Product description
BARATZA
Coffee grinders built with durability, longevity, and barista-quality flavor in mind. Backed by our world-class support since 1999, we are dedicated to keeping your morning routine delicious with replacement parts, a robust repair service, and professional-level brewing tips.
Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
The go-to entry-level home coffee grinder.
The Encore grinds consistently for brew methods from espresso to cold brew and everything in between. Straightforward controls make your daily routine simple and easy. Simply load up the 300g capacity hopper with your favorite beans, rotate the hopper to the grind setting you want, start the grind with the on/off switch or pulse button, and let the precision conical burrs deliver consistent, quality ground coffee every grind.
Primary features of the Encore:
- 40 Grind Settings
- 40mm Conical Steel Burrs
- Easy, Intuitive Operation
Features of the Encore:
40 Grind Settings:
Twist the hopper to adjust between 40 grind settings that run from espresso fine to cold brew coarse and any brew method in between.
40mm Conical Steel Burrs:
Manufactured in Europe, these 40 mm conical burrs are designed to excel across all styles of brewing. Conical burrs are exceptional at producing consistent grinds from very fine to very coarse and are durable enough to remain sharp for years and years of home use.
Easy, Intuitive Operation:
The Encore is simple to operate with either the on/off switch located on the side, or the front-mounted pulse button.
Precision Calibration:
An innovative burr calibration system ensures that each grinder has the full grind range and allows for user calibration at home if needed.
High-Torque Motor:
The DC motor and direct-drive gearbox deliver the power needed to grind your coffee consistently with every dose.
World-Class Support:
Our support team is ready to help with any issue, from brewing assistance to at-home repairs. All of our grinders feature a wide availability of replacement parts and our repair service are here to help, even decades down the line.
| Customer Reviews | 16,657 | 2,238 | ||||
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| Price | $149.95 | $249.95 | $299.95 | $399.95 | $529.95 | $849.95 |
| Burrs | 40mm Conical Burrs (M3) | 40mm Conical Burrs (M2) | 40mm Conical Burrs (S1) | 40mm Conical Burrs (S1) | 54mm Flat Ceramic Burrs | 54mm Flat Ceramic Burrs |
| Burr Mount | Threaded (tools required for removal) | Threaded (tools required for removal) | Screw-Mounted | Screw-Mounted | Screw-Mounted | Screw-Mounted |
| Dosing Features | On/Off Switch, Pulse Button | Timer, Pulse Function | Timer, Pulse Function | Timer with 3 Presets, Pulse Function | Timer with 3 Presets, Manual Mode | Scale (0.1g resolution) and timer with 3 presets, Manual Mode |
| Number of Grind Settings | 270 (30 macro steps, 9 micro stepless settings) | 220 (10 macro steps, 22 micro steps) | 260 (10 macro steps, 26 micro steps) | |||
| Brew Recommendation | Brew-focused, Espresso Capable | All-Purpose | Espresso | Espresso | Espresso | Espresso Optimized, Brew Capable |
| Grind Speed | 1.3g/sec (Setting 10) - 2.2g/sec (Setting 30) | 1.3g/sec (Setting 10) - 2.2g/sec (Setting 30) | 2.9g/sec (Setting 8) - 4.0g/sec (Setting 28) | 2.9g/sec (Setting 8E) - 4.0g/sec (Setting 28E) | 1.9g/sec (Setting 2V) - 2.7g/sec (Setting 10M) | 2.6g/sec (Setting 2Z) - 4.0g/sec (Setting 10M) |
| Primary Exterior Material | ABS Plastic | Cast Metal, ABS Plastic | ABS Plastic | ABS Plastic | ABS Plastic | Cast Metal |
| Hopper Capacity | 300g (10.6 oz) | 300g (10.6 oz) | 300g (10.6 oz) | 300g (10.6 oz) | 300g (10.6 oz) | 300g (10.6 oz) |
| Grounds Bin Capacity | 120g (4.2 oz) | 120g (4.2 oz) | 120g (4.2 oz) | 120g (4.2 oz) | 120g (4.2 oz) | 120g (4.2 oz) |
| Accessories | Brush, Grounds Bin | Brush, Grounds Bin | Brush, Grounds Bin, Burr Calibration Kit | Brush, Grounds Bin, Burr Calibration Kit | Brush, Grounds Bin, Portafilter Holder, Burr Removal Tool | Brush, Grounds Bin, Portafilter Holder, Burr Removal Tool, Burr Calibration Tool |
