Mr. Coffee Automatic Burr Mill Coffee Grinder

This review is about the "old" version of this Mr. Coffee Burr Grinder that is still available. I purchased this one, due to the fact that I had my other one for 14 years, used it daily and it was excellent ! That's why when it no longer ground fine enough (after 14 years !) for my Mr. Coffee Espresso machine, I simply gave it to my boyfriend who now uses it to grind beans for his Mr. Coffee Drip machine ! He loves going from preground store bought to freshly ground coffee for his morning brew ! It still looks new and looks nice on his counter ! Why pay more when you can have this excellent grinder from a company that KNOWS coffee well for only $29.95 ?

This coffee grinder is absolutely a great value to your money. It's inexpensive, powerful, and it will last you for a long time. Remember this: this item is to gring small amounts of coffee at a time (8 oz). If you push it to grind larger amounts of coffee it will overheat and stop grinding automatically. Once it cools down it will work again, but you should avoid getting there bc it will affect the flavors of your coffee.

A fine grinder for the budget barrista. Update: 1/3/2017. After nearly a year of constant use, this grinder is still going full force. I am so glad I skipped buying the Breville. Not so much against the Breville, but rather a testament to the fact that this grinder is all I need. The Breville would have been overkill If works fantastically with my DeLonghi pressurized portafilter espresso machine, and my Black and Decker single cup maker. My son and I drink coffee regularly so it is fired up several times a day. If it failed tomorrow I would not hesitate to repurchase it. Best grinder I've owned and greatly exceeded my expectations. Back to the regular review, already in progress. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. GOOD: - Price. $35.00 is dirt cheap for a burr grinder. This isn't much more than a small blade grinder and it's so much nicer. - Burr Grinding: Yes, it's not a conical burr grinder, but a burr grinder is much better than a blade grinder - Dosing. Choose the number of cups you want and push the button. Each "cup" equates to approximately 1 Tablespoon of Beans except for the Espresso setting (more on that in the "bad"). This is unbelievably convenient. I can grind the exact amount I need for my Espresso or my single cup drip maker and get freshly ground coffee with each cup without having to count seconds or try to convert seconds to cups, etc....The "cups" guide works great (6oz per "cup") and it's easy to adjust up or down according to taste. - Easy selection for choosing grind strength. Simply rotate the beans hopper to the proper setting and viola. This is done due to the top burr being a part of the bean hopper (more than that on the ugly). Thus you simply rotate the bean hopper to the desired setting and it adjusts the gap between the burrs. Detents positively let you know when you are on the desired setting and each setting is clearly labeled. BAD: - About that Espresso, the manual tells you to set it to 3 cups for a 2 oz shot and 5 cups for 4 oz. That right there tells you that they are referring to their little Mr.Coffee steam espresso machine. Which also should tell you that this grinder will not grind fine enough for a pump machine with an unpressurized portafilter. I have a DeLohghi EC155 and the espresso setting works great for that machine, but your mileage may vary. Odd's are if you have a high end Espresso maker, you won't want to cheap out on a 35 dollar grinder. So just keep in mind what you are mating this thing with. - Noisy: It's relatively noisy. It's not super annoying since my kitchen is downstairs, and I'm single. But I can imagine that people might not appreciate the noise from the grinder. - Inconsistent Grind. As is typical for this type of grinder, you will get some powder, and it will accumulate in your grounds chamber. If you use paper filters, this will keep the powder from appearing in your coffee. It is a design flaw of this machine, and while it's to be expected, it can be prevented or lived with. - The Blue LED. It's bright, but as others said, simply move the grounds cup about 1/4 inch out and the light goes out. Easy work around. THE UGLY: - OH THE MESS: The biggest drawback of the machine is the mess. Transferring the contents of the grinds cup to your filter or portafilter can be messy. Grinds tend to stick to the side of the container and then end up on the counter/sink/wherever. - Cleaning: This has to do with the bean hopper, it's screwed into the body of the grinder and it is actually the mount point for the top burr. So if you want to clean the burrs, you have to unscrew the hopper, which means you have to empty the beans. This is a bit of a chore, and on more than one occasions as I was attempting to transfer the beans to a secondary container, the top lid came off and beans all over the counter. These two items alone almost forced me into buying a Breville Smart Grinder, but it's $200+ price tag made me take a step back. After careful consideration, the bean dump and my own laziness makes the mess a bigger issue than it needs to be. I can take steps to secure the beans prior to cleaning the device, and if I'm careful with removing the grounds, I don't have to spread them over the kitchen. The Breville is most likely a much superior grinder, but is it 6 times better, and will I appreciate it 6 times as much, or will I stress over paying over $200.00 for a grinder. At this point my inner miser is telling me to be more careful. For me, this and the DeLonghi are more than enough for now. If it dies in the near future, then I may have to spring for a pricer grinder, but right now it does exactly what I want for a price that's hard to beat.

