tighten to eliminate the variable of personal hand strength). The mill was also tested with various amounts of peppercorns inside (full, medium, almost empty) and by my husband, who is both stronger and more coordinated of hand--with the same results.
Moreover, the way the arm turns is jerky and uneven. This makes it very difficult to control the flow and amount of pepper being ground. This type of arm design simply does not work on a cheap, poorly designed unit.
The acrylic from which the units themselves are molded is quite cheap -- each of the four sides of the pepper mill had at least 1-2 bubble flaws in them.
The only problems with the salt shaker are the same inexpensively molded acrylic -- lots of flaws. But then, this is just a salt shaker, not a salt mill.
I imagine that the pepper mill might work as a salt mill or to grind herbs (as the other favorable reviews here use it for). But for pepper, it simply does not work, unless you want a very chunky, coarse grind, poorly controlled, with a device that seems likely to break very soon.
Caveat emptor: this item is $10, plus approximately $5 to ship -- to return it appropriately would be approximately $5 in shipping and insurance fees -- so there is no such thing as getting your money back via Amazon.
 Works well for herbs December 18, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not sure how well the pepper mill actually work for pepper. I use a little electric mill for that. However, I bought four of these sets a few years ago and now I'm buying four more. I gave away the salt shakers - don't need more than one of them. However, the little pepper mills are just perfect for grinding dried herbs as you need them. Store coarse cut dried leaves or seeds in the little grinders and grind fine onto your salad or soup. Works quite well for everything from rosemary needles to mustard or celery seed to crumbled dried parsley or basil leaves - or mixes of many herbs. And the little grinders sit nicely in an herb bottle wall rack or in a little saucer on the table. Only time I ever had the crank handle break off was when I stored a salt/herb mix in one of them and the grinder wheel froze up from salt generated corrosion. Keep the salt in the salt shaker and use the little grinders for herbs. Or even pepper.
what good is salt without pepper December 18, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used this set for a couple of months before the little knob on the grinder fell off. Then the acrylic cracked. Overall a very low quality product. Invest in a good set, or buy this set every couple of months.
Fine Set March 17, 2003
This set has worked wonderfully for me since buying it 2 years ago. The knob on top of the pepper mill can be adjusted in order to make the peppercorns ground as fine as you like. When the peppercorns get refilled, just remember to tighten the knob on the top to your liking.
 not good pepper mill November 16, 2002
I have this set for 2 years. The saltshaker has no problem, but 2 parts of the pepper mill, the part of the handle and the top screw, were broken under normal use after a few months. In addition, this pepper mill doesn't work well if you fill it with peppercorns. When peppercorns are full, it produces very little and very fine pepper grinds; however, it starts to make very big & rough pepper grinds when the amount of peppercorns is getting low. Even though these look very pretty, it was a very bad choice.
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