Burr mill

The pepper mill is a mechanical or electromechanical device as well as a kitchen table accessory for grinding peppercorns, in the form of a handy mill. It belongs to the code commonly used in household and food service spice mills.

Construction

Main ingredient of pepper mills is the grinder, usually a conical burr grinder, with adjustment device for adjusting the grain size of the ground material. As a material for stainless steel or ceramic ( rare plastic) will be used. The grinder is used ( for example in case pepper mill ) into a decorative casing of wood, stainless steel, plastic or in part of glass and rare silver. Meanwhile disposable pepper mills are available in food markets. These correspond to the usual spice jars, but are filled with swallowed -ground peppercorns and have a lid instead a prefabricated part out of plastic grinder.

Are used pepper mills in the rule for the grinding of whole black or white peppercorns; rarely also for colorful pepper mixtures, which are often employed in transparent acrylic housings.

Mechanical pepper grinders are manually operated, usually by turning the appropriately trained (rotary) the head of the mill or with the aid of a small, usually made ​​of metal crank at the top of the mill. Meanwhile including electro-mechanical pepper mills are commercially available that have a battery-powered motor - grinder that can be switched temporarily usually by means of a pressure switch. In construction and also in the external form they most resemble mechanical pepper mills.

Are not considered industrial equipment to grind peppercorns for the trade and the food industry.

Modern salt and pepper mill, here each with stainless steel case and soap dispenser made ​​of acrylic

Grinder, here formed of stainless steel ( "Carbon Steel" )

Flight through a 3D reconstruction (based on data from an industrial micro-CT )

History and Use

The first pepper mills were probably manufactured by Peugeot in 1842 and then replaced mortar and pestle.

Originally pure kitchen appliance, pepper mills can now be found in many homes and restaurants as table accessory and make a part of the table place setting dar.

Following the example of pepper mills comparable herbal or salt mills were developed.

Part, there is a tradition that in the restaurant the waiter scatter in the presence of the guest with the pepper grinder freshly ground pepper on the just served court.