KitchenAid Burr Coffee Grinder - KCG8433 - Empire Red, 10 Oz

Review based on short term use -- No messy grinds, relatively quiet, fast, easy to use, consistent grind quality and quantity, nice looking, build quality seems solid. I use it with a Bonavita coffee make with excellent results. This is a winner. Recommended. Price? Periodically has a price reduction to one-thirty-nine. Verdict -- grind quality makes a difference in the final brew.Grind settings are from 1-70. The ESPRESSO setting gives a powdery grind. DRIP settings are like fine sand. PERC slightly coarser. One possible drawback for French press users is that the coarse setting might not be coarse enough.

I love my stand mixer and all of the attachments I've gotten from Kitchenaid, so I thought I would give this grinder a try. I have two Capresso grinders that make a mess on the counter, spewing grounds all over and the static is ridiculous, which compounds the issue.The design of the Kitchenaid is perfect, easy to operate, fairly quiet (for a grinder), the capture container has a tight fit so no renagade grounds. Set the machine to match your preferance, and it's a one button push to grind the coffee. The bean hopper removes, so no more draging the machine to the edge of the counter to add beans.I have had this for a week and can find no negative aspects for my uses. As a bonus, it fits the portafilter for our espresso machine.This is just a really nice grinder, and the quality that I expect from Kitchenaid.

We LOVE this grinder; it brings a smile every morning!We do pour-over and debated whether we really needed to upgrade our older, entry-level burr grinder. Despite our initial questioning, we have been extremely happy with this KitchenAid Burr Coffee Grinder.▪︎ Quiet▪︎ Very consistent grind size. We're actually able to do an espresso level grind and get very full bodied pour over coffee that is not bitter.▪︎ Great design for the bean hopper. This is very convenient for adding / changing beans and cleaning.▪︎ We've had essentially no problems with static. This is great, because our old burr grinder is a static nightmare.▪︎ Many options to dial in grind size, grind time, no. of cups. We used a scale in the beginning to dial in on settings for our morning coffees, but no longer need the scale as the KitchenAid grinder has produced very consistent results.▪︎ KitchenAid quality - we've had great experience with various KitchenAid products since the 'Hobart' days and as a result, have high expectations that we'll get many years of great service from this burr grinder.Wish we had bought this earlier!

I've had a few coffee grinders in my life, most far more bulkier and 10x louder than this one. This one is relatively compact, very quiet, and for drip/pourover coffee gives a great grind.I don't do espresso, so I won't comment on how appropriate this grinder might be for that. For straight drip or pourover however, it gives a very consistent grind with minimal fines and course. The time based doses are easy to set, and consistent.I'm not so focused on my coffee that I feel the need to weigh out each dose when making coffee. I enjoy good coffee, I prefer fresh ground beans, but I also value convenience. This grinder brings all of that to one simple appliance. Possibly the best feature of this, and I don't know how they do it, is there is next to no static.If you enjoy fresh ground coffee, but don't want to weigh each time, and want a consistent well ground does, I urge you to try this grinder. No complaints.

Your journey for a quiet and reliable grinder is over - learn from my mistakes! This one now sits next to my Moccamaster and completes my mornings (and mid mornings and afternoons and sometimes right after dinner...).Previously had a blade grinder in my poor and single days - super noisy, but did an ok job.Next grinder, just wanted something better but not crazy expensive - it was one of these fake company burr grinders (if you notice, there are like 20 different companies all selling the same grinder, each with a different weird name on it). It was quieter than the blade grinder, worked decently, but I made the mistake of trying to clean it one day and didn't notice a very important, and apparently not replaceable part, fall out never to be seen, rendering that mediocre grinder inoperable.My second mistake was thinking that I'd have a similar ok experience with yet another no-name burr grinder - this one was a complete disaster - grinder would get stuck trying to grind beans every time, so dosing was completely random, and it made a mess. Sent it back right away.Finally - buy nice or buy twice - here I was looking to be done with buying grinders for a while. Read reviews, and everyone seemed to recommend obscenely expensive grinders, with a few exceptions that always had some deal-breaker (noisy, or made a mess, or inconsistent, etc).Saw this Kitchenaid out of the corner of my eye, and remembered that our stand mixer has been a staple in multiple kitchens for like 30yrs now. So I decided to take a leap of faith after reading mostly positive reviews.Man, this thing it great! SUPER QUIET - almost pleasant to listen to - like a healthy-sounding V8 instead of a 4-banger with a CVT. The method to select grind size and dosing is great and simple. One button to go first thing in the morning with no fuss, no mess, and then great results - a great cup of coffee every time. Can't complain at all... Being from MI originally, I love that this was perhaps designed locally, so this burr grinder gets a double-thumbs up from this guy...