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Simple improvements to overcome design defects:
1. Two thick rubber bands on top so you can grind pepper even after handling, say, a raw chicken you’re preparing to roast.
2. Tape over opening to peppercorn reservoir so that it doesn’t open and spill peppercorns while you’re grinding.
I will, of course, send a link to this post to the company. Perhaps they can ship the Magnum Plus peppermill with these modifications in place.
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The Eldest said,
27 August 2007 at 9:55 am
It might be better kitchen hygiene practice to either grind a little bowl of pepper in advance or wash your hands after handling the chicken but before contaminating the pepper ginder with raw chicken cooties. I usually get a little mise en place bowl out and prepare a mixture of salt, pepper, dried thyme, garlic, whatever, before I start wrestling with the chicken/turkey/roast/etc. The bowl is a lot easier to wash than a pepper mill for cleaning off the chicken slime after chicken prep is done.
LeisureGuy said,
27 August 2007 at 10:12 am
Good point on the chicken. But even in normal cooking my hands sometimes get slick, and the rubber bands help then. I actually just got some little bowls suitable for the mise en place. I’ll start using them.