OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder with Scale
For coffee lovers who prioritize consistency, accuracy, and control, the OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder offers an advanced grinding experience. Unlike typical grinders that rely on time, this model uses an integrated scale to measure by weight, ensuring the exact amount of coffee every time. Its stainless steel construction, low-speed motor, and 40mm conical burrs preserve bean flavor while minimizing static and mess. Whether you’re making a single cup or brewing for a group, this grinder adjusts seamlessly to your preferences.
Product Highlights & Features
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Integrated Digital Scale: Measures coffee grounds by weight, not time, for unmatched accuracy.
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Stainless Steel 40mm Conical Burrs: Delivers uniform grounds across 38 grind settings, from fine espresso to coarse cold brew.
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Grind by Cups, Grams, or Manually: A single dial allows precise control over your desired output.
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High Torque / Low Speed Motor: Prevents bean overheating, maintains flavor, and reduces static cling.
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Large Bean Hopper with Trap Door: Holds 16 oz of beans and allows easy removal without spills.
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Generous Grounds Container: Holds up to 125g—enough for 12 cups of coffee.
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Auto Shutoff: Stops grinding automatically once the target weight is reached.
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No-Bean Detector: Prevents operation when the hopper is empty.
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User-Friendly Design: Intuitive interface and easy-to-clean components.
Technical Specifications
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | OXO |
| Model Number | 8710200 |
| Color | Stainless Steel |
| Grinder Type | Conical Burr |
| Burr Size | 40mm Stainless Steel |
| Grind Settings | 38 |
| Hopper Capacity | 16 oz (454 g) |
| Grounds Container Capacity | 125 g (up to 12 cups) |
| Weight Measurement | Integrated digital scale (grams or cups) |
| Motor Type | High-torque, low-speed |
| Power | 151W / 120V |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 7.2″ x 11.1″ x 16.4″ |
| Item Weight | 6.7 lbs |
| Recommended Use | Home Brewing |
Final Verdict
The OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder with Integrated Scale brings smart features and professional-level performance to the home kitchen. Its precision grind control, built-in scale, and easy-to-use interface make it ideal for enthusiasts who appreciate quality and convenience. Whether you’re grinding for espresso or French press, the consistency and clarity in flavor it provides make it worth the investment. If you’re serious about coffee, this grinder delivers dependable results with every brew.
Michael Maven –
Dream Coffee Grinder!
Hands down, the best coffee bean grinder money can buy! I know, I have bought many. Extremely fast grinder, accurate and convenient. Also very clean without flinging coffee grinds everywhere.
Bocaboy –
A very impressive piece of equipment
I am really impressed with this coffee grinder. I previously owned a Cuisinart Burr Grinder but became very annoyed at having to clean it after each load of beans. If you use a mild roast, this is less of an issue but with dark roasts that have an oily finish, the Cuisinart jams all of the time, and is difficult to clean.The OXO is very expensive and so my expectations were very high, and so far they’ve been met. The idea of using a scale to arrive at the right amount of coffee is a no-brainer. Using a timer, like most other burr grinders, almost always gives you the wrong amount of coffee, especially if the opening is partially blocked with accumulated grinds.If you have a postal scale, try this test with your existing burr grinder. Grind enough beans with your existing grinder for 8 cups of coffee. It should equal about 64 grams, approximately 8 grams of ground coffee per cup. My guess is if you do this test, you’ll see that you’re using the wrong amount of coffee. That’s what I suspected when I found that brewing dark roast coffees didn’t give me the strong, robust flavor I got when I went to Starbucks or other coffee house. I thought I was doing the right thing by using a burr grinder and a Bonavita brewer, but the results were still not what I expected.I finally decided to spring for the OXO. (I’m turning 70 this year, so I decided what the heck. Anyone reading this review can personally tell my grandkids “He spent it all on coffee appliances!”) I am very glad I made the plunge! The OXO has a built-in scale that grinds coffee according to weight, not by time. The difference is pretty amazing, and the burr grind is top notch. After my first pot of coffee, I tasted what I had been missing for all this time!Unlike the Cuisinart, which is difficult to clean, the OXO is a snap. Even better, it doesn’t clog as much because it has a better overall design that prevents clogs from happening in the first place. The containers are a snap to rinse clean, although they almost never need it. (NEVER use soap to clean any coffee maker or grinder. It will affect the taste of the coffee with a soapy residue.)The OXO motor is very strong and the conical burr blades are very efficient and give a consistent grind, important for extracting the maximum amount of flavor from the beans. I think it is simple to operate, although I would caution technophobes to look elsewhere. This is a well-designed electronic instrument and it requires some input from you, especially when it first comes out of the box. While I found the instructions clear and easy to follow, I know my wife would never have the patience for this equipment and would rather crush the beans with a veal pounder than play with the OXO. Lucky for her she’s got me and the OXO is set up for her to simply dial in the amount of coffee she wants and the grinder does the rest.I completely understand coffee drinkers who will eschew the OXO based on price alone, but honestly, it’s in a class by itself. Every other grinder uses a timer to grind your coffee beans. The OXO is the only one that uses the system of weight, and it is by far the better way to prepare your coffee for maximum flavor. My morning pot of coffee is a ritual I savor, and good coffee makes it even more pleasurable. If you’ve taken the time to buy a good brewer, like a Bonavita, then treat yourself to the OXO Burr Grinder. You will be very pleased you did.
