I realize the dilemma of the OP being in the UK and all, but most larger grocery stores here in the US who sell the Fiesta brand of spices carries it all day long and relatively inexpensively.
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Well, I’m just like everyone else, I buy coarse ground and that’s it. Works great!
On a personal note: when I grew up we only ever had fine ground black pepper, and I never liked it. Impossible to dose correctly, why would anyone eat this? Fast forward 30 years, and the adult me discovered coarse ground - voila! This stuff is good! And easy to add just as much as you need!
And finally: I’m a bit surprised no one else has mentioned this already, but one of the reasons 16 mesh has become so popular in the bbq world is that the size of the ground corns match kosher salt so well. This means you can mix one cup black pepper with one cup kosher salt (note: by volume) - which creates a perfectly balanced ”Dalmatian rub” with zero effort. Good when you’re in a tent, in the middle of the night, tipsy, at a bbq comp.
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Kirkland coarse for me as well.
Though when cooking most other things, I like to use freshly ground pepper corns - also do this mostly when making pastrami rub. As JCBBQ said, it is much better in flavor, I think. I'm not fancy enough for a molcajete, but I use my own cheap battery powered pepper grinder from Amazon. Curiously, my Walmart carries Fiesta brand spices, but I've never see anything labeled 16 mesh at any Walmart around here in spite of looking for it. I think I've seen that Academy carries it... but honestly I never go to that place. Everything there is super expensive and I'm not making a trip just for that since the Kirkland coarse SEEMS to be about the same, near as I can tell.
Here is the 16 mesh I've gotten a couple times in the past - Amazon tells me I've bought it twice. I don't think I could tell a lot of difference compared to Costco.
Must not have, last time I've ordered it was 3y ago, and I do order big containers of spices off of Amazon on alot. If I'd felt the need, I would have added pepper to it, but since I found that particular coarse Kirkland variety, I've always kept a couple pounds of it on hand...
Black Peppercorn 16 Mesh, by Herb Co, Piper Nigrum Coarse Ground, From Indonesia, Kosher, Table Grind for Steaks, Rubs, Sauces, Soups & Everyday Cooking, 1 lb
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Table Grind Coarse. But I do like the Fine Grind for sprinkling on cucumbers.Comment
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