I just wrote a blog post with a detailed review of this coffee maker as compared to three separate burr grinders (including a 7 minute video): <..> Below is the text of the review (if you copy & paste the URL above, you'll get pictures & can watch the video, etc.) I'm exploring how to make great coffee. The thing about making great coffee is that it means something different to everyone. Here's what it means to me: The coffee is dark and flavorful. It doesn't taste like it's watered down. It has a great aroma and makes me smile when I drink it. I guess this blog is really about how to maximize the `smile' factor. I'm no coffee pro or snob. Just a guy who wants better-than-average coffee. My colleague Jeremia, who knows a heck of a lot more about coffee than I do, just informed me the other day that the lighter blends actually have more caffeine than darker blends, because the caffeine is roasted out of coffee the longer it roasts. Now there's a guy who knows his coffee. To thank him for that pearl of knowledge, I just bought him some raw Luwak coffee, straight from Indonesia. We'll see what he does with that bad boy. Today I tested three burr coffee grinders to figure out which one was best: the Capresso 560 Infinity Conical Burr Grinder , Bodum Bistro Electric Burr Coffee Grinder, and Mr. Coffee BVMC-BMH23 Automatic Burr Mill Grinder . Previously we had been using the Capresso 464.05 CoffeeTeam GS 10-Cup Digital Coffeemaker with Conical Burr Grinder but the coffee just wasn't coming out with enough flavor. So here's the new plan: Test these 3 burr grinders, pick the one that grinds the best coffee, and then use a Zojirushi Premium Thermal 1.85 liter Carafe, Brushed Stainless Steel carafe along with a No. 6 filter size plastic filter cone (which fits perfectly inside that model carafe) and boil water on the stove to run through it. (My guess is that the CoffeeTeam GS didn't make "high smile factor coffee" because it didn't ge the water hot enough. Just speculation on my part though, all I can say is that it wasn't as good). This new plan is actually going back to the old plan -- my wife and I were boiling water and running it through the filter cone + carafe before with great "smile factor" results, but the burr grinder we had been using, the Black & Decker CBM210 Stainless Steel Burr Coffee Mill/Grinder , was a pain because we had to hold the button down while it was grinding. It also made inconsistent sized grounds. So after trying the CoffeeTeam GS because I thought it'd be easier (wake up timer!) I'm back to the manual original burr grinder + boiling water + filter cone + carafe approach. This time, hopefully, with a better burr grinder. The winner for me was the Bodum Bistro Electric Burr Coffee Grinder because of its hardened steel burr grinding mechanism, ability to easily turn it on & off, and glass holder receptacle. The Capresso 560 Infinity Conical Burr Grinder was quieter, but annoyingly, the timer can't be stopped -- you have to wait for it to time out. The Mr. Coffee BVMC-BMH23 Automatic Burr Mill Grinder was a total fail because of its inferior burr grinder design. Please leave your own opinions and comments on my blog. Especially if you have tips on how to make higher smile factor coffee. Oh and by the way, I put agave sweetener in my coffee instead of sugar (available at Costco). Lower glycemic index = happier body.

So far so good after about a month of use!!! I actually really love this grinder and if it holds out for a few years, I will be very happy. I was surprised to find that I actually like it even better than my old Cuisinart, which was similar in design. Husband and I aren't exactly coffee connoisseurs, we don't do espresso and we only need it for drip, but we do love to buy the whole beans and grind at home. So I wouldn't really know if it grinds fine enough or just perfect for people who are coffee perfectionists! However, this grinder does a better job than my old Cuisinart. It used to leave a few big chunks of beans, this one grinds perfectly, at least perfectly enough for me. I guess I really don't care about what others are freaking out about if there is a little fine powder mixed in with course grounds. (So what?) My old Cuisinart cost about $15 more than this one and broke after just over a year. If this one works for at least a few years I will be thrilled. This grinder is extremely easy to use & I have zero mess.....which I really love! (Old Cuisinart used to spill some grounds behind the cup and had a little mess & spillage.) I love the little scoop that attaches to the lid of the cup. I don't use it often since I grind exactly what I need, but love that when I do need it it's right there attached and I don't have to remember I have it and search for it in a drawer. We don't make a full pot every day so the hopper holds enough beans for just over a week for us, which is really nice. Fill it up once and have one touch grinding all week. My husband likes the little blue light! haha.......the dial and light make it super fast and simple to change the amount you want to grind. We make bigger pots on the weekends. I love the one touch, no mess of this grinder. It looks nice on the counter and because there's no mess it stays looking neat and clean all week. Another thing I love is that the hopper screws out to clean. (A feature my Cuisinart didn't have so I could never really be sure it was clean down in the gears.) So quite a few reviewers are freaking out about the huge mess this makes all over their kitchen.....powder spewing...onto floors......?? I have no idea what they are doing or what they are talking about. I have a habit of taking out the bin with the grounds and lightly tapping it a couple of times on the counter to settle them. They pour out easily and no mess. As far as cleaning it, I just literally wash it once a week or so. How much mess can you possibly make by taking it to the sink and washing it? One small thing I did notice once when I did use the scoop. I ground enough for 8 cups, but when I used the scoop there were 10 scoops of grounds. It might be grinding a tad more than it's set for? That's ok...coffee is good, not too strong and I can always dial it down if I wanted. I looked and looked and looked at grinders. I didn't want to pay an arm and a leg. I was frustrated that all of these grinders had bad reviews, but there was no way I was going to pay $80 - $200 for a grinder. Love this grinder and the price was perfect. ($36) So if it doesn't break on me I'll be taking another look at Mr. Coffee products next time I need anything coffee related.

