Turin Grinders - SK40

There aren't many electric grinders in your price range. The Turin SD40S and SK40 are narrower than the Encore, otherwise about the same size. The Femobook A2 is much smaller. That one is battery powered, but don't reject it out of hand; it reviews very well. The canonical svelte and cute electric grinder is the Lagom Mini, but that's outside your budget. There are excellent hand grinders in your price range that take up no counter space at all. There are also some more-or-less no-name Chinese electric grinders within your budget, but all are espresso-focussed as far as I know.

I've got an SK40 that I've had for a couple years, you can get an open box one for $140 or $150 right now https://www.turingrinders.com/products/open-box-turin%E2%84%A2-sk40%E2%84%A2-single-dose-stepless-grinder-1 It makes some excellent espresso grind for my Bambino Plus

I totally skimmed over the fact that the OP has a Virtuoso. OP, you really won't get your money's worth in terms of improvement in the cup if you drink only medium to dark roasts. Honestly, an Ode Gen 2 or Timemore 078 would be a bit of a waste, and neither company has Baratza's reputation for reliability and service. Your Virtuoso might just need a bit of TLC. Or you could just get one of the grinders I recommended. If you are really itching to spend some dough, maybe order the new [Lagom Casa](https://www.option-o.com/shop/p/lagom-casa?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22282491509&gbraid=0AAAAArBqeyLITcQFGPZ35mGhGSVsTsA-d&gclid=Cj0KCQjwndHEBhDVARIsAGh0g3DQBDbUkpnQb8lkTIRxKLOIv2jvhqr-kqRp0bPOqXwZnOn45dBSWs4aAhFqEALw_wcB) or [Femobook A68](https://femobook.myshopify.com/products/a68-electric-coffee-grinder).

If you drink only medium to dark roasts, you don't need to spend anywhere near $1,000. Just get a Baratza Encore ESP, SK-40, or KitchenAid KCG8433 and call it a day. Use the saved money for good coffee.

I think some people also use hand grinders and they are cheaper than anything motorized. So like kingrinder k6. I use a turin sk40 (its motorized and same company that sells the df grinders). I really like it. It's around 200. I also have a kingrinder k6 for pour over and French press or anything non espresso related. I don't like messing with the sk40 once my espresso is dialed in.

I just started using a Turin SK40 and I really like it. Price is under 190. As good as machines 2-3 times as expensive. I gave up a commercial Rossi RR45 for it. A beautiful machine that is just too large for my newest set up.

I have the Turin sk40 and am very happy with it.

I would agree with what the guy above said and a gaggia classic e24 and a eureka grinder would be a good option but be careful there are lots of eureka and they aren’t all suited for espresso. I would also look into a Turin sk40 I had one at one point and it’s such a better grinder than the ESP is and it’s like $200ish. I sold mine used for $130. Of you can stretch the budget a bit the Profitec go is around $1,000 and is an awesome machine and pair it with a decent $200-$300 grinder would also be a great option coming in probably around $1300-$1400 and you wouldn’t need to replace anything for a long time

Turin SK40. Got it for $200 when they announced it summer of 2023. Chose this because it was one of the first high quality stepless adjustable grinders under $300. Does both espresso and pourover reasonably well. With smaller size beans @ an espresso grind, I need to feed it with a spoon (rather than just dumping in 20g at a time) to prevent stalls. Stock, it makes a mess. I put a 54 dosing funnel into the collector cup to act as a funnel which completely resolved the issue. No plans to upgrade. Edit: If buying new today, I would have likely gone with the DF54.

I didn't initially. they started about a year in.

I have one as well, bought for the same reasons. I like the near zero retention. I don't have other nice grinders to compare to but it's fussy enough for me that I would plan to upgrade when finances allow.

I love my SK40. Not sure why it doesn't get more love on this sub...