OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder

Maker’s price: $109.99. OXO product page, checked October 2, 2026.

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This is the lower-priced electric hopper grinder in the set, if you use the maker’s own list price.

Price: $109.99. Source: OXO product page, checked October 2, 2026. oxo.com/conical-burr-coffee-grinder.html
Burrs: stainless steel conical. Same page, same date. The page does not state a burr diameter, so that number is omitted.
Adjustment: 15 grind size settings, plus additional microsettings, described as running from fine for espresso to coarse for French press and cold brew. Same page, same date.
Hopper: up to 3/4 lb / 12 oz of beans. Same page, same date. A separate sentence on that page rendered as a conflicting weight figure, so only the features line and the specifications table (capacity 12 oz) are used here.
Weight: 5.6 lb. SKU 8717000. Same page, specifications table, same date.
Pour-over on the dial: the instruction booklet maps “Pour Over/Drip Coffee” to medium, settings 6–10. Fine / 1–5 is listed for espresso, and coarse / 11–15 for French press and cold brew. Source: OXO Brew booklet for this grinder, checked October 2, 2026. OXO Brew 8717000 booklet (PDF). The PDF does not show its own publication date.

The booklet says the first time you use it, start with about 10 seconds and adjust. That is OXO’s instruction, not a measured dose from this site. Dimensions on the product page did not come through as a clean width × height × depth, so they are omitted. Check the current listing.

Fits a beginner who wants to leave beans in a hopper, pick a numbered medium setting, and grind by time. Skip it if you want to weigh a single dose into an empty grinder every morning. This model is built as a hopper grinder.

OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder — Maker's product image, not a Burrstack test photo.

Baratza Encore

Maker’s price: $149.95. Baratza Encore product page, checked October 2, 2026.

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Baratza’s own page presents the Encore as a filter and pour-over grinder. The price below is from that live page. The mechanical specs are from Baratza’s specification sheet, which is labeled March 2020 (v4). The product page checked on October 2, 2026 did not reprint that spec table, so treat the sheet as the maker’s published spec, not as a 2026 retest.

Price: $149.95. Source: Baratza Encore product page, checked October 2, 2026. baratza.com Encore (ZCG485)
Burrs: 40 mm conical. Grind adjustment: 40 settings, stated range 250 to 1200 microns. Source: Baratza Encore specification sheet, March 2020 (v4), retrieved October 2, 2026. Baratza Encore specs (PDF)
Bean hopper: 225 g in the spec table. The same sheet’s introduction also says the hopper holds 8 ounces. Grounds bin: 142 g. Same PDF.
Power: 70 W (100–120 VAC listing). Burr rotation: 550 RPM, described on the sheet as slowed by gear and electronic speed reduction. Speed to grind: 0.8 g/sec to 1.1 g/sec. Weight: 3.1 kg (7 lb). Dimensions, width / height / depth: 12 / 35 / 16 cm. Same PDF.

The sheet says the Encore is for manual brewing and espresso, and that you turn the hopper to change the setting. That is the maker’s description. This site did not check how those 40 steps land on a pour-over dripper.

Fits a beginner who wants a stepped electric grinder with a published micron range and a hopper large enough for several cups (225 g on the spec sheet). It costs more than the OXO on the list prices checked the same day ($149.95 versus $109.99). Skip it if you specifically want a hand grinder or a single-dose load of about one brew at a time.

Timemore Chestnut C3

$109.00 and $79. Jet Black Standard $109.00; C3 series from $79. Timemore, checked October 2, 2026.

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A manual grinder. Useful when the counter is small or you do not want another plug-in appliance. Two Timemore pages disagreed on the starting price, so both are cited and neither is treated as the only price.

Price for one configuration: $109.00 for the Jet Black C3 “Standard” build, which that page describes as a 20 g catch cup, classic grind dial, and standard handle. Source: Timemore Chestnut C3 Jet Black page, checked October 2, 2026. timemore.com Chestnut C3 Jet Black
The C3 series page, checked the same day, showed the C3 “From $79” and other configurations at other prices. Do not assume $79 is the Standard Jet Black price. Check the configuration on the current listing. timemore.com C3 series
Burrs, from the series page the same day: S2C660 conical burrs, stainless steel, 38 mm diameter.
Classic dial, from that same spec list: 0.0833 mm per click, 12 clicks per rotation. An espresso dial on the same list is 0.0233 mm per click, 30 clicks per rotation. The Standard Jet Black configuration above is the classic dial, not the espresso dial.
Capacity, from that spec list: 20 g for the C3, C3 Pro, C3 ESP, C3 ESP Pro, C3 S, and C3 S Pro. 30 g is listed for the C3 Max and C3 S Max, not for the standard C3. A shorter highlight on the same page says the grinder “grinds up to 30 g.” That line conflicts with the capacity list, so this article uses the capacity list.
Grind range, from that spec list: suitable for espresso, pour-over, and French press. That is Timemore’s range claim, not a cupping result.

