KitchenAid Pro Line burr grinder

[tucker85]

Does anyone have experience with the KitchenAid Pro Line burr grinder? It gets good ratings on Amazon and at Coffee Geek. I see that it's a flat burr grinder rather than conical. I don't know if that makes a difference.

[mldavis2]

You'll get better answers from others, but I would suggest it depends on what you want to use it for. Espresso geeks would probably recommend something else. Grinders have become very personal and name brands seem to mean a lot to many of us. I would trust CoffeeGeek for enthusiast opinions, but not Amazon. I don't see many of them listed on this forum, but that doesn't mean it isn't adequate.

[JimG]

I had one for a short time. It generated a lot of fines (dust) and inconsistent particle sizes. Maybe OK for french press or drip, but definitely not for espresso. My advice would be to avoid this grinder.

Jim

[NoYuckyCoffee]

It is not consistent, lots of fines as mentioned above, and always drops a mess on the counter.

Not worth it.

Solis Maestro, refurbished, from this site was a good buy for me.

[petehunter]

Does anyone have experience with the KitchenAid Pro Line burr grinder? It gets good ratings on Amazon and at Coffee Geek. I see that it's a flat burr grinder rather than conical. I don't know if that makes a difference.

I bought one a couple of years ago but was not impressed. It doesn't grind consistently and there's always 2 or 3 beans that get hung up in the path to the burrs. I bought a Grindmaster 875 off of Craigslist for $75, a much better grinder. They have them on Ebay, BUnn and Grindmaster are both good grinders, I don't know how they are for expresso.

Pete

[tucker85]

Thanks for all the input. I think I'll take a pass on this grinder and look elsewhere.

[NoYuckyCoffee]

Solis Maestro is a fairly high end unit for a good price. I'm impressed with mine.

[Spyder]

Yeah buy a Baratza product.... if u want it to last a few months and crap out on u or have parts breakage.

The Pro Line is a great grinder for the money. With a few simple mods it can be fantastic and will work quite well for espresso even without the burr transplant.... contrary to what some say...

[klemenv]

The Pro Line is a great grinder for the money. With a few simple mods it can be fantastic and will work quite well for espresso even without the burr transplant.... contrary to what some say...

Hi,

I have purchaised KitchenAid grinder. It works great for mokka/French press/..., but not that well with my Isomac Tea.

I have change settings to allow 1 step finer grinding.

What other modifications have you in mind? I was even thinking of taking pile and mille burrs by hand.

[Spyder]

There are several good mods for the Pro Line grinder. I do agree it's not perfect for espresso out of the box, but if you make it stepless that helps quite a bit. By far the best mod is doing a burr transplant, in which Mazzer Mini burrs are put into the Pro Line. Does involve a bit of work, but makes this grinder superb...