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: RUN AWAY!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
You might be tempted, Cuisinart typically makes great products. But, unless you actualy ENJOY cleaning your coffee maker for an hour every time you make coffee, and unless you LIKE having coffee grounds floating around in large quantities in your cup, this is NOT the machine you want.
In fact, it's so bad that after about 4 brewing cycles, you'll pack the stupid thing up and give it to some poor, unsuspecting friend or family member, who, after about 4 brewing cycles, will realize why you gave it to them. Then they'll cuss you, and pass the coffee maker off to some other poor sap. Eventually the damn thing will make the rounds and get re-gifted back to you, and you'll be exactly where you started.
So, to save yourself, your friends, and your family a whole lot of time and heartache playing hot-potato with this stupid machine, take my advice... PICK OUT A DIFFERENT COFFEE MAKER!!!!!
By the way, every time you make coffee, you will swear the machine is going to explode. It makes the most violent, disturbing sounds I've ever heard come out of a healthy piece of kitchen equipment. Seriously. Horror-movie quality sound effects...
NOTE: this is a true story, up to and including the re-gifting part... when I got the damn thing offered back to me, I had to post this review. CAVEAT EMPTOR! (or TEMPUS FUGIT or QUID PRO QUO or some other goofy Latin phrase))
Customer Review: coffee sure tastes better
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are not fresh grinding your coffee beans you are missing out on a treat. The carafe does hold coffee hot for 3-4 hours, clean up is a breeze and coffee tastes better fresh ground--GREAT product!Customer Review: BEST COFFEE MAKER EVER!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this coffee maker!! I can't believe all the negative comments from reviewers. It sounds like these people were not using the machine correctly nor treating it properly--I wonder if they read any of the directions and tips??? I did, and I have had absolutely no problems with anything. It also sound like the people were too lazy to wash the parts and were complaining about noise-this is one of the quietest coffeemakers I have had that had a built in grinder-it is not noisy-and also-you have to wash the parts in every coffee maker-what's the big deal???? It sounds like these people are big whiners and lazy at that. If they didn't want to deal with grinds, then they shouldn't have bought a coffee maker that has a grinder in it. I find it wonderful--and most importantly, it makes WONDERFUL COFFEE!! The coffee we have been making tastes like we bought it from Starbucks-the best!!!!!! Also-the people that were complaining about weak coffee obviously did not do the math and calculate the right scoops -they must have flunked in math. Also, you don't have to go by the manufacturer's suggested scoops-this is just a guideline-anyone that knows anything about coffee knows that you have to experiment witn it and adjust according to your own tastes. I found that the 1 1/2 scoops that the manufacturer suggested work great-anyway, I would highly recommend it-don't listen to the whiners!!Customer Review: There is a special place in Hell for the designers of this.....
Summary: 2 Stars
...miserable excuse for a coffeemaker.
The reality might not be so awful if the promise wasn't so compelling.
This product dangles the vision of cheerfully and simply prepping your machine and awakening to the heavenly aroma of piping hot coffee brewed from your freshly ground beans. Stroll into the kitchen & bring the carafe into your office or den to leisurely and luxuriously sip away your day in blissed out yummy java-land.
Dude. This is a fussy little machine. It takes more stroking and prepping and tweaking and messing to get anything accomplished than a trophy wife. If you are seriously OCD or have a perverse sense of satisfaction in being a 'slave to the grind', then this may be a dream come true. If you don't fit the lid of the carafe in *just so* it isn't really sealed (and the top will pop eventually pop off of the widget/gasket sealy thing). If you don't meticulously rinse and brush and dry each piece before each pot, you'll end up with a sludgy, backedup brackish mess. If you overfill with beans or underfill with beans or fit the filter in wrong or the H2O in wrong you'll have icky coffee and even *more* cleaning and fussing to do.
Even when you perform each step with the fanatical precision of a Geisha Tea Ceremony, the basic design of this coffeemaker guarantees disappointment. Hellllloooow?? Steam from hot water + fine grounds from coffee beans = goopy mess, wasted beans & inconsistent coffee quality. Good luck getting your full 10 cups out of this carafe. Good luck determining how much coffee is left in the carafe at any given point. And who in R&D thought that the equivalent decibles of a DC10 takeoff set a standard for a small appliance?
Bottom line is that I purchased this device with the anticipation of a convenient, quality, copious coffee experience...After 4 months of putting up with extra time noise and hassle to make coffee, the damnable thing finally committed turbojet suicide last night...apparently, the stupid 'clicky shut' filter door unclickied during the commencement of the grind phase...the resulting diaspora of grinds and hot water across the kitchen and shoved back up and through the machine itself must have finally proven too much for its delicate constitution. Even after a full ritual of cleaning, brushing with the fussy brush, etc. it does nothing but pathetically blink its digital display.
Good riddance say I. It will be a long time before I grumble about grinding beans and pouring them into the filter of a large capacity, reliable coffeemaker with my own two hands. And perhaps the overnight exposure of the grounds when I preset for morning coffee isn't as much of an issue as I'd made it out to be. There are worse things after all...things like this POS coffeemaker.
Customer Review: 'Grind and Brew' Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using my new 'Grind and Brew' machine for about 2 weeks now and realy like its ease of use. It's features are nice and also quite simple to use and remember. Overall one of the main reasons for my purchase of this type and brand of coffee maker was the thermal insulated carafe. It really does what it says it will...it keeps the coffee hot! Not only does it keep the coffee hot for at least 6 hours...but it does so without compromising the taste of the coffee. It makes an excellent tasting coffee because the brew water temperture is hot and that is key in any good coffee.