Pepper your steak in 7 cranks instead of 70.
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The perfect companion to the Pepper Cannon. Season generously with crunchy chunks or dust with invisible powder (plus everything in between).
When I launched the Pepper Cannon, people asked for a matching salt mill.
"NO", I said.
Then, like a fool I continued: "inside each salt crystal is… more salt! It doesn’t have any added flavor/aroma qualities that are improved by grinding, and it doesn’t degrade like pepper when pre-ground."
I made my case for why willing customers shouldn't want what they want, but they persisted. Fine. "If more than 300 people preorder it, we'll make it."
Surely there are no more than 72 people who want a Salt Cannon companion for their Pepper Cannon...
The list of people quickly exceeded 300, and so the process began. I expected we would swap out the burrs and turn it around within months, and we did!
17 months.
We tested burrs, coatings, bearings, metals, and the patience of many more than 72 people before producing a mill that can grind through over 200lbs of rock salt without appreciable performance loss.
The Salt Cannon has settings on both ends of the grind spectrum that probably don't need to exist. Do you need tiny amounts of fine pixie dust salt particles? Probably not. Do you need giant chunks of rock salt dispensed at nearly a tablespoon per crank? Almost certainly not. That's irresponsible. And yet, if you own the Salt Cannon you can have them.
Was making the grind range so large overkill for salt?
Absolutely.
But we have the Pepper Cannon, so overkill is probably just the right amount of kill for us
Don't worry: output decreases with grind size, so you can get the exact amount of salt you want at the desired consistency.
Great, same high quality as their pepper mills. In truth, for me, the salt output is just too much. LOL! I have, therefore, converted it to white pepper - the pepper output is a bit less than the pepper mills but is completely adequate, and the silver color makes it easy to distinguish. I’m a happy camper.
The salt and pepper cannon grind really good. They do exactly as advertised. Grind salt and pepper. However the pepper cannon is having issues with the cap on the bottom of the grinder. So far, in just a week, I’ve had to replace the rubber seal 2 times and it’s extremely hard to close. I can put the salt bottle on the pepper cannon fine. There seems to be an issue with the pepper cannons cap.
Apologies for the quality control miss! We'll get a new base cup for your pepper cannon on the way.
-Cleve
it’s the most intense salt grinder ever. Definitely overkill but my old salt grinder felt lame next to the pepper grinder so I had to upgrade
Absolutely love my salt canon. My family loves my salt canon so much so that they keep threatening to steal it.
This and the Pepper Cannon are remarkable bits of equipment. I'll admit that I had issues in the beginning and even now but it's not the fault of the tool.
The following only matters to some people—I'm one of them. The quality of the grind is exceptional. The salt comes out with points and edges so it sticks to where it's put. Sort of micro-flakes. Not little cubes that roll off. The sound and the sense of texture are pleasing—there is a higher note, lower than a hiss but not as hollow as other salt grinders I've used. The feeling in my hand is pleasing—that tactile sense that comes with using a fine tool such as a well sharpened plane—barely there but relaxing and confidence-inspiring when noticed. I love well-made tools that I can use without kowtowing to the idiosyncrasies brought on by design compromises (yes, there are exceptions...aren't there always?!)
While mucking about in the beginning, I discovered that the grinding burrs are ceramic, not metal as in others I've used. This surprised me as the pepper grinder's are metal but it also showed the attention to detail in the design. Ceramic is absolutely the way to go with something like salt.
It took a while to find the setting for the salt I was using. Similarly, I haven't fully discovered the amount of ground salt and the amount of "twist". But I'm getting there.
For me, this and its dark sibling spark joy in their use—isn't that the point?
P.S. Yes, they're expensive...even a bit nuts, especially in Canada. I've…
