re: Pepper Mills

After our last grinder broke we just use an old electric spice grinder we already had. Grind up a small batch of peppercorns and transfer to a small jar. Grab a pinch whenever. It tastes just as good as ground to need. I can be a cheap arse.

I love the marketing approach by the Pepper Cannon folks.

From their site:

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The Pepper Cannon produces extravagant quantities of fresh ground pepper. Decrease the coarseness and crank less if you cannot handle the full power.

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May as well say "Not for kids or pussies" like the famous dirtbike ad.

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I've been using way too much pepper after getting this from Sur La Table. Easy refill, easy size adjustment, borderline fun ratchet motion to grind. LINK

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That’s the exact style of our last pepper mill that broke. Not sure if it was from SLT or not.

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I've had mine for 20 years now, works flawlessly..

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We have had our Peugeot Uselect (that's the mechanism name the shape has a French name I don't remember) for 16 years and never had an issue with it. We bought one of their box types with a large crank and a drawer for grinding for recipes and it does great for grinding lots of corns. Haven't had any issues in the 5 or so years we have owned it.

I honestly can't compare them to other expensive mills but they are a lot better than the cheap ones we had before.