What is it with grinding salt? Pepper, sure, it’s organic, it keeps better as whole corns, but salt? The fancy salts make great play of how many millions of years old they are. We live in an industrial society, we have machines that can break salt down from rocks to grains, why should I have to do it by hand? (I guess, technically this is one of those “machines” but I still see no reason not to buy it ready-ground.)
Fun stuff. Several of the 1-star reviews on Amazon complained that the units would not shut off and the instructions said to remove the battery if that happens, but these are rechargeable and the batteries are not removable/replaceable. Oof. Also, the base/stand for these are the recharging devices, so it seems like you’d need a power cord at your table to have them reside there. These plus the aforementioned er, um, “shape” and suddenly $30 seems too high.
@Jonas4321 I wondered about the cord to the table too, and then I figured these were probably intended to be kept near the stove for seasoning as you cook vs while eating.
Thanks for pulling up the critical review. That was what I came to the forum hoping to find. Gold Star for you!
/giphy gold star
Specs
Product: COSPRO 3-Piece Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder Set
Model: QIC-301
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$59.99 at Best Buy
$79.95 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Jan 23 - Monday, Jan 26
Oh, I see. Cospro not cosplay.
@yakkoTDI Some sort of play.
The look of these makes me giggle.
@Kyeh
@Kyeh Definitely a conversation piece on your table…
@Kyeh they look like baby Daleks?
@Kyeh the bottoms are kind of flared so you should be ok!
@brainmist @ryanbruce thinks so:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/cospro-3-piece-electric-salt-and-pepper-grinder-set#696729b07eb20f1ffd10a03b
@scilynt @j4yx0r disagrees:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/cospro-3-piece-electric-salt-and-pepper-grinder-set#69672f6990dc0fa2ea695a69
these will grind margarita salt.
@alacrity Yes, they’d do a splendid job of that!
I thought they were…uh, something else at first.
The clicky face looks like a kidney stone
There is no logical reason why an electric salt and pepper shaker should get the electric slide stuck in my head. Grrrr
Did Jeff Bezos have anything to do with the design of this product?
I want to shake. Grinding is no fun.
These any good for salting a crypto mine?
i bought it. can’t wait to tackle squab or maybe cuy
/giphy excuse me
Putting the measurements on there is subtle
@CraigDanger Greetings traveler …
Missed opportunity to use this as your AI image
/giphy Dalek
/buy
@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: surprised-whipped-atlas
/showme surprised whipped atlas
@mediocrebot Here’s the image you requested for “surprised whipped atlas”
These certainly look like they could be dual use items.
Not sure I’d want these on the table for holiday gatherings…
@robson No flared base. Don’t do it!
What is it with grinding salt? Pepper, sure, it’s organic, it keeps better as whole corns, but salt? The fancy salts make great play of how many millions of years old they are. We live in an industrial society, we have machines that can break salt down from rocks to grains, why should I have to do it by hand? (I guess, technically this is one of those “machines” but I still see no reason not to buy it ready-ground.)
@ergomeh so put something else in it?
Tell me these are horrible and it’s not worth incurring the wrath of the Yorkshire warcry!
@sillyheathen Only if you tell me what I’m supposed to put into the third grinder.
@sillyheathen @therealjrn The 1st image looks like Black and White Peppercorns and Himalayan Coarse Salt.
Can they grind coffee beans?
Why is there never a garlic grinder?
@werehatrack Would you belive there is such a thing? TIL this:
https://spice.alibaba.com/spice-basics/garlic-grinder
@werehatrack dried garlic in the third grinder. Done.
Putting this in my “if it showed up in an IRK I’d be delighted” list.
The Dorothy coffee thingy was on that list. I finally caved and ordered it… And got one in the IRK.
2.6" W × 9" H per grinder ???
Fun stuff. Several of the 1-star reviews on Amazon complained that the units would not shut off and the instructions said to remove the battery if that happens, but these are rechargeable and the batteries are not removable/replaceable. Oof. Also, the base/stand for these are the recharging devices, so it seems like you’d need a power cord at your table to have them reside there. These plus the aforementioned er, um, “shape” and suddenly $30 seems too high.
@Jonas4321 I wondered about the cord to the table too, and then I figured these were probably intended to be kept near the stove for seasoning as you cook vs while eating.
Thanks for pulling up the critical review. That was what I came to the forum hoping to find. Gold Star for you!
/giphy gold star