I absolutely love this product! I would highly recommend. It gives you the option to do different levels of grind and lets you grind as much or as little as you'd like.

I waited quite some time after purchasing this product before reviewing it, because I wanted to see how it would perform over time. I've now been using it every day for nearly a year, and I think I can confidently say that it's worth purchasing, but with some caveats. First, the "pros": The price tag is amazing - this is only about $5 bucks more than a cheap blade grinder, and requires significantly less work (which is important in a pre-caffeinated state). The hopper holds about half a pound of beans, and acts as a nice buffer to let you know when you need to buy more coffee. The dial makes it easy to make a consistent pot of coffee, regardless of who's brewing it - just set the dial to the number of cups you want to make and push the button. And the grind itself is very easy to adjust. However, there are a few "cons", most of which could be fixed with some engineering changes. For starters, the lid to the ground coffee reservoir contains an indent for a cleaning brush/scoop. This little tool is not optional - if the reservoir and lid aren't cleaned after basically every use, finely ground coffee dust will build up and block the flow of coffee, preventing it from actually grinding any beans. However, this problem could be largely solved by moving the brush storage indent from the reservoir lid to the hopper lid, as the irregular shape of the indent on the under side of the reservoir lid is what creates a space for coffee dust to collect and build up on in the first place. It wouldn't completely eliminate the need to clean the reservoir with a brush periodically, but it would certainly lessen it. Also, the hopper itself feels like it needs a little steeper angle. Occasionally, beans will get jammed, and you have to give the whole device a little shake in order to clear it. This isn't terribly frequent, but it's frequent enough that you can't start the beans grinding and leave the room to go do something else, or you might come back to find that it jammed up halfway through, and now you don't know how much coffee you have ground. Another challenge with the hopper is that the lid simply rests on top of it. It doesn't screw on or fit tightly against any sort of gasket, and if you bump it or turn it upside down, coffee beans will spill out all over your counter and floor. It's a mistake you'll only make once, but it's a frustrating one to learn. The biggest issue, though, is that the hole that ground coffee comes out of eventually gets clogged with coffee dust and needs to be cleaned. When this happens, there's no warning; your grinder just simply stops grinding coffee, even though you can hear the burrs spinning. Cleaning the reservoir (especially the lid) with the included brush after every use dramatically cuts down on how frequently this maintenance needs to be performed, but it doesn't eliminate it. And cleaning that little port isn't necessarily easy (especially when you're tired and trying to get ready for work). I've learned to keep a package of bamboo grilling skewers by my coffee supplies, as these tend to be about the diameter and sturdiness needed to clean it out and get things flowing again. You will inevitably dump espresso-fine coffee dust all over your counter when cleaning it... that's just sort of a fact of life. Overall, I'd still buy this product again over a blade grinder, especially at this price. The convenience of being able to push a button and have the exact right amount of coffee grounds is vastly faster and easier than carefully measuring out the right quantity of beans into a blade grinder every morning. But this is a very entry level burr grinder, and at times it feels like the people who designed it didn't actually use it for more than a day or two before sending it off to market. If you can afford a higher-end model, it would be worth splurging. But if it's this or a $20 blade grinder, this burr mill is the way to go.

Works great! Love that it holds a lot of beans. My husband accidently bought beans instead of ground. Will keep using it.