25 people found this helpful
John d –
I love this thing.
So, I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to tools. But around coffee I have always been a minimalist and loved my ancient and never failing late-modernist Braun little push top grinder (really a chopper with spinning blades.) those old ones were remarkable for how few grinds got loose and how little clean up there was and how little the space claim was. But I lost that grinder and bought a new one from another company that was high design and high mess and had to be cleaned every time or the grinds went every where. And when it died after the first few pots I decided to spend some money and get a better solution. Enter the Oxo, which was multiple times more expensive twice as tall, and almost as big as my coffee maker. But it promised exact grinding for drip, press and espresso, and a new fangled integrated scale which I thought was cool but frivolous.I had no idea what a joy thus thing would be. The scale means I tell it I want 4 cups, and it just does it exactly. Or 5 or 1 or 6. Just turn the little back-lit knob with the glowing digit, and hit go. The day I got it I adjusted the amount per cup, and that was it. This is a subtle but big difference. In the past I had either the small scoop that I needed two per cup, or the big scoop that had to be heaping, and then I did that with beans or maybe after grinding, and I had to scrape out the grinder to get it all. Here I pour in a pound of beans and some time in a week or two I add more beams. It gets better than that though. This grinder cleanly deposits the perfect grinds into its open lid container, with out any counter corrupting wayward grinds getting loose. That cup is just sitting on the scale, there is no snapping of lids or careful inserting of containers, not extra parts to get in position, or closings that have to be watched for. You just pick up the grind cup, and turn it over and lightly shake it into the drip filter. Done. No loose grinds anywhere. All while watching the water filling the carafe. The only thinking involved is turning the knob to get the number of cups. Look, this isn’t a life saving world changing thing, but it’s been 6 months and every single time I use it I smile at how flawless this thing is. And I smile at how OK I now am with this biggish thing on my counter, when it used to be a small and almost invisible grinder before.