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT! After scouring reviews and a recomendation from a local roaster, my wife purchased this grinder for me as a gift. It’s reasonably priced, grinds consistent and doesn’t leave a huge mess on the counter. Late one Saturday morning as I was grinding some beans it just quit! Insert sad face here. Fortunately I had enough grounds for a pot but, what would the week ahead be like without my favorite cup of joe? I emailed the customer support address, not really expecting a response, but to get the ball rolling. They responded within the hour. After multiple emails and links to trouble shooting guids I determined this was outside my experience level. Obviously disappointed considering the grinder was only about a year and a half old I was left with a choice. Either I send the grinder in and wait for them to repair it under their flat rate repair program or buy a new grinder. After reading reviews and considering different price points I found myself leaning towards purchasing the same grinder again. I like the grinder and it works well. Next day free shipping from Amazon helped finalize the decision. Even though I felt like the grinder should have lasted longer I wanted to have my beans ground by Monday. Once the new grinder arrived I decided to package the old grinder in the new box with a $45 check to have it repaired. I received my old grinder back in a week with a voided check packaged at the top of the box. The invoice said they had replaced the motor at no charge. The 1 year warranty had expired so I assumed that there was a mix up considering I had packaged the old grinder in the new box. I emailed the customer support folks again and told them there must have been a mistake. It was a new box and an old grinder. I didn’t expect anything for free. Their response, no mix up, the motor should have lasted longer, the repair was free. Mind blown! They stood behind the product even though the warranty had expired. Not only would I recommend the product, they have a customer for life. In this day and age it’s refreshing to have a company stand behind their product. Buy the grinder.Variation: Color: BlackSize: 4.7 x 6.3 x 13.8 inches (Pack of 1)
5.0 out of 5 stars I finally bought it after years of grinding by hand I love fresh-ground coffee and have been using pour over brewers for a number of years. We would use pre-ground grocery store coffee for fast morning drip machine brews and save the good stuff for other occasions.All of that changed when we accidentally got a two pound bag of whole bean coffee instead of the pre-ground version for the morning. We thought we could grind it by hand, but boy were we wrong.After two pounds of grinding with my Hario hand grinder, my left wrist has carpal tunnel, but my right forearm is ripped. Quite the combo. However, we knew that grinding by hand wasn’t sustainable any longer and our small grinder was just about to scream. We’ve talked about splurging for a grinder and I’ve seen this Baratza Encore mentioned over and over in forums, we finally decided it was time.First thing that stood out to me was the packaging. It was packed very nicely in the box, but the cardboard was folded in a way that made it easy to removed. Felt like it was designed for an actual human and assumed it was a good sign. I was right!Assembly is easy, the manual is simple and straightforward. Can’t ask for much more than that. The grinder feels very solid and well made once it is all put together.The design of the grinder is really nice and modern. My hope was that it would be visually appealing enough for my better half to want to leave it on the counter full time. After a couple of days, it’s still sitting out in plain site. It fits directly under our cabinets and in my opinion looks really nice. With as much as we plan to use it, putting it away after every use just doesn’t seem right.When I set it down on the countertop, I discovered an issue. Whoever assembled my grinder at the factory forgot one of the rubber feet on the bottom. I fired off an email to Baratza and an actual person responded in, no joke, five minutes. They apologized and shipped out the part immediately. I am grateful for that level of service!One of the complaints I heard about the machine was the noise level, so I was expecting it to sound like a blender. Honestly, I don’t think it is that bad and I don’t think it would wake up my family if I were to run it. It isn’t quiet, but not loud enough that I would think twice about buying it.It’s really easy to select the grind level and Baratza included a guide with good starting points for each type of brewer in the manual. There are enough setting notches that you could customize your own grind sizes. I printed out labels for each brewer type and the grind settings on the back, just so I don’t forget them.It was a relief watching 30+ grams of coffee beans go into the hopper and get sucked down into the burrs and ground in less that a minute. The speed is reasonable, although anything beyond hand grinding would feel fast.The biggest thing I noticed was the consistency. I don’t have experience with high-end coffee grinders, but to my novice eyes the grounds appeared to be very consistent and similar in size. I’m sure there would be some outliers if I dug through it all, but in my unscientific approach, it all looked good as I dumped it into the V60 filter.All in all, it’s a great grinder and according to the other reviews I should enjoy it for many years to come. Hope this helps!Variation: Color: BlackSize: 4.7 x 6.3 x 13.8 inches (Pack of 1)
