Disclosed is an assembly for use in an herb vaporizer. The assembly includes a casing having at least one casing air passageway. The assembly also includes a first grinding element partially defining a grinding chamber and a second grinding element, opposed to said first grinding element, further defining the grinding chamber and rotatably mounted such that contents of the grinding chamber are agitated by rotation of the second grinding element. The assembly also includes a heater within the casing operatively associated with the grinding chamber, and being electrically coupled to a threaded connector providing an electric connection from a battery unit. The threaded connector projects from the casing for mating with an external battery unit.