Waring Commercial WSG30 Commercial Medium-Duty Electric Spice Grinder

As a chef, I need functional and reliable equipment and so far this mill has been very good. For now I have nothing to complain about. Very efficient and fast. The 3 bowls are really practical and everything washes very well. I recommend it without any problem. The price is not affordable for everyone but if you use a lot of whole spices it is worth the investment.

This is most definitely NOT a commercial grade grinder. Struggles as a "kitchen grade" grinder. Having just received my order and trying it out for my use, grinding lumpy brown sugar, I find this unit to be underpowered, grinding chamber is not well sealed, very hard to clean and quite bulky. I encountered problems inserting and locking the bowl to the base. At 6' 230lbs I do not consider myself under powered but I struggled to get the bowl locked to safely commence grinding. One revolution and the motor stopped. after removing the contents and breaking them down to pea sized lumps I continued. The blades just whirled the pieces up to the top and required MUCH repeated pulsing to reach an acceptable consistency. With added steps I will be able to make this unit work but NOT satisfied with what I envisioned the item to be. I wasted a total, after S&H, of $259.00 on this unit. I gave it one (1) star because I had to have something in that blank. I do not recommend this item as a Commercial Spice Grinder. Herb Grinder at most. Here it is. 2023, my old coffee grinder, an off the shelf Walmart Capresso, $19.00, just gave up the ghost. Having forgotten exactly why I had put this Waring up on the shelf for I brought it down, unpackaged it and plugged it in and you guessed it. NOTHING. It just sat there. I managed to get the bowl locked down. I pushed the buttons and there it sat. Being as it is well beyond the return date. I think I'll have it bronzed as one of my life's worse acquisitions.

This rocks! I bought it for grinding spices which I do often. I was using a coffee grinder which worked okay but could only do small batches. This is kind like a small food processor on steroids and super easy to clean. And it makes thick heavy whipped cream , salsa , sauces, and it can powderize the strongest black peppercorns. I came back and bought extra jars for it as the have sealable lids. Makes this super useful for all kinds of meal prep.

I am really happy with this chopper? blender? food processor? or whatever they call it. I looked in all the box stores for a small food processor but it was almost impossible to get at them because they were boxed or in plastic. The few that were out as demos just looked junkie to me. The price for this Waring Chopper was much higher than the off-the-shelf stuff, but after a lifetime of buying tools I have learned that it doesn't pay to go cheap. This was well worth it. As soon as you pick it up you can tell it's going to be a keeper. It's HEAVY. And unbelievably quiet. And it doesn't dance around on the counter when it's working. I like the small size because it doesn't take up a whole lot of room on my limited size countertop, plus it sits UNDER the wall cabinets. If you are OK with a smaller type of food processor (or whatever it is) I can recommend this one highly. Absolutely no regrets.

This commercial grinder really gets the job done when it comes to grinding and/or chopping. It is efficient and it’s pretty quiet considering how powerful it is. I haven’t tried it with mixing liquid yet but as far as I can tell it should make quick work of that also. The only thing that I don’t like about this product (and the reason I gave it four stars instead of five) is because of the fact that; as a woman of average size (5’ 3”) I can barely get my (average sized) hands around the top bowl to lock it into place so that the grinder will turn on. It’s doable but I don’t think it would be possible for anyone smaller than me.

Works wonderfully so far. I use it to grind cardamoms and they do grind down pretty well seeds and all. The only problem is that it does get pretty HOT! So be careful. Easy to clean! I like that it comes with 3 cups and can be used for storage as they have tops to cover. The noise level is bearable.

Before you purchase one of these units there are some thing to know and consider. I dehydrate a ton of fruits, veggies,herb and spices. I have also put many spices grinders to the test. I just bought this Waring Commercial WSG30 hoping it would be better than the Hamilton Beach Custom Grind Deluxe 15 Cup Coffee Grinder (80374). I LOVE the Hamilton Beach model and at $14.95. at my local Home Depot. However they designed the motor shaft to the grinding blade with plastic/rubber locking wheels between the cup and the motor. it doesn't take long for these plastic / rubber parts on the bottom of these grinders to get hot and come apart in an epic fail! I purchased the Waring and gave $120.00 for it plus shipping and have $150 in it. I took it out of the box and was very sad to see a so called commercial unit have the same design a Hamilton Beach Custom Grind #80374. I tried it out and I am further disappointed as it does not function like in the videos. I am looking for a unit that can grind herbs and spices into a very fine powder. This will do that but the end product is still more of a course powder and rather than fine. I tried filling half of the cup as well as down to about 4 tablespoons and there just is no difference. While the Waring would make a excellent coffee grinder, it is just not a good spice grinder. The problem is that the unit just does not spin fast enough to make a fine powder unlike the Hamilton Beach model. Sadly I could have purchased 7 of the Hamilton Beach Custom Grinder #8037 for what I paid for this Waring WSG30. I'm not at all impressed! Moreover, If you are thinking about buying a Waring WSG30 Spice Grinder, check out the Cuisinart Grind Central Coffee Grinder DCG-12BC for $30.00 first! Waring Commercial WSG30 Commercial Medium-Duty Electric Spice Grinder

UPDATE: Used it again and it shut off and won't power back on. I put in a contact email on the Waring website and they haven't communicated back. $300+ down the drain My mother grinds herbs into a paste that we use of several Cambodian dishes. Traditionally this is done with a mortar and pestle but she's approaching 80 and her hands cramp up. She still loves being in the kitchen so I thought a commercial grade wet/dry grinder would come in handy. We were using a small coffee grinder for some of the dry ingredients but needed something for large batches. We put sliced lemongrass, small chunks of galangal, ginger and garlic in the Waring ended up with a lumpy batch vs the paste we normally get. I ended up having to scoop everything out and finishing it a personal blender that cost 4x less than the 3cup waring. The only good thing about it is that the cup is removable and easy to clean. Now it's packing dust in a kitchen cabinet because I'm past the return window. This was the one thing I purchased this product for and it fails.