Fair points, and I think we're arguing around a few percentage points of anecdata on either end. > you'll have more bad shots than good For me, using a basic

Fair points, and I think we're arguing around a few percentage points of anecdata on either end. > you'll have more bad shots than good For me, using a basic machine and a stepped burr grinder I had substantially more "ok" and "good" shots than "bad" ones. I guess it depends on your tolerance, but whilst it might not have been absolutely consistent, it was well within an acceptable percentage of good.