 Larger | Cuisinart DGB-900BC Grind-and-Brew Thermal 12-Cup Automatic Coffeemaker, Brushed Chrome/BlackBuy from www.amazon.com | |
| List Price: www.amazon.com's Price: $165.00 You Save: $200 (55%) Condition: New Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Average Customer Rating: 3.5 Lowest New Price: Too low to display Lowest Used Price: $83.50 | Features• 24-hour fully programmable coffeemaker with 12-cup capacity• Double-wall insulated thermal carafe; built-in automatic burr grinder • Strength selector and grind control fine-tune intensity and volume • 8-ounce bean hopper; auto shutoff; water filter; brew-pause function • Measures 10-2/3 by 8-4/9 by 16-1/4 inches; 3-year limited warranty Good Coffee, High Maintenance, Good WarrantyWe have had this coffee maker for a little over a year. It makes excellent coffee! It does, however, require that you clean the chute between the grinder and the coffee filter regularly or else coffee grounds get impacted in the chute and the machine will stop working. The chute is awkward to clean because it is at a weird angle in relation to the tiny access panel that allows one to gain access to it.After a year of use, the door to the coffee filter refused to stay latched. The machine will not operate without the door latched. If you managed to coax the door to close, it would pop open again while the filter lid spun aimlessly. The coffee filter lid has several holes to direct the grounds from the grinder and to direct the water from the reservoir into the coffee filter. It spins to line up various holes for each operation in the brewing cycle. Again the machine will not work unless the coffee filter lid is lined up properly. Basically, after a year our machine was unusable. I called Cuisinart and they are completely replacing our unit. Their customer service was responsive and courteous. The customer service lady said these were known problems. Both our problems apparently lead back to a warped coffee filter lid (it becomes warped due to the heat). The warping prevented the filter door from closing properly AND once it started to turn the warping pushed the door open because of a weak latch and a strong spring. While I am happy that Cuisinart is replacing our coffeemaker, I would not recommend this model to other people. owned the Grind-and-Brew series for 10 yearsThe Cuisinart Grind-and-Brew was the first gift that we registered for at Dillards when we got engaged. We thought it was a long shot because it was a coffee pot that cost over $100. But to our gratitude, we received it as a wedding present! That was the first generation of this series and over the years we have upgraded with each new modification. In the past, we plowed through the prep and clean time. It would take 15-20 minutes to clean each time but the brew of the coffee was well worth it. We have always been very hopeful that they would engineer a G&B unit that cut out all of the cleaning time AND NOW THEY HAVE!!!! This unit is worth EVERY PENNY! Thank you Cuisinart for the past decade of being a part of the Grind-and-Brew family.....but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING IT EASIER TO USE! THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR EVERYEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you will just have to engineer the option of brewing "odd" cups of coffee (1,3,5,7,etc.)Cuisinart Grind & Brew a Super Hot SuccessDefinitely better than any other coffee maker I've ever used in my life-and I've been through every type and fad there is. Long a huge percolator fan, I was still always on the lookout for something that would do what this machine does- which is grind and make coffee automatically - I highly reccommend this product - If the only caveat here is the loud grinder- it's almost forgivable as it only sounds for 20-30 seconds. But then most coffee grinders are loud anyway. Also I would reccommend getting the metal carafe version as it really does- keep the coffee very hot for hours. Finally, if you're still on the fence as to the difficulty in operating such a machine- I can honestly say that- especially with the included DVD instructional video, it's very easy to operate and clean. There. Decision made! Now just buy it! Did not like this product at all!It got a great word of mouth review from many, but I was very disappointed. Coffee chute constantly jammed with ground coffee so coffee was very weak. Also did not like the how the coffee trickled out of the carafe. Coffee not hot enough. On the plus side, Amazon.com could not have been better about the return. Hassle fee. I WILL continue to be a loyal Amazon.com consumer because of this!Simply Delicious!I have had the Cuisinart Grind and Brew for 3-4 months now. I am very happy with it. I think the overall process for making coffee is simplified with this machine. I love that I don't have to measure coffee. Clean up is fairly easy. I rinse the gold filter, basket and basket lid every day before I brew another pot. Before adding a new pound of coffee beans I clean out the shoot. It only takes a minute.Pros: - No measuring coffee - consistent coffee - Brews quickly (5 minutes as opposed to the 15 minutes of my old coffee maker) - Beeps if you have forgotten to put the basket or the lid in their place - great customer support (mine was missing the gold filter. Cuisinart sent me a new one immediately) - easy to clean - delay start allows you to set it up the night before or before your dinner party Cons: - needs an extra strong setting. I get around this by using the measure on the pot instead of the measure in the fill indicator - need to check that there are beans in the hopper. Sometimes it runs out part way through the grinding. I wish it could stop the process and beep if it runs out of beans. - doesn't warn you if you forget to put the carafe in the coffee maker. While it has a stop flow feature, that only works for 10 minutes. - Need to remember to set the coffee amount to match the amount of water you put in. (After making the full 12 cups, I added 6 cups of water but ground beans for 12 cups. It was deliscious cut with lots of hot milk.) Overall, I am very happy I bought this and woudl buy it again. Product DescriptionCuisinart introduces a fully programmable coffeemaker with a burr grinder for superior coffee. Our special burr grinder grinds the coffee without influencing the integrity of the bean, so the true flavor maintained. The strength selector and the grind control functions fine-tune intensity and volume, and the thermal carafe seals in heat and freshness so the last cup is as good as the first. It's never been easier to make a great pot of coffee!Read more... 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