Keeping it CLEAN; The Breville Smart Grinder Pro ✨

[@FaithAndCoffeeBean]

Great video 👍🏽☕️😎

[@hotfroth]

Thank you 🙏

[@Queenread82]

The holes that the grounds go down get mucked up. I use a straw brush or a toothbrush then a damp - hardly any moisture!! Paper towel to wipe it all out. I get quite a lot of oily build up due to our preference for dark roast.

[@hotfroth]

That’s a great hack! 👍🏽

[@Queenread82]

@@hotfroth Thanks! I really appreciate this video. I broke the little felt ring and then forgot what order everything went back - mostly second guessing myself. I was not meticulous taking things apart. 😬

[@Queenread82]

Because I broke the felt ring I got into my wool felt stash and made another one. We cannot wait for a new one to come in the mail. We'll die without our coffee. 😂

[@lastpme]

Great review...

[@hotfroth]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@4x4Overlanding247]

That was a surprisingly entertaining vid mate 👌👍 its made it look like a relatively simple job which i will have a ho at real soon. Thanksnfor sharing and entertaining me 😎 Is it not a good idea to guve all the parts a bit of a wash in dishwater?

[@hotfroth]

Thanks Ben! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏽 You could put them in a dishwasher or soak them in a machine cleaner/hot water mix, that would get rid of all the coffee oils but you’d want to make sure they’re 100% dry before putting them back into the grinder!

[@selcuktop5566]

I need some help i did the complete disassemble. After cleaning it started to clog, the machine will grind longer, but the ground dont get pushed trough the chute, the impeller looks good, everything seems fine but the impelle dont push the ground trough the chute as i said. The felt washer isnt there anymore after cleaning i broke it, but i dont think i need it. Anyone knows the issue ?

[@hotfroth]

Sorry to hear this. As long as everything went back in the right way round, and in the correct order I can’t think of anything else that might clog the grinder unless a part of the washer got jammed in the chute? Or the impeller hasn’t sat in its location properly? Let us know how you go 👍🏽

[@GohAhwei-mu4zg]

Aarghhh! There's a couple of flat washers and a felt washer/gasket under the impeller. These set the lower burr height and prevent coffee dust going into the motor respectively. You appear to have vacuumed them up.

[@hotfroth]

Well spotted

[@CC-wk6zn]

A vacuum! Perhaps better than using compressed air to blow fine particles of coffee everywhere including one’s face, not that I’ve ever done that before.

[@hotfroth]

Haha you’re not a barista until you’ve done that!

[@weeikaicheng6172]

I think my grinder motor broke. When bean is in, the grinder just won’t grind it although motor is running. When bean is removed, everything is able to move. Anyone had experienced this?

[@hotfroth]

Have you checked that the grind size isn’t set to zero? Try adjusting the grinder to a coarser setting, this will make space for coffee to flow.

[@timident]

Hi there!!, thanks great video I have now got a nice clean grinder .... question .. our grinder gets a caning at home 4-5 coffees per day and burrs are dull after a few years.... best option is to replace them? ... down to 4 or 5 for espresso ... used to be 10-12 for same ..cheers

[@hotfroth]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video! Good question, they may need replacing or the grinder might need recalibrating (a cheaper option by far!) so if you remove the top burr again, then pop off the steel handle you can adjust the location of the red dot either towards finer or coarser. Going towards finer will move the ‘grind range’ and give you more scope to dial in. So rather than 5 you might now pull good espresso shots at 7 or 8 or maybe even the original 10-12. This will be a good test to see if your burrs really do need replacing 👍🏽

[@MrSteamDragon]

I often wondered if that lower burr would come off easily .... I thought it should. Now I know for sure ...thanks for sharing this mate. Makes you wonder why Breville doesn't include this 'advanced' process in their manual. It's a great grinder for the price-point but it's a real cow to clean properly..particularly when you want to play around with a variety of beans.

[@hotfroth]

Thanks for watching, really glad it was a helpful video for you! So true, I’ve found that happens a lot with our cafe equipment too, there’s usually a hidden “deeper” level of adjustment that only the techs know about. 🔧

[@MrSteamDragon]

@@hotfroth An update.. this worked brilliantly - really, really impressed. One thing to note; under the impeller at the bottom (@06:23) on my machine (late 2023) there are two extra flat steel washers and a felt washer. These need to be removed before vacuuming out that bottom chamber... if you don't do this they'll get removed for you by Henry 😀. But look, maybe your machine doesn't have these. Either way I am over the moon with the results. Thanks again.

[@hotfroth]

That’s great, Thank You! 🙏

[@anthonyzouki]

You can also buy cleaning pallets if you do not wish to do that

[@hotfroth]

Cleaning pellets are an okay choice for a quick, light-duty clean when you’re time poor. We’re showing a deep clean in this video, essential maintenance and a great way to extend the life of the grinder 👍🏽