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"After one year..." I put this coffee maker on my Christmas list last year and was excited to try it out because a friend had recommended it. After a year of cleaning up counters covered with leaking coffee, cleaning up grounds that exploded when the basket compartment frequently popped out, and struggling to remove the grinding bin that often became stuck, making coffee became an activity to avoid at all costs. The coffee was good, but process of brewing it was a chore I dreaded. I could not leave the room until the process had ended and I was sure the basket bin wasn't going to pop out. No more! I'm hoping Santa will bring me a new coffee maker this year. ANYthing is better than THIS! "Hard to clean, clogs and overflows." This machine does make a good cup of coffee however there's a good chance of overflow due to coffee grounds clogging the works. It happens nearly 50% of the time and it's no fun cleaning up a scalding hot mess. We have ordered Cuisinart GTF-B Gold Tone Coffee Filter and hopefully this will put an end to the mess. "What a mess!" We've had this coffee maker for a while. Once it a while the basket containing the ground coffee pops part way open while brewing. The result? Hot coffee and grinds all over the coffee maker, the counter and the floor. A ten minute cleanup. Not a pleasnt surprise when you come down for your morning coffee. We've resorted to taping the basket shut while looking for replacement. "Lousy!" I have to weigh in with the other customers who find this machine hard to use, hard to clean, brews no better than a $9.00 white plastic number from Family Dollar, gunks up with grounds in the grinder, leaves grounds in your cup, never dries out on it's own and the grinder part steams up even when you don't use the grinder so you have to clean it all the time even when you don't use it anymore 'cause you're sick of it, has a carafe that pours in a little trickle and won't empty. So sorry I bought this. I thought I was buying a top-of-the-line machine for my coffee-lovin' husband, but he hates this machine more than I do. Don't buy it. It's overpriced junk. "garbage" I can't believe how much I spent for this horrible machine. The internal grinder needs to be THOROUGHLY cleaned with each use or it clogs. Furthermore, the trip mechanism that directs the brewed coffee into the carafe also needs to be cleaned constantly; If you don't---you'll have coffee and grounds diverted from the carafe and all over your counter top, floor, etc. Loads of fun. Also, even when working properly, the grinder is too small to accommodate enough beans for the ten-cup carafe, unless you like coffee weaker than I do. I'll never buy a Cuisinart product again.
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Cuisinart DGB-600 Grind & Brew 10 Cup Automatic Coffeemaker
What our customer's say! "awesome coffee maker", I wanted a new coffee maker for a very long time and finally got around to buying one. I liked the idea of having the grinder and coffee maker combined into one unit, so I chose this cuisinart, which works fantastic. I have enjoyed it immensely and would recommend this coffee maker to anyone who enjoys freshly ground cofee. It was worth the extra $$ to buy this model. "Great Coffee Taste. Pain in the Neck to clean, Noisy, Complicated", This is a pain in the neck. And I'm not prissy. I am a chef and am used to all kinds of things in the kitchen. THis thing is so annoying. OKay first, the grinder is SO loud and goes on for SO long that you will actually HATE to make coffee.. There is no control to stop the grinder so even though the grinds are in the basket, the stupid thing keeps grinding with that loud noise. Then when you try to pour it, you are holding the carafe upside down to get the coffee out - which, if you are only making a couple of cups will not be hot enough unless you rinse the carafe in hot water first (stated in the instructions).. Next, cleaning is a pain. Now, maybe you just have to get used to all those pieces and all those wasted grounds stuck in the grinder shoot.. and we've tried for a few months but I'm running out to buy another coffee maker today. The coffee, however, is delicious. Seriously yummie.. so think about how much time and patience you have for good coffee.. "Weak Coffee", All the complaints are true, although I wouldn't exaggerate that badly! The carafe is great at keeping the brew warm, but lousy at letting it pour out. Built in grinder sounds like a 747 taking off at full throttle. End of brew cycle it burbles and gurgles like a geyser about to explode. Bottom line even with a gold-tone filter or paper filter and using the french roast, varying the grind(w/external grinder), the coffee is way too weak tasting for me. Don't bother with it....I'm going with a manual siphon brewer. "Coffeemaker", Makes great coffee. In the grind & brew mode, can be a pain to clean. The thermal caraffe keeps coffee hot for hours while retaining fresh brewed taste. Would definately buy again. "Only a couple of Drawbacks but overall makes great coffee", I just wanted to chime in on this product, I have owned it for roughly 3 years now and there ARE a couple of tricks to be aware of. First and foremost it doesn't have a warming carafe plate as one reviewer was discussing her 70yr old father pointed out. I found many of them didn't when I bought this one (some do though). So it relies on an insulated Carafe to keep the coffee warm. The upside of this is you don't have to worry about leaving it on and 'burning' the carafe. The downside is you have to include one step in the coffee prepration to help it keep hot coffee. The instructions state that you should place very HOT water in the carafe and leave it there while your're preparing the coffee maker and this HEATS the carafe so it keeps the coffee hotter longer. It does not make (in my opinion) SUPERHOT coffee. This doesn't work as well when you use the programable feature to have it make coffee automatically in the morning (as the obviously the water cools down overnight). Another reviewer was remarking on the difficulty in cleaning and the 'clumping' of the coffee beans in the grinder. Simply put, this is because of condensation in the grinder (this may be fairly normal) which then