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MC –
If you’re a coffee snob, this is the right grinder
My girlfriend and I are a couple of coffee snobs — we prefer to buy quality beans and grind them ourselves. For anyone who truly enjoys “real” coffee, grinding your own beans is the only way to go. However, not all grinders are equal.Most will agree that the main feature in a quality coffee grinder is employing a burr mill rather than a blade, as blades simply cannot deliver a consistent grind. However, while researching the various grinders (to replace a failed
Cuisinart DBM-8
), I learned that having a burr mill isn’t the whole story — having one with a conical burr (rather than a flat or wheel burr), along with a low speed motor, makes for the best of the best. This OXO grinder is one of the few that meet both criteria, but what totally sets it apart is the integrated scale.The high-torque/low-speed feature is important, and not one that all burr grinders have. I don’t know how much of a problem heat build-up was for our old Cuisinart DBM-8, much less for any other grinder, but it does seem like a sensible point anyway. I can say that our old grinder blasted the grounds out with so much force that it caused a clump to form on the side of the container, so having a machine with a reduced, more controlled speed seems like the right way to design a grinder.With this machine being low speed, the grounds aren’t being shot out of it, but it’s not slow at all — suffice it to say that the grounds simply “pour” out of it. It’ll make a lot of coffee in a hurry! And is it loud? Well, it’s not quiet, that’s for sure. It’s certainly not as loud and rough as our old Cuisinart DBM-8. With the apparent efficiency of the conical burr, the noise seems smoother and more like a small vacuum than a grinding machine. To me, it just sounds like how a solid, high-end machine ought to.The conical burr was a new concept to me, but when compared to the design of a flat or wheel burr, it becomes obvious which one will last longer. Plus, I can say that this grinder produces FAR more consistent grounds, almost on-par with the commercial grade grinders at the grocery store. I thought our old Cuisinart DBM-8 did just fine, until I saw what this OXO produced! And let’s not forget: the burr components are very easily removed for cleaning, but also look and feel like they’ll last forever.There are a handful of competing grinders that match what I’ve just described, but there’s one feature that completely sets this OXO apart from the crowd: the integrated scale.Most (all?) grinders have a selector for the number of cups’ worth of coffee you want to grind, but they’re actually just timers, so you actually end up with an approximate amount. Because I never really knew how much variance there was, I couldn’t trust any of it, so I’d just grind a pile and use a measuring spoon to scoop out what I needed. That often meant that I would grind more than I needed right then, and if you’re not going to immediately brew what you’ve just ground, then why use beans in the first place, right?Having the integrated scale solves that problem. I just LOVE being able to dial in how many cups I want, press the button, and then dump the entire container into the filter without a second thought. No measuring, no counting scoops, and no more leaving fresh grounds in the container! Plus, the way the scale works is quite clever: it always shows you how many cups’ worth are in the container. So, if you want more than what’s in the container, just dial it in a go, and it’ll never make more than what you selected.I read several reviews where folks described this grinder as producing a lot of dust during grinding, as the chute and the container are not sealed together, leaving an air gap. Some of those reviews even included pictures, all of which appeared to have one thing in common: the dust looked more like tiny flakes rather than coffee grounds. Then I pondered the anatomy of a coffee bean, and guessed that what we were really looking as was maybe bits of the hull or outer skin, more specifically from a bean that might be a little on the dry side.I’ve found that as long as we use fresh, high quality beans, we don’t have any dust at all. A couple of times, though, we found ourselves in a pinch and had to buy some mass-produced stuff off the shelf that had been there for who-knows-how-long, and that’s the stuff that caused the dust. Could this grinder have been designed a little better to prevent that? Absolutely. But the enjoyment I get from my coffee after using this machine, even with sub-par beans, far outweighs any such inconvenience.One of the last features that I really appreciate is the trap-door hopper. With our old Cuisinart DBM-8, we had to remove the grounds container, then turn the entire machine upside-down to empty the beans before removing the hopper. Granted, it’s not very often that we’d even need to remove the hopper with it full of beans, so it wasn’t that big of an issue. But what makes having a trap door truly useful is that you can buy
additional hoppers
individually (for surprisingly cheap!) and store different beans in each one, making it easy to suit whatever you or your significant other might have a taste for.However, I found that it’s possible for one silly little bean to get bound up in the spring-loaded trap and hold it open, causing the beans to spill out everywhere. And once you start to remove the hopper, should this situation occur, you can’t stop it! That’s only happened once, and we just laughed while scooping up the beans.I have only one bone to pick with this machine: as well-designed and well-built as it is, I’m quite surprised that it came with a plastic container for the grounds rather than a glass one, which would have been great for reducing static buildup. However, this hasn’t been a big problem. If it does become a problem, it’s simple to swap out the plastic container with something else from the cupboard.Overall, I’m extremely pleased with this machine (as with nearly every other OXO branded item I’ve ever owned), and I highly recommend it to all of my fellow coffee snobs!
