Commercial Spice Grinder

[ILMsmoke]

I'm looking for a commercial use spice grinder. I'm not seeing a whole lot on the interwebs. I need something with reasonable capacity to grind things like peppercorn. Also looking for it to maybe sift mixed rubs to prevent caking. Anyone with any suggestions? Not familiar with the burr vs blade benfits of spices. I have burr grinders for coffee, but see most spice grinders use blades...

[rickgregory]

If you want consistency, go burr. Blade grinders create varying sizes of ground material.

My first thought is to simply use a coffee grinder but I wonder about the hardness of some spices vs coffee. You might want to contact Baratza, who make a variety of excellent burr grinders, to ask about that.

I have a Baratza encore which can grind quite a lot of coffee and might be sufficient from a capacity point of view but, again, I'd want to talk to them about putting spices through it. The advantages of something like this is that you have many (30+) levels of grind so you can dial in what you need for a given application. Baratza also sells pretty much every part used in their grinders so you can easily replace/repair something if needed.

[ILMsmoke]

I like the idea of the consistency of my burr grinder. I may reach out to them..

[ILMsmoke]

I also don't like the metallic taste of heated blades when it comes to coffee..

[WillTravelForFood]

This is for home use, rather than commercial.

But we've enjoyed using this. it has multiple grinder containers, useful to keep spices/coffee separate from each other.

(we have a burr grinder specifically for coffee, if that matters)


: https://www.kitchenaid.com/counterto....bcg211ob.html

[WayneT]

I’ve a blade grinder that does a respectable job on spices but I also have this for my coffee which does an outstanding job.

https://www.breville.com/us/en/produ...ku=BCG820BSSXL

[Donw]

Look up Waring spice grinders.

[MsTwiggy]

Peppercorn grinders for table service, think french restaurant, are burr grinders. You could use a blade grinder to fluff a rub that has caked. I have a blade grinder that I use as a dedicated spice grinder for making masalas etc where the gradation isn't critical. A blade grinder works like a lawn mower. A burr grinder crushes and the space between the burrs determines the final particle size. I concur with rickgregory that a coffee grinder would work. That said it's going to be around $180 after tax and thats 7x what a blade grinder will cost. Don't worry about spice hardness they are all softer than the burr steel. I have included a pic of burrs below for your edification. The adjustment usually moves the cone closer or further from the grinding plate.

[rickgregory]

Burr grinders are great if you want the control over the resulting grind. I think the reason that a lot of spice grinders are blades is that if you're grinding to a fine powder, you don't care about that. So, partly the choice will depend on what you need to do and on the volume needed.

[ILMsmoke]

To elaborate on commercial needs. I manage our game cooler for a private estate and have been tasked with developing the family a new sausage recipe in next years budget. We have a Hobart $25k meat grinder and sausage maker and a $15k Hobart meat saw. Working for the richest people on earth, I’ll get more push back in buying the wrong thing than not spending enough to get what we need. It’s more about providing exactly what we need efficiently and consistently than cost. I just need to budget for whatever I choose…

[rickgregory]

To elaborate on commercial needs. I manage our game cooler for a private estate and have been tasked with developing the family a new sausage recipe in next years budget. We have a Hobart $25k meat grinder and sausage maker and a $15k Hobart meat saw. Working for the richest people on earth, I’ll get more push back in buying the wrong thing than not spending enough to get what we need. It’s more about providing exactly what we need efficiently and consistently than cost. I just need to budget for whatever I choose…

Yeah I figured price wasn't an issue. In your shoes I might actually buy two kinds... The restaurant blade grinders like the Waring (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/138...-grinders.html) would be fine when you want a powder or don't care if the grind is a consistent size. The large one does 3 cups at a shot.... silly for home use but for high volume commercial use it might be just right.

A burr grinder would be nice for a consistent pepper grind or other things (like rubs etc) where you want something coarser than powder AND you want things all close to the same size.

For a burr grinder, I'd probably look at a commercial one if you think you'll put a lot of volume through it. I mean, my Baratza Encore is a decade old and still fine (and as I mentioned, you can replace burrs, etc) but if you were grinding several cups a day vs for morning coffee I might worry about the motor etc. A commercial coffee grinder like one of these might hold up better. https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/co...offee-grinders.

[ILMsmoke]

Thanks for reading that as I meant and not me being boastful! I have the luxury of free use for anything I purchase at work, but what I purchase for myself personally and what I purchase for work are on different levels.