Cuisinart Grind and Brew Thermal 10-Cup Coffee Maker DGB-600BC
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisinart Grind and Brew Thermal 10-Cup Coffee Maker DGB-600BC
Customer Review: Coffeemaker
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Customer Review: Only a couple of Drawbacks but overall makes great coffee
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Customer Review: After one year...
Summary: 1 Stars
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!Customer Review: Hard to clean, clogs and overflows.
Summary: 1 Stars
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. Customer Review: What a mess!
Summary: 1 Stars
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.