5.0 out of 5 stars My first Baratza! This was a step-down purchase for me. For the past 10 or more years I have owned a Rancilio Rocky grinder which costs about 3x more than the Baratza Encore. And in hindsight, it was a stupidly expensive purchase as I never made Expresso or specialty coffees. I just wanted one of the best grinders and at the time I had the financial means to splurge.Now that I am retired, I am a lot more conservative with my spending. That expensive Rancilio grinder finally died and it was time to look for a replacement. The idea here was to find the best bang-for-the-buckgrinder at a price point of under $200. I spent days doing research and found that Barista Encore was constantly rated as the best in class for what I wanted to spend. I placed my order on Amazon and then spent time watching setup videos on YouTube.I had a bit of a rough start. When I unpacked my brand-new Encore I was shocked to find that the gasket included looked nothing like the one I had seen in countless videos and setup guides. Even the included instruction book showed a completely different gasket than the one I received. I panicked. I thought that Baratza made a manufacturing mistake. I placed a phone call to customer service and found that their phones were shut down due to overwhelming demand. So, I fired off an email thinking it would be days before I got a response. Within 15 minutes, a customer service representative emailed me back saying that the company had recently updated their gasket for this model and was unable to include new documentation for it in recent shipments.So, let me just stop here and say that I was extremely impressed by the customer service response. When they were overwhelmed on the phones, they at least had someone watching email inquiries and making certain responses went out within minutes of being contacted.So, let me start with the gasket. For me, after watching all the setup videos, it was the one aspect of putting this Encore together that I was concerned about. The old gasket was cumbersome to align. It was a very smart thing for Barasta to upgrade the gasket. Now, it’s considerably smaller, and you can simply plop it into the burr grinder without any difficulty. There are new videos online explaining how to do it, but I can save you time by saying you need to insert the thick end of the gasket into the grinder before installing the hopper.So, to address the most common questions…1. Is it noisy? Yeah, somewhat, but I’m used to it. It’s less noisy than the industrial Rancilio Rocky it replaced. And, I can’t fathom any coffee grinder that is not going to make a considerable amount of noise.2. Does it leave grinds everywhere? Yes, it does leave traces of grinds in the holder and along the lip of the ground coffee bin. Is it a big deal? No. It’s the nature of these grinders. I have a small handheld vacuum to deal with it. A cheap coffee brush is another way to take care of the cleanup. It’s minor, to say the least.There is a great accessory you can buy on Amazon for under $14 that will eliminate trace grounds. Look for AIEVE Upgrade Single Dose Hopper. It’s a must-buy accessory for your Encore.3. Is it difficult to clean? Not that I can see. The burr grinder is very easy to remove. There is an included brush for cleaning. Every few months I am going to throw in some cleaning tabs and grind it through. I also don’t recommend using this grinder for flavored or shiny beans. They tend to leave a lot of gunky residues. If I want flavored coffee, I buy it already ground.4. Is the power cord too thick? I only bring this question up as it’s one of those things I read complaints about in review after review. No, it’s not. It’s the same as my Rancilio Rocky which is considerably thicker than what you would find on a toaster or electric can opener, which is to be expected.5. Is the build quality cheap? While there is a lot more plastic here than I would want to see, from the online videos I have watched, experts believe that the