Fits a beginner who will grind one small load by hand. A 20 g catch cup, as listed, is one load; a bigger brew means grinding again. Skip it if you want a hopper you fill once for the week, or if you do not want to crank.

Fellow Opus 2

Maker’s price: $199.95 and $249.95. Regular price $199.95; $249.95 with a wood lid and metal dial. Fellow product page, checked October 2, 2026.

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The expensive end of this short list. Fellow sells it as one electric grinder for espresso, pour-over, drip, French press, AeroPress, and cold brew. It is single-dose: you load what you are about to grind, rather than leaving a hopper full.

Price: $199.95 regular price shown for the Opus 2 (black was the color on the page when checked). Source: Fellow product page, checked October 2, 2026. fellowproducts.com Opus 2. The same page also showed a $249.95 version with a wood lid and metal dial on Fellow’s compare chart. Confirm which variant is in the cart.
Burrs: 48 mm conical, stainless steel, from the product details and the compare chart on Fellow’s site, same date.
Adjustment: the product highlights call it a stepless side dial. A question-and-answer block on the same page also says “48 adjustable settings.” Those two lines conflict, so this article does not pick a step count. Read the current listing.
Capacity: single-dose load bin 100 g; standard catch cup 100 g; espresso catch cup 30 g. Dimensions (L × W × H): 206 × 130 × 267 mm (8.1 in × 5.1 in × 10.5 in). Weight: 2.3 kg (5.1 lb). Power: 300 W. Same product page, same date.

The page said black was in stock and ready to ship, and that some other colorways were still on pre-order (wording on the page included Black + Walnut shipping early October, Woodland + Walnut late November, and Sesame + Maple early December). That was the page on October 2, 2026, not a stock check at a store.

Fits someone who wants one electric grinder to cover pour-over now and maybe espresso later, and who will weigh each dose. It is $50 above the Encore and about $90 above the OXO on the list prices checked the same day. Skip it if the budget stops at the OXO or the hand grinder.

What this list is sorting for

Beginner pour-over needs a burr grinder that can sit in a medium, filter range and repeat that setting. A blade chopper is outside this comparison. Espresso-only grinders are outside it too, even when a maker says a model can also grind fine enough for espresso.

The four models below are the ones whose current manufacturer pages were clear enough to cite on October 2, 2026:

OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder — electric, timed, beans stay in a hopper.
Baratza Encore — electric, stepped settings, beans stay in a hopper.
Timemore Chestnut C3 — hand grinder, small catch cup, no cord.
Fellow Opus 2 — electric, single-dose, the highest list price in this set.

List price is not a verdict on grind quality. Stock and street price change. Check the current listing before you buy.

How to choose without a test

Smallest outlay among the electric list prices checked October 2, 2026: OXO Brew at $109.99, then Baratza Encore at $149.95, then Fellow Opus 2 at $199.95. The Timemore Standard Jet Black page was $109.00 that day, with other C3 configurations advertised from $79 on a different Timemore page.
No counter plug, or very little space: Timemore C3. You trade the plug for a 20 g load and a crank.
Leave beans in the grinder and use a number on a dial: OXO (15 settings; pour-over mapped to 6–10 in the booklet) or Encore (40 settings on the 2020 spec sheet).
Weigh every dose and want the maker’s stepless dial: Opus 2, at the higher price, with the step-count conflict noted above.

None of that is a taste ranking. Uniformity, fines, noise, and how much coffee stays inside the grinder are things this page does not claim to have measured. Manufacturer lines about “uniform grounds,” “near-zero retention,” or a 550 RPM burr are their claims, cited above only where a page actually stated them.

What to check on the listing

The price in the cart, including which color or dial variant you selected. Timemore and Fellow both showed more than one price on October 2, 2026.
Whether the grinder is a hopper model (OXO, Encore) or single-dose (Opus 2, and the C3 by capacity).
Return window and warranty on the seller’s page. This article does not copy a warranty length unless the page used for the spec stated one in a way that was unambiguous. The OXO product page used for the price did not put a warranty term in the specifications table.
New spec sheets. The Encore numbers other than price come from a sheet labeled March 2020. If Baratza posts a newer sheet, use that.