Baratza M3 Cone Burr Replacement (fit Encore), Part# 6173

Just what I needed to bring my Encore back to new

exact replacement and their videos are priceless. Replaced the outer burr also although the old one was still good just the holder had cracked from 8 years of use.

I bought a used Baratza Maestro Plus and it needed help. My order with French Press Coffee was fast and professional. Thank you Igor.
I ordered the following parts.
Baratza M3 Cone Burr Replacement.
Baratza Ring Burr with Holder Replacement.
Baratza Shortened Gasket Replacement.
Baratza Paddle Wheel with Felt Assembly Replacement
Good communications from the start of my order to the date of shipping, it was great. Overall time from email order to delivery was very fast. The email videos relating to the purchase helped me so much. I used an impart wrench with a 15/16 socket with paper towels over the old cone. The impact wrench was set for Clock wise direction (like drilling holes or tightening screws) which loosened the left hand threads on the cone drive shaft. The complete cone and burr ring replacement was under 15 minutes. Thanks to the video on the burr cone replacement telling me to put the red marked tab 180 degrees from the hole in the base ring. My machine is doing everything like it should. I am pleased to have ordered the parts from French Press Coffee.

I purchased this (along with the ring burr) for my Baratza Encore because it was taking an excruciatingly long time to grind beans. The install was easy and it solved the problem right away. This is my second purchase from French Press Coffee and delivery and communication has been excellent.

Great price for spear conical burr, fast delivery. The installation video is available, which helps the replacement procedure. I wish I would order a burr holder with the burr as well.

I mainly bought the M3 conical grinding burr since I had a ring burr assembly I bought last year as a 'just in case' situation. After watching the video comparing the M3 (standard for the Encore) and the M2 *standard for the Virtuoso). Since I pretty much use my Encore for french press brewing I don't really need the sharper knife edge on the burr to get more uniform fine grind for espresso. I have a Eureka grinder for that. Since the burr is supposed to last for 500lbs of ground coffee and I use a pretty course grind on setting 3. I grind about 10 lbs of beans every 2 weeks and I've had my Encore for about 10 years. So 500/10lbs =50 times 2 weeks is 100 weeks which works out to 1.dz years. However I saw another tech post recently from Baratza that said the burrs should last at least 10 years. In another review about Grindz cleaning tablets, I am getting a very clean consistency in the ground pellets and very little dust with Grindz. So as long as the Grindz pellets stay uniform and little dust, I can use that as a diagnostic for replacing the burrs when they no longer provide consistent ground cleaning tables... I went with the M3 as a stock replacement, but it be another 8 years or so until then. I'll update this then...if me and French Press are still on this earth.

Replacing the bottom burr was a bit involved but the online directions I found on the Baratza website were very clear. Job done and our Encore coffee grinder now is running like new.

Thanks for the video on installation........above and beyond what I expected. Great corporate attitude exibited by the repair videos.

Thanks
Mike

The cone burr M3 has quieted my grinder and increased the grinding speed. It took some work to install it but it was well worth it. I found a broken motor mount and was able to super glue it back together. I bought this grinder for espresso but after one week of use something happened internally and it wouldn’t grind coffee fine enough for espresso. So now it is only used for drip grind coffe and it works great for that.

Grinds much faster with new burr. A little tricky to install. Still searching for perfect brew B>)