Can you adjust from fine to coarse on the salt and pepper?
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There is a knob on the bottom (top in this picture) that will tighten or loosen to change the grind. Honest these are pretty nice to use on a daily basis.
54800
Yes, you can easily adjust the grind between fine and coarse and many stages in-between. To reach the white grinder dial, unscrew the clear plastic top next to the black plastic. Then turn the white grinder left or right to change the size of the grind. The first time you try this, grind over white paper to better see the size of grind. I keep a thick rubber band around the black plastic to make turning easier for me. Try green peppercorns instead of black corns. The taste is a bit milder, less sharp, and with more depth than black peppercorns.
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I know you can on the salt. The pepper is the same mechanism so I'm assuming you probably can with it to, I've just never tried it =)
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The more coarse the better. I buy mine at a local kitchen store. You don't get the same benefits with salt as you do with pepper. Grinding the pepper releases the oils and enhances the flavor. Not so with salt. There is no benefit except you can adjust the size of the salt you want. Besides, its cool to have the set!
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I think it could be. There are three sizes of holes so you would be able to adjust the amount easily. I have several and use one for kosher salt and one for coarse ground pepper so the size of the holes would be about right.
711603
Mine will do very coarse better than ultra fine. I use it on fish all the time.
491447
You can do it however you want, but the 16 hole one is for salt. That's always the standard set up...less holes for pepper.
2222659
As you can see by the other responses it does adjust. As someone else pointed out it does not always hold the setting, this may be the way one holds the mill when grinding. The size of the flakes may also depend on the type of pepper used or what one is used to. For me it gets the larger flakes just the way I like them.
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Hi Mary....In answer to your question, yes both the salt and pepper grinder have an adjustment on the bottom of each mill. Just turn the knob to the plus or minus clearly marked on the bottom to have a finer or coarser grind. You will love these but make sure you use new batteries. Each one takes four. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine. Sandy
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You can adjust both the salt and pepper by turning the knobs that they come out from.
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Hi - Yes, I would say you can grind those items. There is a little black nozzle at the top of the grinder which allows you to grind coarse or fine. Hope that helps. It's a great grinder and I am hoping to order a few more soon. I like to have them for different sorts of salts and peppers.
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I cannot adjust this to get the salt small enough. It almost pours out without much reduction in size. Cannot imagine it would do a good job with peppercorns.
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there is an adjustment on the bottom for each, one for the salt and one for the pepper. You can open them up and get nice large chunks
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With my pepper mill, the pepper is moderately coarse when I turn the top clockwise... When I turn the top counterclockwise, it seems a bit finer. Don't know if this is the way it's supposed to work but mine does.
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you just make an adjustment.. no particular settings are on the mill. I usually use the finer setting.. as I don't like chunks of pepper.
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I guess you could, although the salt grinder is for grinding salt, so it might grind the pepper different. Actually, I would stick to having one pepper and one salt in the same container.
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You have to be careful not to set it too coarse or you will ruin the wheel. I suggest you crush a heavy coarse pepper separately.
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Yes. I don't like it though. It takes five minutes to salt and pepper everything. Really slow.
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I don't think that would work. Stick to coarse salt, peppercorns and small whole spices