KitchenAid Go™ Cordless Blade Grinder – battery included, KBGR111

FANTASTIC GRINDER!
This is by far one of the best appliances I’ve ever bought of any kind. It is incredibly well-designed. With all of my past appliances, there’s always something that you wonder why they did it that way: the handles too small, the lid is too hard to take off, you can’t see what’s going on, and a lot of other downsides. This one has NO downsides. In fact, I was surprised by many of the features that are so cleverly convenient. Here’s what’s great:1. Needless to say, the cordless aspect of this is really wonderful. You can just pick it up and move it around and never have to worry about it.2. The top is clear so you can watch the coffee beans being grounded. They have this ingenious design where the ground beans come up to the top on the outside of the container and the unground beans go down so you can see exactly what is happening and get to the level of grinding you want.3. Remarkably, the blades are not sharp. You can put your hand in the container and grab them and they are not sharp at all. So this is a huge plus for cleaning and safety.4. When you’re done grinding, you takeoff the clear cover and just lift out the stainless steel container that has the ground beans in it. There’s nothing to unscrew or to fiddle with. You just lift it and pour the ground beans into your coffee container.In summary, this is just the absolute best appliance you could add to your kitchen. Since I already had the KitchenAid cordless hand-mixer that I’m very happy with, I thought I would give this a try. And I’m even happier with this!! I highly recommend!

Larger than I thought
Got this for the camper, but ended up using it at the house. It is a very powerful coffee grinder and seems well constructed. Does a great job of grinding up my home roasted beans.I really like the idea of a whole suite of battery powered kitchen gadgets, but these aren’t cheap. Having just one is not really worth it, but the other options they offer are very appealing.Overall, it does what it is made to do, although it is certainly bigger than its AC powered counterpart. However, if you don’t have these items (mixer, coffee grinder, etc), and need to outfit your kitchen, I would consider the whole package.

Just Meh…
I got this as an easier, smaller, and quieter, coffee grinder for our general use, and I’m somewhat disappointed. Kitchenaid specifically made every Go product a separate device versus having this be an attachment on their personal blender series of KitchenAid go products. It wouldn’t be such an issue if this was an exceptionally good coffee grinder, but it’s only so so and it’s kind of expensive for what it is. It really doesn’t do a good enough job at helping you modulate how ground up the coffee is as it often comes out a bit muddled with chunks (even when shaking it about to avoid that). Unless you genuinely need a cordless somewhat compact coffee grinder on your counter, I’d say to skip this and go for a coffee grinder that uses a conical system versus a blade for better grounds.

Nice portable grinder.
This is a nice portable grinder, and a great addition to our camping gear. Charging is easy, and the battery should last through a camping trip, with occasional use. Overall, we love it.