Encore is made of solid materials and built to last for many years. In fact, if you go through a pound of coffee a week, and clean as recommended, the estimated life of this device is 10 years before you need to start replacing anything.From the research I have done, apparently what makes Barasta grinders so popular is that all their parts are serviceable. They are supposed to be very easy to clean and maintain. The company has a library of diagrams that help you navigate their machines.My first grind and cup of coffee were memorable.With some research, I found the perfect grind setting for my Technivorm Moccamaster. That coffee maker requires a more coarse grind so I set my Encore at “20” and poured my beans into the hopper. It is suggested to have the hopper running when you pour your beans in so you are not grinding from a dead stop (which is not good for the blade). I found the resulting grind to be very uniform in appearance.The coffee the grind produced was spectacular. I think I had been using the wrong setting on the Rancilio Rocky for years, grinding my beans slightly more finely (which you want to do with drip coffee makers). This more coarse grind setting produced a more flavorful cup of coffee. I was delighted.The Encore is for most enthusiasts who aren’t looking for Expresso grinds. It’s the best entry-level conical grinder for anyone that doesn’t want something cheap or wants to spend a fortune on a device like this. And to say “entry-level” isn’t even fair. There are coffee shops that use these grinders, from what I understand. This brand has been a staple in the coffee community for decades. It has a reputation for being the best in its class.So, I promise to keep using this every day and if it doesn’t live up to my expectations, I will update this review regularly and keep everyone aware. For the moment, I am delighted to own this product. If my first cup of coffee is any indication of where things are going, I think we are going to make beautiful java together.Variation: Color: BlackSize: 4.7 x 6.3 x 13.8 inches (Pack of 1)
5.0 out of 5 stars Great grinder with some nitpicks UPDATE November 2, 2025:Within a week of posting the March update, I started to have trouble with the grinder. It would occasionally become sluggish or stop, but I could always get it restarted again. I’ve seen other reports of similar problems, but since the grinder continued to work, I carried on with it. Finally, about a month ago it completely died. Following some YT videos, I was able to disassemble the grinder to test the motor and other components. The short story is that the power board had died. I contacted Baratza support, and after a brief email conversation and me sending them photos of the power board, they sent me a replacement power board for free, even though the grinder was outside the 1-year warranty period. I installed the new power board, and the grinder is running again.As for why the board originally failed, I think I accidentally got coffee grounds inside the guts of the grinder while cleaning it. I can’t say for sure if that was the cause, the day after I cleaned it, I inverted it with some grinds in the hopper. The next day the problems started. Regardless, this review is now not just for the grinder, but for their support.UPDATE March 8, 2025:The grinder has been wonderful to use over the past year. I am changing my review to five stars.In addition to the star bump, there are three important updates, plus a comment:1) I upgraded the burr from the original “M3” burr to an M2 burr I ordered directly from Baratza (now Breville). I think it was worth the money.2) Lighter roasts do make for a slightly messier cleanup than darker roasts. My original review noted not having experienced much of that.3) Pay attention to your grinding. If it suddenly seems inconsistent, inspect the ring burr holder to make sure all three outer tabs are intact. These are plastic parts designed to break under load to protect the more important internal components. I highly recommend ordering spare holders. I have had two break in the past year, reasons unknown. It sucks to have your grinder down waiting for replacement parts to arrive.Finally, this grinder is not going to give you better coffee if there are problems besides the grinder you’re replacing. For me, I discovered the house water had been a secret roadblock to making good coffee at home. Once I realized how bad it was (cheap TDS meter purchased here on Amazon), I switched to using distilled water remineralized with Third Wave Water (also sold here