Cuisinart Spice and Nut Grinder, Push-Top Lid for On/Off, Dishwasher Safe

This works great for grinding up nuts into a fin powder. Easy to use and not bad to clean. I'd originally tried the cheaper ~$20 coffee grinders and they just didn't get the nuts ground up like this one does. This was worth the extra cost.

I bought this grinder with some trepidation because the first several reviews were quite negative. I'm glad I bought it because it is proving to be a star. I use it for a range of things - hard legumes and spices, including Indian spices, seeds, softer spices, breadcrumbs, etc. I've occasionally used it with wet grinding of pastes (ginger, garlic, chutneys, etc) if it's not too runny. It has several unique features that are difficult to find in a grinder this size: - Its size is just right - small enough to grind small quantities of things like spices without having a huge leftover to store for weeks; large enough that you don't need too many rounds when grinding larger quantities - Blade design seems efficient. It seems to completely pulverize anything I put in it (including hard spices) in a small fraction of the time it takes for other grinders (like coffee grinders). It does this so fast that the motor has never been even close to overheating. And it seems to work well always - I haven't yet discovered anything it won't grind well - So far, its longevity is good (about 8 months) - it has lasted longer than all of the highly rated coffee grinders I tried to use for these purposes - Cleanup is trivial. The importance of this is hard to overstate. Other grinders such as coffee grinders claim easy cleanup but this is an order of magnitude better. You can simply take the bowl and lid off completely and put them in the dishwasher and they will come out fully clean. No more fiddling with brushes etc. to try to remove the bits and residues of spices that are left in the fixed bowls of other grinders. The only concerns so far: - The lid has a rubber ring that seems necessary for a good seal; if that is missing some of the spice/ground material might escape the bowl during grinding. The rubber ring is not small, but it's easy to lose in the dishwasher etc. if not careful - Wet grinding seems a bit risky. The bowl can allow liquid to escape through the bottom and this could possibly enter the motor casing and damage the motor (though this hasn't happened to me so far). So this may not be suitable for wet grinding and isn't quite like a miniature full-featured grinder, which is what is really needed. Pretty glad to have found this after trying to use coffee grinders as spice grinders for several years with limited success.

Very easy and grinds very well

I purchased this grinder last year 2025 and it worked just ok with my indian spice grinding , you just have to realize it leaks and it cannot do anything even a little wet ! it will leak into the base unit! Now out of the blue it somehow it locked the grind cup onto the motor base an will not come off, also the blade shaft raised up so it now only grinds a much bigger qunatity of product you can't grind just a smaller amount of spice like Idid when it was new! I'm not happy about this grinder!!!

I bought one of these two years ago. It has performed very well. The only thing that keeps this item from rating 5 stars is that it will not grind if the plastic lid is in place. While it is not particularly difficult to clean, it requires more cleaning than it should because the interior become full of dust.

I have owned this grinder since March 2023. I have purchased many different brands of spice grinders over the years, in search of the most efficient one. Krups offered the best performance of all the others I have tried, until now. I can't overstate enough that this Cuisinart outshines all others. I LOVE that the container is large enough to grind big batches. It will grind way more at a time than the others, and do a better job,...grinding flawlessly. There is no need to pick it up and shake it to get spices to fall over the blades. All the parts above the motor can go in the dishwasher. The only thing I have to clean manually sometimes is to brush out the dust on top of the motor. With the others, I always had to put rice in them to clean them, and odors remained after cleaning. It took longer to clean them than it did to grind the spices. It does have a storage compartment for the cord, but I have found it to be a struggle and time-consuming to push back in and it feels like I might damage the cord, so I just wrap the cord around the motor and secure the plug part for storage. They could use some improvement with that situation... Still, I give this one 5+ stars and will purchase another when this one konks out. (within reason) Highly, highly recommended!

I bought this primarily to grind chia seeds to drink with water, and this is working great. I'll grind 1-2 tablespoons for a few seconds to get the seeds broken up. I haven't tried grinding for too long as I don't want to end up with an oily mix. Just breaking the shells is all you really need for blooming/drinking chia seeds. The ground chia seeds pour out easily from the blender cup, and the cup/cap wash easily with a swift rinse. The motor is also surprisingly not loud. It's low-pitched and not an irritating sound at all. Much quieter than a blender. This has been low-maintenance and easy to use everyday. Would recommend this for anyone wanting to grind chia seeds.

What I love about this is that it can be disassembled easily and run through the dishwasher. I was given one as a gift, and then purchased this one to give as a gift. I predominantly use it to powder flax for flax eggs, but it also grinds beautifully when making blends from whole, roasted spices.

Tengo mas que un año usandolo y la verda está buenísimo. Yo muelo especias duras como pimienta negra y anis estrella. no falla. lo recomiendo 100 porciento.

It overheats within seconds and then shuts off

Worst product . Don’t buy

Excellent product! Had this now for several years! I beat the crap out of it...spices, nuts, dried fruit, coffee (maybe even a little cannabis! ;) Continues to work flawlessly! A++

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