Barista Pro

Two years with this machine: its built-in grinder gives inconsistent grind between identical shots, so they went back to a standalone grinder.

“i could grind 1 shot pull 1 shot grid exactly the same 2nd shot and have way more coarser grind”

The built-in grinder on their Barista Pro constantly stopped delivering grounds, so they switched to a separate machine and grinder.

“I had this machine, and the grinder would constantly do this.”

Hated the Barista Pro's built-in grinder so much it pushed them to buy a Kafatek.

“i freakin hated this grinder when i had it.”

Ran a Barista Pro until recently and found its built-in grinder imprecise.

“This looks about right, given how imprecise the grinder is on that model.”

Couldn't dial in their Barista Pro, blamed the low-quality built-in grinder and sold it.

“I had the same frustration. I ended up selling that machine. From what I know now its the grinder in the machine thats the problem.”

Their first machine was a Barista Pro; after about 8 months they added a DF64 for light roasts but kept the built-in grinder for medium and dark, and call it a very capable machine.

“I continued to use the integrated BBP Baratza grinder for mediums and darks, but moved all my lighter roasted stuff to the DF64.”

The Barista Pro's built-in grinder was its main problem, retaining up to 2 g with grind by time; single dosing with a scale and a bellows fixed it.

“I found the main problem with the pro is the inbuilt grinder, with grind by time I could get up to 2g of retention.”