on Amazon).ORIGINAL REVIEW:This is a “5-stars, but” review that makes me drop the rating to 4 stars. I’d give it 4 1/2 stars. Compared to the blade grinder I was using, though, it’s worth 10 stars.I ordered the Encore in March 2024, shipped from and sold by Amazon.com. I wanted to be sure of the sender, even if it might have saved a few dollars ordering from a different vendor.The first thing you have to do is to do some minor assembly, and you would think that should be easy to do. There is a fluted rubber gasket that would not stay seated on the ring burr, though, and I ended up tearing it even before making a single pot of coffee. I did some googling and found out that there’s a new version of the gasket that is supposed to be with newer Encores, so I’m not sure why mine had the old one. Regardless, I could have tried to obtain a replacement gasket either from Baratza or here, but I ended up ordering some aftermarket gaskets from Aieve (sold here on Amazon) that are a perfect match to Baratza’s new gasket. If you get an Encore and it comes with the new gasket, congrats on not having to deal with that headache.After getting it assembled, I followed another online recommendation to run a small batch of beans through the grinder as sort of a break-in. That worked fine.Since then, the grinder has performed admirably. It has been used nearly every day on a variety of dark and medium roasts. It hasn’t been especially staticky or messy. An occasional brushing of the chute and burrs is all I’ve needed to clean it out. I’ve been careful to keep the grounds below the line on the hopper, so I’ve avoided clogging it. I did buy some Urnex Grindz tablets, and I’ll be using them soon to give the internals a more thorough cleaning.As for the coffee itself, I’m not an expert, but it seems fairly consistent in grinds for drip and French press. Any failures on making a less-than-tasty batch of coffee are almost certainly my fault, not the grinder’s.Besides the finicky original gasket, the only complaint I have would be the noise. There are remedies for that, most notably upgrading the conical burr to the one found in the Virtuoso+ or Encore ESP, but I’m not ready to do that yet.Depending on who you ask, the lack of a timer on the Encore is either a curse or a blessing. I’m happy with it. I don’t store the coffee in the hopper. I weigh each batch of beans before pouring them in the hopper, so I just turn the grinder on and let it empty the hopper. You can tell by the noise level when the grinder is done, it’s significantly quieter. The resulting grounds have been the same weight as what I put in the hopper, so I know the grinder isn’t leaving large quantities of coffee behind.There are tons of videos on YouTube regarding the Encore. I recommend checking those out.Variation: Color: BlackSize: 4.7 x 6.3 x 13.8 inches (Pack of 1)
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent grind quality and repairability, though definitely loud I am almost irritated by how much better my coffee tastes compared to my old setup. It is always a strange feeling when an expensive purchase actually lives up to the hype, but this grinder delivers.The grind consistency is remarkably uniform, and it chews through a hopper of beans quickly. Having 40 distinct adjustment settings is great for fine-tuning, although the default setting recommended in the manual worked well for me immediately. Cleaning is straightforward, and so far the hopper and output bin have only required a quick rinse.I specifically bought this model because of Baratza’s standing in the community for right-to-repair and long-term customer support. Being able to buy replacement components or even upgrade to their espresso-capable burr set later gives me confidence that it will last.The only real drawback is the volume. It is remarkably loud in operation. I knew it would be noisy going in, which kept me from running it while everyone else was sleeping, but the initial sound was still quite jarring.If you can accept a few seconds of loud grinding each morning, the performance and build support justify the price.Variation: Color: BlackSize: 4.7 x 6.3 x 13.8 inches (Pack of 1)
5.0 out of 5 stars Still grinding after 5 years The Encore grinder works very well, until it didn’t, after 5 years. For under $20.00, I was able to buy a replacement for the burr grinder on their website. Now it works again. Just popped the new one in, couldn’t be easier. Makes great espresso grind now on 8 again. Love it!Variation: Color: WhiteSize: 5.12 x 5.91 x 13.39 inches (Pack of 1)