This coffee grinder worked great for 2 years and 9 months of running 10 cups at medium grind at least twice a week. My husband prefers to grind his coffee by hand the old fashioned way, but I drink iced coffee by the pitcher and needed a faster and easier way to have fresh ground beans in a larger capacity. I use paper filters and the pour-over method to brew and there would be some extra fine grounds in the pitcher, but they weren't excessive and didn't bother me. I bought this grinder after reading other reviews that said it was great for the price, and especially compared to other more expensive models, but that it sometimes had a short lifespan. Reviews at the time suggested to keep the chute clean for the longest life of the motor. So I diligently cleaned the chute of fine packed grounds every time I refilled the hopper and it seemed to help keep things flowing. I'd even flip it over and tap it like I was burping a baby to get the chunks out. There's a small indicator light by the cups selection dial that stopped working a few months after I got the grinder, but since it otherwise still worked fine, I wasn't worried. The light was annoying anyway. Now, the grinder doesn't want to grind any selected amount and stops quickly after starting, but not always after running the same amount of time. The motor sounds fine, so I'm guessing it's a problem with the selector dial and the switch. It's the classic grinder death based on other reviews. While I used it, the grinder was great. The "cups" selection dial took some time to figure out since it isn't really a great way to know how much coffee you'll end up grinding. It was nice that I could set it to a certain amount and just push a button to get that amount every time. My biggest complaint about the grinder during its lifespan was that the grounds cup had a bit of static cling to it and it was a little annoying to get the grounds out cleanly. I always had to follow up with a wash cloth on the cup and my kitchen counter. A morning ritual of washing my counters wasn't exactly a terrible imposition in my life. The grind was even and not burnt. The coarseness selector by spinning the hopper all the way down and then back out to the desired grind was easy to use. The hopper was a little small for my likes, but I'm sure someone could argue that it isn't best to have that much coffee exposed to light and air anyway. I just hate having limp half full bags of beans in my cupboard. It was nice that the hopper was clear so I could always see how many beans I had left so I could forget to put coffee on my grocery list anyway. I confess, I would often watch the beans grind down in the hopper with bleary eyes and contemplate the futility of my life. I'm not even mad that the thing doesn't work anymore. I got exactly what I expected. It wasn't expensive, I didn't have to go to a store to guess which grinder would be the least disappointing, it didn't take up a huge footprint on my kitchen counter, and it was consistent. Beans go in, grounds come out. The dead grinder will have an honorable funeral in next week's trash along with the packaging for its replacement, most likely another grinder of the same model.

I am a STARBUCKS FRENCH ROAST imprinted duckling. Nothing else tastes right. Also, I grind the French Roast as finely as possible. I have two of these burr grinders and have been having problems with the grinders making sick internally unhappy grinding noises. I didn't call Amazon and ask for a return though, because it is just so weird that a brand new (3 month old) grinder would not work in this world of instant-on-high-quality-manufacturing. So, I've tinkered, and thought, and listened and observed. The key clue was this morning when my more reliable burr grinder made the unhappy grinding noises, and when I looked I saw ZERO coffee grinds in the output bin. *CLUE* When I looked at the little opening between the grinder an the output bin, it was jammed. Clearing the opening with a jeweler's screwdriver fixed the problem. Bam! I'm back in the game! I rate this grinder a very solid 3 starts. I take one star off because the testing Mr Coffee did missed the jam problem on finely ground French Roast, so I get to manually make a mess of my school and home offices every time the grinder jams. And, I take another star off because the grinder's industrial design is perfunctory. What I mean by this is that: * the grinder while grinding is UNBELIEVABLY LOUD. It is push the button, close the door, and wait until the shrieking of the beans is over. There HAS TO BE A WAY to improve the sound properties of this grinder. My 10 year old Starbucks burr grinder was about 1/2 as loud as this Mr Coffee model. * French roast coffee is renowned for having the highest static electricity generated per bean ground. I just made that up, but it *seems* like this is true. Just pulling the output bin out of the grinder gets a finely sprayed dusting of grounds over whatever surface is around. If you tap the output bin to get the grounds to drop to the bottom, you get another out-flux of tiny grinds all over the place. My wife has banished my Mr Coffee grinder from the kitchen because of the powdery mess it makes. I tried to sell her on the idea of putting one of those chemistry laminar flow booths in the kitchen to suck away the mess, but she'd rather have vaulted ceilings for some reason. :-) So what? Well, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY to reduce the static electricity of the grinds. How about we ground the grinding mechanism as a starting point? Oops, the Mr. Coffee grindere does not plug in to ground. Sigh. This is a case for some DESIGN THINKING to push the static and sound barriers. Go from perfunctory industrial design to a competitively advantaged deep, indulgent, complete, and elegant design, to use Guy Kawasaki's great product criteria. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate that the Mr. Coffee is only $30 (my old Starbucks grinder was $100). But ... buying this and having to live with the noise and mess and jamming, makes me feel like I bought a refurbished Apple product. It is a good value. But, it isn't as much fun as buying the latest model with the latest panacea plus Steve Jobs pixie dust that isn't available anywhere else. Hope this helps! bill meade