OXO Good Grips Accent Mess Free Salt & Pepper Set

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Be careful when using a pepper grinder for salt — salt can be corrosive, and some salt-specific grinders are a better choice for the task. Opacity: Like olive oil, peppercorns are sensitive to light, and exposure to light can degrade the oils, and therefore flavor, over time.

Sets with a grinder on the bottom can be used as-is, but often leak out a little bit of the spices in between use.It’s good practice to use a dry brush or cloth to fully clean out your grinders before refilling them.

It feels very comfortable to hold, has a wide opening to make filling with peppercorns easier, and it has a smooth twist. Sarah (she/her) is a deputy editor for the Good Housekeeping Institute, where she tests products and covers the best picks across kitchen, tech, health and food. Other pepper mills have preset settings: This ensures you’ll get the same grind results each time, but it lacks nuance.We looked at the top Salt And Pepper Grinder Sets and dug through the reviews from some of the most popular review sites. We found that the traditional shape of mill set has some drawbacks when using them with wet and oily hands. We set each mill to its finest and coarsest setting, then assessed the size and consistency of the grains on each. But it was somewhat difficult to refill, since it's designed with a center post to drive the grinder, and you must add the peppercorns around it.

In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we tested 15 pepper mills from top brands to find the best of the best.It's a lot trickier with some than others and we found that the coarseness setting would even change midway through grinding on some of the poorer mill sets. The Pepper Cannon also has noteworthy nuance in its grind sizes: The coarse is very coarse, and the fine is very fine — the finest in our test — so you can crust a steak with large cracked pepper or dust on a powdery grind. The interchangeable pods in this set allow the grinder to work for two seasonings without affecting the flavor of either. If it doesn’t absorb odors (ceramic, for example), you may be able to switch between pepper and, say, cloves without mixing or tainting flavors. The ceramic mechanism won’t rust and, with its transparent acrylic chamber, it’s easy to see when you need a top up.