Black & Decker CBM7B SmartGrind Deluxe Coffee Bean Burr Mill - Black

To address other people's problems- my model has never jammed, smoked, or stopped working. Burr mill grinders by nature produce static electricity when they grind. It's like usinng a clothes dryer without dryer sheets and expecting your clothes to not stick together! Nature of the beast. Just tapp the container a few times before you open it, and things won't fly around.

The consistency I've gotten compared to my blade grinder is incredible. I love this grinder. If anything ever changes, I'll post. But for now, I'm one happy buyer! I deem this grinder a good buy!


Often stopped working, now broken completely after 6 months   October 15, 2003
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought this about 6 months ago to replace my old grinder that was dropped and broken in a move. I thought the name Black and Decker was trustworthy, and I hoped to get a nice long life out of this. I grind coffee for my French press once a day usually, and am by no means a heavy user of this tool.

The very first time i opened the box, plugged it in, added beans, and hit the button: nada. Silence. Nothing happened. Turned out that a bean or two was stuck in the mechanism, and when I pushed them out, it worked fine.

Still, not an auspicious start. Since then, every month or so, this happens. As of yesterday, all the cleaning in the world hasn't solved it, the damn thing will not grind at all. Even the timer won't work. Pressing the button leads to... a resounding silence.

Frankly, I blame poor design; the way the basket of beans is placed over the grinder makes it all too easy for it to clog, since naturally gravity means the beans will sink down into the grinder area, and the whole basket itself is not connected well so that trying to re-arrange it simply makes it worse.

This just sucks. If I can stop one other person from wasting money on a frustrating coffee grinder (and as someone here mentioned: who needs stress and hassle specifically in the a.m. before your morning coffee?) then this review will be worth it.


I don't understand the negative reviews   September 22, 2003
 10 out of 10 found this review helpful

I purchased the B & D grinder fully intending to return it to the seller (They have a no questions asked guarantee and actually encourage you to try a product and return it if you don't like it) after reading all the negative reviews. I figured "what the heck...for 30 bucks it's worth a try." I don't know yet about many of the complaints about longevity as I have had it for only a few days. But the quality of grinding is great. Maybe not as good as a $500 grinder but more than adequate for my home espresso machine.

As for static causing coffee to fly all over the place... I open the lid slowly and carefully set it on the counter upside down and I actually have far less mess than I did with my blade grinder.

Most of the negative reviews are from early in this year or last year so maybe B & D has improved the product. I have no idea if this is so, but I highly recommend the grinder if you don't want to spend big bucks and want a consistent grind for espresso or a coffee maker.


I dont understand the bad reviews   August 29, 2003
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

You cant beat the price for what your getting!
Most Ive looked into start from the $100 range and up.
We have had this item about 1 mth now and we love it! Each pot of coffee is the same, nothing like when we used to use a grinder.We also love that when you mill the beans the covered container holds more then enough grinds for another pot of coffee later on during the day.Well worth the money!!! A+


Very Disappointed !   August 6, 2003
We've only used the grinder a few times. The first couple of times it smoked. I figured it was just some manufacturing oils burning off. It finally stopped smoking and also stopped working! It worked good but unfortunately that wasn't very long!