Penzey's New Peppermill

[dhandley]

Has anyone bought one of the new peppermill's from Penzeys? I have a Magnum peppermill that I love; however, the grinding mechanism quit working properly because I was using the larger Extra Bold Indian Black Peppercorns from Penzeys. The new Penzeys peppermill is supposedly made to handle the larger peppercorns, and I wonder if anyone has tried it yet. By the way, I contacted the Unicorn company, and it took a couple of e-mails but they finally sent me a new grinding mechanism for my Magnum; however, it's plastic instead of the original stainless steel.

[Grillncook]

My brother has both the old style and the new style and he told me that the older one is the better. It grinds finer than the newer one.

[grant.cook]

I'd carp about the plastic - I think that's what they use for their salt mills..

[srgoodman]

Yes, exactly. The pepper mills have steel mechanisms, the salt mills white nylon. They've sent you the wrong thing.