better pepper powder maker?

[Minion s1]

last year for my dried red habs i used a food processor to make em into a powder, and it wasn't a very fine powder...

any reccomendations on somthing fairly cheap, that basically makes dried peppers into dust?

 

[Omri]

Coffee grinder?

 

[N_FF]

yea coffe grinder and then after your done grind some coffee in it and make some killer kickin brew. lol.

 

[QuadShotz]

Yup, I hava spare grinder jsut for spices. Was free, but ya can go to a thrift store and pick one up cheep too. Like $2.

Works a treat. (let it settle after grinding b4 taking lid off....give the top a tap too to settle the dust)

 

[POTAWIE]

Ya, its hard to beat the cheap coffee grinders for fine powders

 

[QuadShotz]

Here's an example for ya.

This is my 20+ y.o. Braun coffee grinder. If it can powder rock-hard chile meco chipotles, I'm pretty sure it'll do about anything.

I did break them up by hand into smaller peices though first, leaving out the stems of course.


Does a grand job.

The smell and flavor of this powder is absolutly insane.

 

[Pepperfreak]

I really love my Magic Bullet. It makes the powders as course or fine and keeps all of the dust contained.

 

[imaguitargod]

Just get yourself a cheap $20 coffee grinder.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

http://www.webstaurantstore.com/waring-wsg30-commercial-spice-grinder-120v/929WSG30.html

 

[origamiRN]

ONLY $129.00!

 

[QuadShotz]

jeebus... some ppl must liek wastin money

 

[N_FF]

hab powder!

it got in my nose and frak this stuff is hot!.

 

[Ashen]

A burr grinder works even better than the bladed coffee grinders, giving a more consistent full grind ,but they can be hard to find for a reasonable price. I lucked out and found an oster for $19.99 at a liquidation store we sometimes go to.

Or you could go Old school and visit an asian grocery store and buy yourself a big stone mortar and pestle .. Very cool sitting out on the counter and a great way to bash up large quantities of garlic fast.. plus it makes the best pesto ever .
the texture of food processor pesto just isn't the same.

 

[millworkman]

A burr grinder works even better than the bladed coffee grinders, giving a more consistent full grind ,but they can be hard to find for a reasonable price. I lucked out and found an oster for $19.99 at a liquidation store we sometimes go to.

Or you could go Old school and visit an asian grocery store and buy yourself a big stone mortar and pestle .. Very cool sitting out on the counter and a great way to bash up large quantities of garlic fast.. plus it makes the best pesto ever .
the texture of food processor pesto just isn't the same.

The problem with mortar and pestle is getting the heat out of it after grinding up some superhots.

 

[MrArboc]

The problem with mortar and pestle is getting the heat out of it after grinding up some superhots.

Never had that problem, I just wash it with my other dirty dishes.

 

[Wildfire Chilli Australia]

I bought a spice grinder. The blade is closer to the base than a coffee grinder so you can get the powder finer. It was about AU$60 but does a great job.