Best Stainless Steel Grinders
The best stainless steel grinders, ranked by our review scores. The only finish that looks the same in ten years: it does not yellow, fade or chalk. What it does do is show fingerprints and, in hard water, spots - and brushed and polished behave completely differently there, with polished collecting marks hourly and brushed forgiving them. The word is also used loosely. On cheaper machines "stainless steel" often describes a trim panel or a steel-look wrap over plastic rather than a steel body, so it is worth reading which part the maker is talking about.
Ranked by our review score, which is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes rather than from opinion, so you can open the arithmetic on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Ranked, and why
scored on what the maker publishes · open a row for the working1
Homtone Conical Burr Coffee Grinder7.2- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 8.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Speed & Noise — 5.0 of 10, carrying 8 of the 91.4 points scored here.
2
MOKKOM 64mm Flat Burr Coffee Grinder7.1- Grind Consistency
- 10.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 9.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 4.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 5.1
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 4.5 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
3
Ollygrin Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 30 Settings6.9- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 7.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
4
1Zpresso K-Ultra Manual Coffee Grinder6.8- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 9.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 10.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 3.5
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money — 3.5 of 10, carrying 10 of the 91.4 points scored here.
5
Baratza Sette 270Wi6.6- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 8.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 7.0
- Value for Money
- 1.5
- Speed & Noise
- 8.1
Weakest link: Value for Money — 1.5 of 10, carrying 10 of the 91.4 points scored here.
6
Breville Dose Control Pro BCG600SIL6.5- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 8.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 4.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 8.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 4.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
7
Hamilton Beach Electric Burr Coffee Grinder 16oz6.4- Grind Consistency
- 5.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Grind Consistency — 5.0 of 10, carrying 24 of the 91.4 points scored here.
8
JavaPresse Manual Coffee Grinder6.4- Grind Consistency
- 6.5
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 6.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 5.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 5.0
Weakest link: Dosing & Workflow — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 91.4 points scored here.
9
SHARDOR Electric Burr Coffee Grinder 2.06.4- Grind Consistency
- 7.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money
- 10.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
10
Baratza Sette 306.3- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 6.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 7.0
- Value for Money
- 2.8
- Speed & Noise
- 8.1
Weakest link: Value for Money — 2.8 of 10, carrying 10 of the 91.4 points scored here.
11
Baratza Virtuoso+6.1- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.5
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 7.0
- Value for Money
- 3.2
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Value for Money — 3.2 of 10, carrying 10 of the 91.4 points scored here.
12
OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 12oz6.0- Grind Consistency
- 8.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.5
- Build Quality & Durability
- 5.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 5.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 5.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 91.4 points scored here.
13
BLACK+DECKER One-Touch Coffee & Spice Grinder4.5- Grind Consistency
- 0.0
- Grind Range & Adjustment
- 5.0
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.0
- Cleaning, Retention & Mess (retention not published)
- 7.0
- Dosing & Workflow
- 6.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
- Speed & Noise
- 6.9
Weakest link: Grind Consistency — 0.0 of 10, carrying 24 of the 91.4 points scored here.