can cause the beans as they're being ground to lump together just a little bit. If you completely dry the bean grinder 'bin' after cleaning and before you put beans in it AND grind and brew your coffee right away this is really a non issue. You might see more of this when you place Hot Water the night before to use the early morning programmable feature because the hot water creates condensation that makes the grounds stick together just a little bit. If you completely dry the grinder bin out first and make the coffee right away every morning there's really no clumping at all. Also someone mentioned the strength of coffee and the amount of water needed for the carafe. I do like strong coffee and tend to 'heap' the beans into the grinder bin and it the coffee comes out just fine (it might also depend on the type of coffee used). Also if you want to change the consistency of your coffee you can use the paper filters for for a more 'grainy' cowboy style coffee (if you're not afraid of grounds) you can use the gold filter as I do. One major drawback is that ANY grinder is LOUD...this one sounds like a jetfighter taking off from an Aircraft Carrier, but I think its impossible to make a completely quiet yet completly efficient grinder. This might the only real drawback. I have to admit though, w/out spending hundreds, more this coffee maker is one of the better grind and brews that I have seen. Overall cleanup (I believe) is pretty easy, I mean no coffee maker is 100% self cleaning. We pregrind our coffee in the evening, hit off, then set it to use the programmable feature every morning to make coffee automatically and it does a good job. Its also held up pretty well we replace the charcoal filter regularly but its been very durable. So no issues on that end. Of course the best feature is that you can use either whole bean coffee or regular coffee and we've found some very good types of whole beans. Bottom line: brews coffee well, fairly loud grinder, easy cleanup (I think), definately makes better coffee is you quickly clean, dry and brew all together first thing in the morning at once, not superhot coffee (putting hot water in carafe helps this-see above), no heated carafe plate, very reliable, low maintenance, sturdy construction. Excuse any typos unfortunately no Spell Check from Amazon. 
Read this reviews before You buy... "A mixed bag!", Other reviewers have had different experiences with this coffee maker. We bought one 3 years ago and have returned it to Cuisinart 3 times over that period because the bean grinding basket gets stuck in place and you can't remove it for cleaning. The good thing is that Cuisinart graciously replaced the unit each time. The last one was a brand new unit in original retail packaging. The others may have been repairs. They admitted to a design problem the first time it was returned. They will no longer honor the warranty even though they shipped us a brand new product. As for performance, our experience has been that the coffee maker provides a good hot "cup of joe" although it is weak for my taste. The beans are not ground fine enough nor can you get sufficient beans in the hopper to provide a really hearty cup of coffee. It is easy to disassemble and clean either manually or in the dishwasher. However there are lots of nooks and crannies where coffee grounds can hide in the main unit. These are not so easy to clean. It is convenient to have the beans ground fresh each morning so that a hot cup of coffee is waiting. If you can live without the automatic grinder, my favorite coffee maker is still the Capresso Automatic Coffee Maker with a thermal carafe. I use a separate bean grinder to get a really fine grind. The pot and lid are very easy to clean with no channels that collect sediment over time. The best part is that you have full control over the grind and hence the richness of the brew. "I guess I was lucky to buy the best coffee maker ever! ", This coffee maker is awesome and has been so for 6 years. Alas, it has started to leak so rather having it repaired I figured it best to buy another. Wanting to shop local,I returned to the store where I had purchased this one and found that they no longer carried it because of the 'problems' everyone (sic) was having. Well here I am on Amazon.com to buy another one (a lot cheaper, I might add)and have read the whiney reviews. I guess I was just lucky since in six years I have never experienced any of the problems reported. Maybe because I run the grinder parts through the dishwasher every night, maybe because I use quality beans, in any case I have had no problems whatsoever, and am now going to buy another. My brother also has one and has had none of the mentioned problems, but then he has only owned his for 5 years. "Cuisinart Grind , Brew and Store ", Excellent, I like the all in one feature of grind, brew and store in the thermal carafe and even automatically turns off the unit! "Convenience and a great pot of coffee", I love this coffee maker. The timed feature is really a convenience for those who are really foggy before that first morning cup. The only down side is the additional pieces to clean if you grind fresh daily but it's worth it! "Best coffee maker I've ever owned", While the design is not perfect, I'll admit that it is the best coffee maker I've ever owned. We've had this coffee maker for 2 years, and no major problems. Finally at the point where we need to replace the grinder blades, and this is a cheap repair thru the Cuisinart website. Love the programming function that allows you to fill the beans, fill the water, and awake to the aroma of fresh coffee. Definately the machine for someone who loves the bells and whistles. The carafe keeps coffee hot for an hour, warm for 4. I agree that the grinder part is a bit messy to deal with, but not terribly so. You WILL need to clean the coffee maker each time you use the grind and brew feature. You can always turn off the grinder, but then you have to deal with the mess of transferring the coffee from a grinder to the brew basket. Pick your poison here. If Cuisinart can address the problem of gunked coffee grounds on the screen from the grinder to the brew basket, I'd pick up another one of these in a heartbeat. |
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