Stainless Steel Salt & Pepper Shakers with a Ceramic Grinder at Each End

Salt at one end, pepper at the other, in one stainless steel mill. Turn it over to swap. So the counter carries one object instead of two, and both seasonings are always where you left them.

No pair to keep together. No hunting the kitchen for the other one.

The pair never stays a pair

You already know how a pepper mill works. The problem is owning two.

One lives by the stove. The other goes to the table on Sunday and stays there, or ends up behind the oil in a cabinet. You reach for salt and find pepper. You go and find the salt, and by then the pan has caught.

This is one object, and it stands in one place. Whichever end is pointing down is the one that grinds.

You can see which end you are holding

The middle is two clear chambers, stacked, one feeding each end. Sea salt reads white or pink through the wall. Peppercorns read black. You never pick it up to find out which way round it is.

The other half of that is refilling. A wooden mill tells you it is empty by grinding air over a plate of food. Here you can see a chamber getting low a week before it runs out.

A steel cap sits over each grinder. Twist it off to fill that chamber, and put it back before you stand the mill down.

The coarseness is a screw, not a guess

Each end has its own ceramic grinder, and in the middle of each one sits a small screw. Turn it one way for a fine grind, the kind you want at the table. Turn it the other way for coarse, the kind you want on a steak.

Both grinders are ceramic, which is hard and wears slowly. So you set the salt end coarse and the pepper end fine, and then you leave them alone.

It will take more than the obvious two. Black and white peppercorns, sea salt, dried chili, cumin, cloves, mustard seed and allspice all go through it.

Where a cheap mill gives up

The corners get cut in the same two places every time. Painted metal chips at the collar and starts to look tired. A plastic grinding head rounds off, and then it crushes the peppercorn instead of cutting it.

The body here is 304 stainless steel, the corrosion-resistant grade, so a wet counter beside the sink does nothing to it. The ceramic does the cutting.

And the shape is doing something. It is narrow at the waist and flared at both ends. One hand holds it there while the other turns, and it never slides. Fill it once, stand it by the stove, and season with whichever end is nearest.

Specifications

Dimensions: 7.7 x 2.6 in (19.5 x 6.5 cm)

Body: 304 stainless steel

Chambers: Acrylic

Grinders: Two ceramic grinders, one at each end

Grind: Adjustable, fine to coarse, set separately at each end

Caps: Two, one over each grinder

Operation: Manual, twist to grind

Suitable for: Peppercorns, sea salt, cumin, mustard seed, allspice, dried chili, cloves

Package Includes

1x Salt and Pepper Mill