49 people found this helpful
Harry C. –
100% Accurate Scale
My daughter and son-in-law live in Austin and are not coffee drinkers, and despite their assurances to the contrary, they never purchased a coffee maker or grinder for us to use when we come to visit them in Austin. Also hard to believe is that the nearest Starbucks is over 6 miles away. This holiday season we planned to make some extended visits to Austin so I broke down and bought an inexpensive coffee maker and grinder for their home for our use when we come to town.We purchased the OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder with Scale and over Thanksgiving I had a chance to try it out. It is super simple to operate with a scale that weighs directly in grams or uses a built in formula based in cups of coffee. The coffee maker was a Bonavita Enthusiast 8-Cup Drip Coffee Maker (BVC2201GS) and a full water reservoir holds 1,275 grams of water. Using 17:1 ratio that calculated to 75 grams of ground coffee.For grind size, I started out with the grinder on the recommended setting for drip, and after some experimentation found that a setting of 5.5 on the grind dial (a little finer than the recommended) was perfect. I also tested the accuracy of the grinder’s scale by weighing OXO 75 gram dose on a high-quality digital scale and the built-in scale matched the actual weight perfectly. The consistency of the grind also looked to be very uniform to the naked eye.The only negative was the plastic grounds container generates a lot of static making it difficult to remove the coffee until the static charge dissipates. Naturally the build quality and materials were not on par with my grinders at home costing 4+ times as much, but for under $150 this grinder is eminently serviceable and really quite a bargain. Highly recommended if you are on a budget.
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Amazon Customer –
One of the finist designed and engineered and constructed products I have seen in years. An instant classic.
OK, I admit it. Coming from a computer engineering background, I have little patience for poorly conceived, shabbily executed products. Every once in a while, a product shows up in our household that is so well designed, so well engineered and so beautifully built, you simply stop and admire it. An instant classic. Think the original iPad and iPhone. Yes, there are newer versions, but the originals were so well engineered for their purpose, they have changed little in form or function.The OXO On is such a classic. Coming off of two other grinders, including recently tossing a Capresso grinder in the trash and returning a Breville burr grinder, the difference is night and day. The interface is so easy to use and so well integrated to the purpose, it simply takes your breath away. There is no mess of loose grinds all over the counter. The scale feature, which I originally thought a gimmick, I now could not live without. You simply fill the hopper with your beans of choice and that is it. The size of the hopper and the canister which receives the grounds, are perfectly matched (the Breville had a larger hopper than grinds container, allowing you to create quite a mess to clean up). You push the button, dial in the number of cups, push the button a second time, and the OXO quietly and efficiently dispenses, grinds and measures out the exact and repeatable amounts of coffee and stops just when the scale tells it the correct weight of grounds are in the canister. The canister lifts easily off the scale and you have your perfect grind, ready to go. There is no mess all over the counter of loose grounds (eat your heart out Capresso and Breville). And……there are wonderful intuitive little adjustments for the grind and the quantity so you can fine tune things just so for the next go around. Once your preferences are dialed in, you are done and every use is simply a matter of pushing that little button from then on out and enjoying exactly the coffee you deserve. Let me add the materials used in this product are of astonishing quality. The stainless finish, the plastics, all top notch. Congratulations to OXO for creating an instant classic. Yes, it costs a bit more than some, at the $200 price point. Splurge for it. You will not regret it.
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A. Barkaloff –
best coffee grinder on the market hands down
I have tried a few grinders and have used the previous grinders from OXO for years. Also have tried the Baratza Encore (which is wobbly, noisy) and returned that.Here’s why I think his OXO grinder (with scale) is the best. First, the grind quality is amazing and uniform. And by the way I welcome that sound every morning – really nice grind sound. Also that scale is great. I now brew with exact measurements – SCA says 55g for every liter (I prefer a bit less, or based on coffee strength – not all coffees should follow this formula). So every morning I don’t have to guess or eyeball the amount ground, or rely on scoop count. It comes down to a science and art. Also economics – by measuring the exact amound and not grinding a gram more there is no wasting of coffee (I did an analysis and wasting 10% coffee by overgrinding daily is a $100 annual cost that I eliminate).Also, a slight gripe about OXO’s previous grinders. The dial gets loosened and then the grinding amount is inaccurate. OXO needs to fix that with their older grinder. But their customer service is amazing. I called them and they are giving me a warranty replacement for the old grinder (even though it’s nearly two years). This is truly excellent service.But there is no dial loosening problem with this new grinder with scale. It’s all electronic and push button. Truly great.
