Salt and Pepper Mill Recommendations

[MistressOfCopperMountain]

Please can you share some recommendations for the ones you have had for a while and they still grind sharp and well? Any budget. Thank you.

every one I buy is rubbish. So I can’t wait for reply’s

Oxo good grips ones https://www.oxouk.com/products/salt-pepper-grinder-set/

Also they grind from the top so no worktop mess

Avoid Le Creuset. Absolute shite, doesn’t grind the peppercorns at all. Have had two, thinking there was something wrong with the first but, no, it’s just the design.

I came on to recommend Le Creuset, then seen this post.

I don’t have any problems with mine, I really rate them.

Absolutely these. Had them years and they still work perfectly (& still confuse everyone who comes over as they work ‘upside down’).

We've had Le Creuset for several years and they've been excellent.

I bought two automatic ones from Amazon they come with a usb, you tip them up and they automatically dispense the salt and pepper. I love them I’ve had them two years and have only had to recharge them once. I wouldn’t be without them now.

This cheapie IKEA number

I've had snootier ones in the past and none have outperformed the comfort and grind of using this.

Gotta be Peugeot - if you look at the grinders on the table in loads of nice restaurants this is what they have. We’ve got a few sets and like them a lot.

https://uk.peugeot-saveurs.com/en/salt-and-pepper-mill-sets

Avoid Joseph Joseph, ours have looked stylish but been shite.

Embarrassingly I rate the electric Lidl salt and pepper mills.

Thank you! Was beginning to think it was just mine that were rubbish and unable to grind peppercorns.

We have a salt cellar from Cole and mason which was a wedding present 20 years ago. When it broke they replaced it free as it has a lifetime (!) guarantee. Annoyingly I didn’t realise this when the pepper grinder broke a few years before!

Agree - Peugeot peppermills are brilliant. I’ve had mine for 35 years + & it’s as good as new.

I bought some from Rebecca Udall - they're brass so look beautiful and they work so well. I don't mind having them out because they look so good too!

Yeah, my Le Creuset salt grinder is fine, but the pepper one really isn’t great. I have a very traditional wooden one I got for about a fiver on Amazon that’s excellent though.

Peugeot are the best, but OXO Good grips are absolutely fine, too. I really like that they are upside down - no mess.

I second Peugeot. I have this one:

https://www.kitchenknives.co.uk/by-brand/peugeot-mills/peugeot-bali/peugeot-bali-font-cast-iron-pepper-mill-8cm-orange-35426/?gadsource=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5buZzqDehgMVeZtQBh0EzA5yEAQYAyABEgJ3HHDBwE

It's a rock-solid piece of kit.

I have Le Creuset, and they are great. They have a long guarantee, too. The saleswoman said that if they failed I could send them back no questions asked, and I didn't need to keep the receipt unless I was taking them back to the shop, as LC can recognise their own items and would refund or replace without one.

Replaced mine recently.
the Peugeot look great but so £££££
Went with Cole and Mason. Found a good set from TK Maxx. All good. Perspex with stainless steel grips. Were about £25 I think.
Never ever buy electric (battery) ones !
Not sure of the point of salt grinders anyway. Just get a pepper grinder and whatever salt you want.

The best I've had are the ones that you buy in the supermarkets ready filled with peppercorns. Schwartz or whatever. Cheap and cheerful, efficient but not pretty

We have had these for years and they're great.

Well thank you very much @12BottlesOfVintageChampagne - I have now been on that site and ordered fifty quids worth of salt and pepper mills! 😠

I did a lot of research a few years ago & bought fb a Peugeot one. It's so shit. Very disappointed

I have Peugeot ones. They are beautiful and work amazingly and I believe there is a lifetime guarantee on the internal mechanics.