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Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$225.00~~
Buy New: $118.25
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

587 reviews
Sales Rank: 1261

Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 18 x 12 x 11
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MPN: BGB600
Model: DGB-600BC
UPC: 086279001153
EAN: 0086279001153
ASIN: B00006F2MI

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Please DON'T waste your money!!!!! September 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is the second piece of junk I have bought from Cuisinart!! They are over priced pieces of junk!! This coffee maker was a gift from my son only one year ago. It is already disfuntional!! It started when the grinder would go off randomly by itself, any time of day. Then the "grind off" button would not even work!! The other product I purchased from Cuisinart was a toaster. The knob broke off only have a year also. The biggest down fall, customer service at Cuisinart. Don't think you'll be able to email or call and they will roll out the red carpet, they don't...you'll be lucky if they even respond!! Stop buying their products!!! Cuisinart does not back them!!!

1 out of 5 stars

High Maintenance Pain in my Morning August 21, 2008
Steer clear, I can't imagine a more poorly designed coffee maker.

The product review states "When the aroma of freshly brewed coffee... wafts into your bedroom in the morning, you won't need your alarm clock." The truth? 1) The coffee is brewed into a thermal carafe, so there is NO satisfying coffee aroma and 2) you won't need an alarm clock because the grinder sounds and feels like a jet rocket - VAAAAAH-ROOOOOM!

The machine is also very high maintenance. There are too many parts to clean and it's cumbersome to disassemble, reassemble, disassemble, reassemble, etc. Furthermore, these parts are messy - grounds scatter all about and frequently end up in the carafe itself.

There is also no option to circumvent the hideous grinder by starting with your own grounds.

The only nice thing I have to say about this product is the fact we got it as a gift (Thanks, Mom!) that said, I can't wait to replace it!

4 out of 5 stars

Great Coffee Maker August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Yes, this is my first review. I'm jumping in because I couldn't really understand some of the negative reviews. I've had this coffee maker for over 3 years now, after some real problems with other grind and brew makers. It simply makes great coffee. When we have overnight guests, they rave about the coffee.

I've used the timer, the 1-4 cup feature and even the "grind off" feature when I was out of whole beans. I was never disappointed. You CAN make weak coffee if you are so inclined, but you can also make a strong coffee. It depends on the quality of the beans and how much you use.

Yes, you do have to follow the directions. Yes, if you forget to put in the coffee filter the basket will overflow and create a mess. Yes, you do have to clean out the grinder after each use (but that's no big deal - especially if you have a dishwasher). And, yes, the grinder is noisy, but so are separate grinders.

To sum it up, it's the best of the coffee grind and brews that I've owned; it's reliable; easy to clean; and, makes great coffee.

4 out of 5 stars

Keeps coffee hot without changing flavor August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm a coffee snob, and like mine bold, rich and black. I used to have a Melitta grind & brew, which produced fantastic coffee that lasted for an hour before the heat pad shut off. Turning on the heat pad for a second hour really damaged the coffee's flavor.

The Cuisinart takes care of that problem. In fact, I've found the coffee temperature is much hotter than that made by other units, and somehow stays hotter in your cup longer - which means no microwaving the coffee to keep it hot.

That said, there are many parts to this coffee maker - a 2-piece grinder, a 3-piece filter, and a 2-piece carafe. That's a lot of parts to disassemble and wash, but they are all dishwasher safe.

The carafe is well insulated, allowing me to enjoy morning-fresh coffee well into the afternoon.

1 out of 5 stars

My countertops are ruined August 4, 2008
Oh Cuisinart Grind 'n' Brew, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways:

1) This thing LEAKS out the bottom of the machine. My apartment has white laminate countertops, which are porous and the spot underneath the coffeemaker is stained a dingy brown gray, no matter how much I scrub it. No matter how careful I am, there is always a pool of brownish water under the machine after I run it.

2) The stylish brushed chrome will only stay that way for a short while - it shows every fingerprint and water spot and needs to be polished with stainless steel appliance spray to stay looking nice. I don't know about you, but 'polishing' kitchen appliances really isn't my bag. A quick wipedown with a sponge or papertowel is all I am willing to commit to.

3) Having the grinder and the water tank housed in the same compartment means you will invariably end up with beans & grounds in the water tank, which is very hard to clean. My water tank has a grimy brown film on the plastic. Blech.

4) The grinder doesn't hold enough beans to make a full pot of coffee; you can dump them in there, but they pile up well above the fill line and clog up on the way out.

5) The springs/latch that hold the filter compartment closed have worn out, so it takes a couple tries to get it to catch and stay closed...and every now and then it pops open during brewing, covering the countertop with hot coffee and water.

6) There is something weird about the carafe spout - you have to almost completely invert the pot to get the coffee to pour out.

7) The stupid flip-up top is too tall to fit under my cabinets when it is open. So every time I use the machine, I have to drag it out to the edge of the counter, add water and beans, and slide it back to the wall.

8) Steam fills the grinder during brewing, and the moisture mixes with leftover grounds in and around the grinder housing, creating a thick paste that dries to a nasty crust (or gets moldy quickly if you leave it over the weekend or something). This necessitates really scrubbing the grinder parts every time you use it as well as wiping out the area where the grinder is housed. After three years of use, the moisture problems have cause the bottom half of the grinder to get stuck in the gear that holds it in place, meaning I can't remove it at all. I used to be able to pry it out with a screwdriver to clean it, but now I have to turn the whole machine upside down over my sink to clean out the grinder.

9) Grounds end up everywhere. I don't know how - I guess when they come out of the grinder compartment, not all of them make it to the basket? There are grounds on top of the carafe, on the plate where the carafe sits, and dusting all the internal parts that hold the filter basket. Every time I open a compartment or remove the carafe, I need to wipe up coffee grounds.

10) Oh yeah. The coffee sucks, too. Tastes stale no matter what brand I buy or how much I (try) to clean the machines many, many parts. And it is never hot enough.

I've had the thing for three years now, I guess, and some of the complaints are age related, but most of them are the result of poor design and have been there from the get go. And you know? Three years isn't THAT long! There is no excuse for this item's price when nearly *every* component is sub-par. I love my other cuisinart appliances, but I've put up with this thing too long. Good riddance.

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