The best...pepper mills

Le Clou

This is “surely the world’s classiest pocket pepper grinder, and inch for inch it may be one of the priciest.” It stands just two inches tall, but it’s handcrafted of solid silver.

$1,122, leclou2000.de

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Source: Food & Wine

Peugeot Chateauneuf

“The combination of the old-school look of this wooden mill and its high-tech, yet user-friendly, grind adjustment” sets it apart. It also yields impressively “precise, uniform” pepper flakes.

$80, williams-sonoma.com

Source: Wall Street Journal

Joseph Joseph Y-Grinder

The unique twin-chamber design of this “distinctive” mill allows you to grind salt and pepper from the same unit. Adjusts from coarse to fine grain.

$40, josephjoseph.com

Source: BlessThisStuff.com

OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder

The rubber grip ensures “comfortable grinding,” and the wide-mouthed chamber “makes refilling a breeze.” Just don’t expect ultra-fine “pepper particles.”

$20, cheftools.com

Source: Wall Street Journal

Pepper Mill Imports Atlas

“By far the best-looking” mill available, this brass grinder is handmade in Greece. It doesn’t have a coarse setting, but it produces “the finest powder” you’re likely to see.

$76, cookware.com

Source: Wall Street Journa