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Breville Smart Grinder Pro vs Fellow Ode Gen 1
Conical against flat — the Smart Grinder Pro's scale curves where the other runs straight. The Ode Gen 1 is numbered 1–11; the Smart Grinder Pro is numbered 1–60.
Which to buy
Choose the
Smart Grinder Pro if you…
- want espresso too — 60 settings, with 1–30 for espresso
- want to set grind time yourself, in 0.2-second steps
- want a hopper to grind from — it holds 1 lb
Choose the
Ode Gen 1 if you…
- brew filter only — Fellow says the Ode does not grind for espresso
- want 64 mm flat burrs
- already own one, or are buying used — Fellow lists it as sold out
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Fellow now sells the Ode Gen 2 in place of the original; the settings on this page are for the Gen 1.
Sources: Fellow — Ode Gen 1 (archived) · Fellow — Ode Brew Grinder · Breville — Smart Grinder Pro · Breville — Smart Grinder Pro manual
| Smart Grinder Pro | Ode Gen 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Breville | Fellow |
| Scale | Numbered dial | Numbered dial |
| Dial range | 1 – 60 | 1 – 11 |
| Burrs | Conical | Flat |
| Espresso → filter | 27 numbers | 2.6 numbers |
| Filter → coarse | 15.8 numbers | 7.4 numbers |
The same number means different things
Both grinders use a numbered dial, which makes it tempting to copy a number straight across. Setting 6 sits at grind index 0 on the Smart Grinder Pro but 56.7 on the Ode Gen 1 — far enough apart to change the cup.
Converting a setting
If a recipe quotes a setting for one of these grinders, read across for the equivalent on the other. Rows are spaced evenly by grind size, not by dial number — on a conical burr those are not the same thing.
| Smart Grinder Pro | Ode Gen 1 |
|---|---|
| 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 1.1 |
| 23 | 2.2 |
| 35 | 3 |
| 44 | 3.2 |
| 50 | 5 |
| 54 | 6.1 |
| 57 | 7.1 |
| 58 | 8.1 |
| Ode Gen 1 | Smart Grinder Pro |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 1.1 | 16 |
| 1.2 | 16 |
| 2.2 | 23 |
| 3 | 35 |
| 3.2 | 44 |
| 5 | 50 |
| 6.1 | 54 |
| 7.1 | 57 |
| 8.1 | 58 |
| 9.1 | 58 |
| 10 | 58 |
| 11 | 58 |
Side by side, by brew method
Where each grinder lands for the same brew, worked out from its own dial curve.
| Method | Smart Grinder Pro | Ode Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | 12 | 1.1 |
| Moka pot | 16 | 1.2 |
| AeroPress (short steep) | 23 | 2.2 |
| Pour over — V60 / cone | 41 | 3.1 |
| Siphon | 44 | 4 |
| Pour over — flat bottom | 46 | 4.1 |
| Steep and release — Clever / Switch | 48 | 4.2 |
| Drip / batch brew | 50 | 5 |
| Cupping | 51 | 3 |
| Chemex | 54 | 6.1 |
| French press | 58 | 8 |
| Cold brew | 58 | 9.2 |
The shape of each dial
Where the connectors bunch, that grinder’s dial is compressed and single steps count for more. Comparing the two shapes tells you which gives finer control, and where.
Breville Smart Grinder Pro
Fellow Ode Gen 1
Dialing in the Smart Grinder Pro
Sixty settings sounds like fine control and mostly is not — the useful espresso territory compresses into the bottom handful of steps, and there is an internal burr adjustment most owners never touch that shifts the whole scale. If the finest setting still pulls fast, the internal adjustment is the fix, not the outer dial. Filter and French press, by contrast, are well served and easy to hit.
Dialing in the Ode Gen 1
The original Ode had noticeably more fines than the Gen 2 that replaced it, which is why the Gen 2 burr upgrade became such a common retrofit. If you are running Gen 1 burrs, expect to sit slightly coarser than published Ode numbers to get the same cup.