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Brand: Krups
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$25.00~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

212 reviews
Sales Rank: 31

Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 3 x 6.8

MPN: 20342
Model: 203-42
UPC: 010942104384
EAN: 0010942104384
ASIN: B00004SPEU

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Customer Reviews:

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Still grinding, after all these years September 23, 2008
I had one of these for about 5 years. Eventually, it developed a few cracks and I had to replace it. It didn't take too long, a couple of years ago, to find the exact model I was decommissioning at, amazingly, the exact same price I paid for one the first time I bought one.

Operation is easy. You feed it some coffee beans and it grinds them. Not much else to say, really. It's durable, quick and dependable. After 2 years, it looks as good as new and, if it begins to crack after a couple more years of operation, I don't mind. I'll probably end up buying another one of the same.

5 out of 5 stars

Ideal grinder for small users September 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I purchased this grinder 9 months ago, and have been using it grinds 6 lbs of coffee. It works well for me - the only coffee drinker at my home.

The mechanics are solid. The motor is powerful and smooth, and grinds 3 spoons (maximum capacity) in 10-12 seconds to a quite fine grounds. The grounds are quite even. It could make the coffee beans really fine grounds by grinding 5 more seconds. The inner side of the grinder is very smooth. With a brush, it can be easily cleaned. But you need a brush ($5).

The grinder is also very secure. The trigger button is concave - without the lid on, one cannot trigger the grinder and hurt oneself. In addition, the power cord is really short - one must disconnect it to get the coffee out. Some people may hate this but this secures our fingers.

As a lot of reports saying it dies after 12-15 months, I will follow up here.

4 out of 5 stars

So far so good September 2, 2008
I have been using this product for two weeks. So far, I haven't had any problems, but I have experienced that if I use it for grinding 5 oz. of coffee at once, in small batches, it starts to smell like something burning.

5 out of 5 stars

performance August 27, 2008
Just as good as I expected. Grinds thoroughly and evenly. About 3 oz. at a time. As fine as you like. We've only ground about 2 lbs. so far but it's Cuisinart predecessor quit on it's first 3 oz.'s. Uses very little shelf space.

5 out of 5 stars

Top Rated Inexpensive Spice Mill August 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I've been using this model for years, and just bought a new one. My prior one lasted roughly 7 years (guess) of fairly regular use. In my case, I mostly used it for grinding my own spices, rather than for coffee.

COFFEE (4 stars): As indicated in magazines like Cooks Illustrated, this unit does a very adequate job of ginding coffee beans - provided you master the skill of replicating the optimal degree of grind for different uses (i.e., automatic drip, espresso, percolator, stove-brewed turkish style, etc.). However, any serious coffee aficianado will quickly agree that a proper "burr grinder" yeilds better (more evenly ground) results than a buzz grinder like this one. Still, for what it is, and for its price, it's still one of the best 'buzz' grinders available.

SPICES (5 stars): After blending and toasting my own whole spices (for things like fresh homemade garam masala, sambar masala, etc.), I let them cool and then grind them with my trusty krups, which, in 2 passes, can grind enough to fill a standard spice bottle. The only spice the krups (and all comparable models) has trouble with are whole cloves, which tend to be very resiny, and clog the machine.

OTHER (5 stars): Although not really designed for it, the krups can do an adequate job of: grinding dried rice and/or dried lentils into a very very fine grit (almost but not quite a true flour). It can also grind granulated sugar into confectioner's 10x sugar.

Bottom line: It's strong, compact, powerful, durable, simple to use, fairly easy to clean, and inexpensive ... what more could you ask for ?

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