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Ken Sherry –
solid grinder brews coffee by weight
I have had this grinder for a little over a year now. I replaced my Breville grind/brew combo machine with a grinder and a brewer, both OXO. This grinder has 15 settings, because I drip, I’ve set to medium and forgotten about it. I adjust the strength to the right by one notch for my coffee which is bought from our local coffee shop and it adds a bit to the grind. I wasn’t sure about getting a grinder that grinds by weight instead of time but we change the amount of coffee being brewed depending on our schedules and it is great to just set it and let the grinder figure it out, especially when I’m still half asleep at 430am. For those who are worried about the mess, I’ve found that the flying coffee dust that people complain about means it’s time to take it apart and deep clean, which is a very easy couple of minute task that the instructions step you through. The only thing that I wish was different is the plastic cup for the grounds. static cling is a minor annoyance that doesn’t really bug me too much, but keeps it from being perfect. All in all, highly recommended and worth the money!TLDR: great grinder with a scale that is great to have. coffee dust an easy problem to fix. only con is a plastic cup but not a deal breaker
One person found this helpful
Bob Cole –
Great prosumer compromise for a really good coffee grinder
We’d been chopping up coffee beans in our Vitamix for years because I still have PTSD from working in so many fancy third-wave coffee shops. Well, made a pot of French press and it wasn’t as good as I wanted and I decided it was time to invest in a decent grinder.If you’re not so convenience minded and you’re on a stricter budget, go with the OXO Conical Burr Grinder, same machine, less doodads.If you’re like me and you’re both lazy, have less of a budgetary restriction, like weights and measures, and think it’s neat that you can set the grinder to do stuff like, grind eight cups of coffee when you push the button, then go for this. The integrated scale is great if you don’t feel like buying a coffee grade scale (I don’t, PTSD, that black shiny surfaced scale gives me nightmares) the grinds are all varying levels of decent to good, consumer grade status, but nothing that a coffee snob will tell you to yell about.The only issues are that there is static cling in the grinding vessel, but hey, replace the vessel and you can probably get rid of that, and you know, it’s a coffee grinder, so it makes a bit of a ground coffee mess. Anyone complaining about this has never had to brush the grounds out at the end of the day at a busy coffee shop. Deal with it. I would say that this isn’t the machine to get if you make a lot of espresso. It’s not an espresso-grade grinder. Anything else it does fine. Some reviews say it boinks it on French Press, but it’s better than a blade grinder.Also, the convenience factor. And the scale, and the fact that it can grind for grams, or cups, which is pretty cash.If it sounds like your vibe, you’ll like it. If you’re picky, buy up. If you’re on a budget, get the OXO burr grinder without the scale. There ya go.
7 people found this helpful
Scott William Tibbetts –
Fantastic customer service, revised review
This is a revision after a year: The grinder one day made a high pitched screech, kept working, but was grinding quite a bit slower than before. I emailed customer service, they asked me to send them a picture of the model and serial number on the bottom, and the same day they notified me that they were shipping out a new one, which I just received. This new one is so much quieter, contrary to my original review below. There must have been something wrong with the first one from the start. Now there is nothing about this grinder that I don’t like. First review is below:I haven’t run this through all it can do yet, but the first thing I wanted to find out was how quiet it is. We have a very noisy Bodum grinder, and I was hoping this would be quieter…it is not. It’s a different kind of noise, and rather high pitched whining motor noisy instead of the loud grinding noise made by the Bodum. That being said, the features and consistency of the grind is fantastic, as is the build quality and feel. I just still can’t grind my coffee in the morning because it will wake up the whole house. This next part I’m writing is two weeks later: Although it is louder than I hoped, the noise doesn’t last long because this grinder is super fast. The quality of my morning coffee has never been better, probably due to the consistent grind. It is perfectly consistent because it is weighed. It is easy to knock out all the grinds into the filter so that nothing is wasted or remains in the receiving canister. I am super pleased. I originally gave this 4 stars because of the noise, and revised it to 5 stars because this grinder is terrific. I just used it yesterday for French press, and did not have a problem as others have noted with the grind not being coarse enough. I will not be using this for espresso grind since I have another grinder for that, so I’m really just reviewing this for drip and French press purposes, and I think it is perfect and worth my hard earned dollars.
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