nickr wrote:In my house we are always concerned about the visual appeal of kitchen equipment, one reason for going with an Andredja. I therefore ordered a matching Quickmill Knockbox with the machine. This took sometime to be delivered, so we made do with a red plastic lego box (no lego obviously). Now the quickmill knockbox has arrived - guess what, I prefer the lego box. The bar is too far inside the draw on the quickmill making using it difficult and messy. I now stand the Rocky on it, opening the draw to catch the inevitable mess. Honestly, get a lego box - their great.
Nick
Thats interesting, I have a Quick Mill knock box....long story and initially didn't really like the look of it....thought it was a tad flimsy looking and didn't like the square piece of wood at all, not one bit. I was convinced it would stain, go mouldy and not be easy to knock the pucks out on (i would have preferred round plastic rod).
After many months using it though, I can truthfully say it works good. It's strong enough to stand the Mazzer on, so I can dispense with that silly mazzer plastic base. The few grounds that fall I just open the draw and sweep them in. It takes a good 3-4 days worth of pucks.
You do from time to time have to give the draw a sort of flick in and out to move all the biscuits to the back of the draw so they slide under the bar. I have found it quite easy to use though, but mabye another design would be even easier (it's the only one I have ever tried)?
The wood must be quite tough, becuase it cleans easily, still looks the same and I suppose if it ever rots, it's easy to replace. Oh and the pucks don't seem to go mouldy, the vents in the box allow them to go quite dry, so 4-5 days of pucks is fine (probably not longer).
I don't know if they do a variety of sizes or just one size, mine would be big enough to stand an Andreja on.
I don't understand why the bar positioning makes it difficult & messy though, can you please explain a bit more?