Cuisinart DCC-450BK 4-Cup Coffeemaker with Stainless-Steel Carafe, Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisinart DCC-450BK 4-Cup Coffeemaker with Stainless-Steel Carafe, Black
Customer Review: Nice size, but spills and doesn't last long
Summary: 2 Stars
After a mere 2 1/2 years of less-than-daily use, my Cuisinart DCC-450BK has brewed its last pot. It was a nice size for one person who drinks only one cup of coffee per day and it made decent-tasting coffee. However, I, too, had issues with it spilling water and coffee all over the place regardless of how careful I was. And two weeks ago it began shutting itself off after only a minute or two of brewing. Now it won't stay on for more than a second.
I've gone out and purchased a Braun KF590E Impressions Digital 10-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker. Unfortunately, it's much larger, but brews a better-tasting cup of coffee. I'll be avoiding Cuisinart coffeemakers for the forseeable future.
Customer Review: A Solid Buy
Summary: 4 Stars
Nice looking; goes with my urban loft. The downside to the stainless carafe is that you can't see the coffee in the pot while you're making it, so you have to guess when it's done based on the drip sounds (or lack thereof), though there is a handy drip-pause feature. Also, the carafe-top clips in instead of opening with a lever so you can't peek into the pot easily. The upside is that it's much easier to maintain than a glass carafe...you don't get that impossible to remove sludge accumulating on the bottom if you accidentally leave it on for too long or forget to wash the carafe one morning. As far as the coffee goes, you get what you pay for: of course it's not as good as what a Bunn/other high-end machine would produce, but it's smooth-tasting and good for the average coffee-lover.Customer Review: Terrible design flaws
Summary: 1 Stars
We have owned 4 cup coffee makers from Mr. Coffee and Black and Decker.
I bought this coffee maker because I thought that it was more attractive on our granite counter tops. Do NOT buy this coffee maker for any reason! It is almost impossible to pour the coffee without spilling it. The pour spout is flat. What were they thinking? You need to use your nails to pry the lid off the carafe. Stupid design all around. It barely holds enough water to make coffee for 2 mugs. It is hard to fill compared to the other brands. It takes twice as long to brew a pot. The claim that you can interrupt the cycle to pour a cup is false. It keeps brewing and sputtering. Messy and slow. I'm going back to the less expensive Mr. Coffee. Better design and more features such as delayed brewing.
Customer Review: Doesn't Pour!
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had this coffeemaker for a couple of years and have spent the whole time looking for another carafe. The one that comes with this machine doesn't pour without dribbling water or coffee everywhere. So every time I fill the reservoir or pour coffee, I end up with liquid all over the counter. I've tried every trick I can think of (pour slowly, pour quickly, pour slowly and first and then faster, etc.), but nothing works. Making the pouring lip deep and wide enough to pour cleanly seems like such a basic of coffee pot design that I can't quite figure out how the Cuisinart designers got this one so badly wrong. But since I can't find a different carafe to fit this machine, I'm finally giving up and buying another coffeemaker. Too bad, because this one is cute and makes decent coffee.Customer Review: BIG DISAPPOINTMENT
Summary: 2 Stars
I BOUGHT THIS COFFEEMAKER BECAUSE OF THE NAME "CUISINART" BUT HAVE SINCE HAD BETTER PERFORMANCE FROM A $9.88 NO NAME COFFEEMAKER. FIRST THE COFFEE POT DRIBBLES WATER/COFFEE ALL OVER THE PLACE - YOU NEED TO GET A GLASS OR SOME OTHER CONTAINER TO POUR WATER INTO THE THE COFFEEMAKER UNLESS OF COURSE YOU DO NOT MIND WATER ALL OVER YOUR COUNTERTOP AND WHEN IT COMES TO POURING THE COFFFEE INTO A CUP YOU BETTER BE STANDING OVER THE SINK. BUT THAT'S NOT ONLY WHERE THIS COFFEEMAKER FALLS SHORT - IT DOES NOT BREW A REALLY HOT CUP OF COFFEE AND THE HEATING PLATE TURNS OFF TOO QUICKLY. IT IS NOW SITTING IN THE CLOSET - I JUST COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE BECAUSE OF THE PRICE I PAID FOR IT BUT I PROBABLY WILL WHEN I DO SPRING CLEANING.