Occasionally, my son lets me know about items I need and occasionally I listen to him. I purchased a Pepper Cannon in the second round of pre-orders after my son sent me the information and told me I needed one to make my famous beef tenderloins which require lots and lots of fresh ground pepper. I used to make him grind it when he was a boy (and apparently he has never forgotten those episodes). Anyway, ordering the pepper cannon was one of the best decisions I have made in my whole life. I'm glad this was one of those times I listened to him. On the other hand, he then sent me the announcement of the Salt Cannon and told me I needed one of those as well. But I did not listen. I decided that I wanted to wait until now and pay much more than was necessary. I'm even going to order 3 kinds of pepper corns and a garlic press too. I should probably purchase one of everything on the website, but my son has not mentioned any other items except for the Travel Pepper Cannon, which I am not purchasing at this time. I'm going to wait until the price of that goes sky high. Cleve makes the BEST stuff and has the best sense of humor to top it off so to me it's all worth it. Thanks Cleve!

I watched a lot of videos about the Pepper Canon before making my purchase but I was not prepared for how efficient it really is at grinding pepper. If you get satisfaction in twisting your current pepper grinder several times then the Pepper Canon is not for you. When making a fried egg for example, I barely get a quarter twist in and my egg is sufficiently seasoned. It's insane how good it is! I'm eating more meals just so I can use it. Wish it costs a little less but no regrets from me. Okay, one tiny regret... I didn't see the smaller grinder on the website until I had already made my purchase. I may have bought it instead.

BLUF: the "Pepper Cannon" from MÄNNKITCHEN is a phenomenal performer, the best all-round mill, alone at the top, with NO close 'second place' grinders out there!

OK, why do I say this? I'm a 72-year old retired Naval Aviator who was privileged to fly fighter jets around aircraft carrier for just shy of 30 years. "Good enough" is not an acceptable concept, and discerning intrinsic elements of quality, durability, and capability in 'machinery' are necessary traits of even the fledgling aviator.

To this point, I am also an avid "kitchen rat" - I love to cook, have been drawn to it from first memory as a child, and have likewise sought out the best "kit" I could afford to pace my ever-increasing joy in food preparation... I've been waiting for years (21 as a matter of fact) for a pepper grinder that would out-perform my current WMF grinder, which I purchased from the factory while on a staff tour in Stuttgart. SO happy to report, the Pepper Cannon is IT!

You really needn't look further than the features and specifications on the website itself - there IS sometimes "truth in advertising" :-)

What I value most, beyond the capacity, weight, function and design are:

- Milled from a solid billet of aerospace grade aluminum. This is a big deal, an inherently expensive way to fabricate (because of production costs and material lost by milling), but the huge return is that it generally lends toward longevity, i.e., the barrel housing group of this grinder with last many,…