<p>I’m tired of my pepper mills breaking down or not performing weel. Any suggestions for a really good one?</p>
<p>I bought mine at Williams Sonoma about ten years ago. I loved it so much that I bought another recently. It is a William Bounds. It is 3 1/2 inches tall and has a crank handle at the top. It can also be used for salt. I love that it has three distinct settings for the size of the grind. I believe it is in the $30. range.</p>
<p>We have a new Peugeot grinder, purchased at Sur La Table. I know Williams Sonoma carries them, too. The literature said Peugeot invented the pepper mill before they made cars! We like it. (I love these threads. Such a relief from college. 
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<p>For decades I’ve been buying fresh spices and related accessories (like pepper mills) from Penzey’s, and their products have always more than met - they’ve often far exceeded - my expectations:</p>
<p>[Penzeys</a> Spices Home Page](<a href=“HomePage | Penzeys”>HomePage | Penzeys)</p>
<p>We’ve been through several pepper mills as well. The one we have now is a William Bounds. Can’t remember for sure, but I probably got it at BB&B. It’s about 3 years old and cost about $25.00. So far, so good.</p>
<p>I’ve had a Peugeot for living memory, and it sees heavy use.</p>
<p>I worked at Williams-Sonoma for many a holiday season during high school. At our store we had a table set up, I’m not kidding, for testing pepper grinders. All of our models were sitting out, surrounded by loose peppercorns, for people to fill, empty, and grind as they pleased. It got pretty messy (which is where I came in with my compressed air keyboard cleaner and swiffer duster) but was really cool too.</p>
<p>I had the privilege of testing out basically every single one, and I consistently liked the Peugeots. It’s a great little piece of equipment that will keep you satisfied for YEARS. </p>
<p>An insider tip: if you buy it from Williams-Sonoma hang onto that receipt! That way, if you ever have a problem with it (which you won’t), they’ll replace it for you for free. Then, they’ll take your old one, fix it, and donate it to a food pantry.</p>
<p>I bought a Peugeot in 1985 and have used it every day since. It’s a terrific kitchen tool.</p>
<p>epistrophy, I like Penzeys too! They have an amazing selection of blended spices, and the prices are good.</p>
<p>Oh, this is great–I didn’t know where to start. Well, I guess I did because I came here!</p>
<p>We seem to have tried them all. I could open a shop! Even the Peugeot’s have disappointed me in the ability to control the grind - getting really fine when wanted, more coarse when wanted.</p>
<p>The ones we have found work perfectly are, unfortunately, not too elegant for the table, but great in the kitchen. DH drags them to the table - to my consternation when I am trying to achieve a “look.” But I have to agree with his function-over-form view on this one.</p>
<p>Our choice: PepperMate. [PepperMate</a> pepper mill seen on the Barefoot Contessa and Paula Deen, pepper mills, peppercorn, peppercorn, pepper grinder, pepper grinders, pepper mill](<a href=“http://www.peppermate.com/]PepperMate”>http://www.peppermate.com/)</p>
<p>If you click on “mills”, you will see many looks. The one-handed pepper and salt mills are the nicest looking for the table, imho, and work well but not as well as the basic one.</p>
<p>Costco sells a disposable one that is pretty good.</p>