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.
How this list is ordered
Ranked by arithmetic, not opinion. Every score is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes, so you can open the working on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Stainless Steel Grinders, ranked by score
scored on what the maker publishesOpen a row for the score working1
MOKKOM64mm Flat Burr Coffee GrinderFrom $179.997.6How it scored
Grind Consistency10.0Grind Range & Adjustment9.0Build Quality & Durability5.6Cleaning, Retention & Mess7.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Money6.5Speed & Noiseweakest link5.0carries 8 of the 88.2 points scored2
HomtoneConical Burr Coffee GrinderFrom $87.797.3How it scored
Grind Consistency7.0Grind Range & Adjustment8.0Build Quality & Durability7.5Cleaning, Retention & Mess7.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Money10.0Speed & Noiseweakest link5.0carries 8 of the 88.2 points scored3
OllygrinConical Burr Coffee Grinder 30 SettingsFrom $79.997.0How it scored
Grind Consistency8.0Grind Range & Adjustment7.0Build Quality & Durabilityweakest link5.0carries 16 of the 88.2 points scoredCleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Money10.0Speed & Noise6.9Price from$79.99Score7.0Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricElectricRead the Ollygrin Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 30 Settings review →4
1ZpressoK-Ultra Manual Coffee GrinderFrom $2596.9How it scored
Grind Consistency7.0Grind Range & Adjustment9.5Build Quality & Durability5.6Cleaning, Retention & Mess10.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Moneyweakest link4.2carries 10 of the 88.2 points scoredSpeed & Noise5.0Price from$259Score6.9Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricManualRead the 1Zpresso K-Ultra Manual Coffee Grinder review →5
BrevilleDose Control Pro BCG600SIL6.6How it scored
Grind Consistency7.0Grind Range & Adjustment8.5Build Quality & Durabilityweakest link3.8carries 16 of the 88.2 points scoredCleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow8.0Value for Money5.0no price publishedSpeed & Noise6.9PricePricing N/AScore6.6Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricElectricRead the Breville Dose Control Pro BCG600SIL review →6
BaratzaSette 270WiFrom $599.956.5How it scored
Grind Consistency8.0Grind Range & Adjustment8.5Build Quality & Durability4.4Cleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow7.0Value for Moneyweakest link1.8carries 10 of the 88.2 points scoredSpeed & Noise8.1Price from$599.95Score6.5Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricElectricRead the Baratza Sette 270Wi review →7
Hamilton BeachElectric Burr Coffee Grinder 16ozFrom $39.956.5How it scored
Grind Consistencyweakest link5.0carries 24 of the 88.2 points scoredGrind Range & Adjustment5.5Build Quality & Durability7.5Cleaning, Retention & Mess7.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Money10.0Speed & Noise6.9Price from$39.95Score6.5Manual or ElectricElectricRead the Hamilton Beach Electric Burr Coffee Grinder 16oz review →8
JavaPresseManual Coffee GrinderFrom $39.996.5How it scored
Grind Consistency6.5Grind Range & Adjustment5.5Build Quality & Durability6.9Cleaning, Retention & Mess7.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflowweakest link5.0carries 12 of the 88.2 points scoredValue for Money10.0Speed & Noise5.0Price from$39.99Score6.5Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricManualRead the JavaPresse Manual Coffee Grinder review →9
SHARDORElectric Burr Coffee Grinder 2.0From $39.996.5How it scored
Grind Consistency7.0Grind Range & Adjustment5.5Build Quality & Durabilityweakest link5.0carries 16 of the 88.2 points scoredCleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Money10.0Speed & Noise6.9Price from$39.99Score6.5Burr TypeFlatManual or ElectricElectricRead the SHARDOR Electric Burr Coffee Grinder 2.0 review →10
BaratzaSette 30From $299.956.2How it scored
Grind Consistency8.0Grind Range & Adjustment6.0Build Quality & Durability4.4Cleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow7.0Value for Moneyweakest link3.3carries 10 of the 88.2 points scoredSpeed & Noise8.1Price from$299.95Score6.2Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricElectricRead the Baratza Sette 30 review →11
BaratzaVirtuoso+From $249.956.0How it scored
Grind Consistency8.0Grind Range & Adjustment5.0Build Quality & Durability4.4Cleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow7.0Value for Moneyweakest link3.8carries 10 of the 88.2 points scoredSpeed & Noise6.9Price from$249.95Score6.0Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricElectricRead the Baratza Virtuoso+ review →12
OXOBrew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 12oz6.0How it scored
Grind Consistency8.0Grind Range & Adjustment5.5Build Quality & Durabilityweakest link5.0carries 16 of the 88.2 points scoredCleaning, Retention & Mess5.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow5.0Value for Money5.0no price publishedSpeed & Noise6.9PricePricing N/AScore6.0Burr TypeConicalManual or ElectricElectricRead the OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder 12oz review →13
BLACK+DECKEROne-Touch Coffee & Spice Grinder4.4How it scored
Grind Consistencyweakest link0.0carries 24 of the 88.2 points scoredGrind Range & Adjustment5.0Build Quality & Durability7.5Cleaning, Retention & Mess7.0retention not publishedDosing & Workflow6.0Value for Money5.0no price publishedSpeed & Noise6.9PricePricing N/AScore4.4Burr TypeBladeManual or ElectricElectricRead the BLACK+DECKER One-Touch Coffee & Spice Grinder review →











