I'm tasked with grinding seeds (Nutmeg, coriander, cardamom, cumin, etc...) for use in spice blends, as well as dehydrated fruit for fruit sugar mixes. I've been using the Cuisinart Spice and Nut Grinder, which has worked well, but at the scale I need it is far too small. Doing cup after cup is definitely heating up that tiny motor, and I imagine it will fail at some point. Not to mention it is time consuming.

Is there a product recommended for that use? I was looking at the Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY as its highly recommended as a food processor, but I don't think it would grind to a find powder (citation needed). It does have a large capacity though, which would be awesome for the freeze dried fruit. $250 would be too much money if it could only do the fruit.

Budget is <$500, preferably the lower half of that.

*edit: Brands and models recs please. I have no qualms about buying a thrift store item, just need to know what to look for. Thanks!

• Shoot I forgot about mortar and pestles.

I have a mini nutribullet, but it doesn't quite do the job. I have a small food processor, but not strong enough.

I want to make rolled oats to oat flour, sugar to confectioner sugar, salt to popcorn salt, whole spices to fine dust, etc. something that can handle it all. Maybe coffee grinder, but they seem too weak.

I'm going to buy a buy it for life cuisinart 14 cup food processor and Vitamix blender later, but that's like 2 years later.

Is there a cheap $50 blender/grinder that can do this?

Thank you.

My Google Reddit search brought up strange old posts.

I grow a lot of peppers. Two years ago I began dehydrating peppers and making powder out of them. I would make a jalapeno powder, a cayenne pepper powder, and a habanero powder.

Grow -> pick -> slice up appropriately -> dehydrator -> spice grinder -> sealed shaker stored on the top shelf of my fridge.

My spice grinder died a horrific death the other day.

I have a conventional Cuisinart food processor and a small 3.5 cup KitchenAid mini food processor. It's "Majestic Yellow", in case anyone's interested. Can I use either of these to pulverize the dehydrated peppers into a consistent powder or do I really need to replace my spice grinder?

I'm concerned about grinding the dehydrated peppers evenly with a good grind consistency.

Also, if I should replace it, what spice grinder should I buy?