Cuisinart 10 Cup Coffee Maker with Grinder, Automatic Grind & Brew, Black/Silver, DGB-450

Nice machine
I had this model but had to replace it after many years. The new model is slightly different in that the grinder sends the beans down to the filter to brew. This does make an extra step for clean up as the old model had the grinder built into the filter. That is my only complaint. Otherwise, the coffee is piping hot for hours in the thermal carafe. The grinder does its job so I don’t need a second step in the morning coffee ritual. The coffee tastes great and the program feature is handy when you need it. I hope it lasts as long as my previous one. Lastly, the carafe does not drip when I pour a cup of coffee like other coffee makers.

Works as advertised
Pros:The unit is reliable and works as advertisedReasonable priceNice insulated carafe (Reviews I read prefer insulated carafe over lower model with glass carafe)Cons:Have to clean and refill the unit every dayNoisy during bean grindMy wife wanted to wakeup to fresh ground coffee every morning, with the smell wafting through the house as she lay in bed. But within a week she stopped loading it the night before and just runs it manually in the morning. I knew that would happen, but I still got the full husband points for the gift so that’s what matters! For ongoing husband points you can clean/load the unit yourself the night before.With these ‘grind and brew’ combo units, there is one big differentiator – whether the unit can grind and brew across multiple days or has to be cleaned/reloaded every day. This is a ‘reload every day’ solution, which I selected due to being less complicated. The reviews for ‘multiple day’ units pointed to problems managing beans/grounds/water reservoir/moisture existing in the unit together across multiple days.Overall happy with the purchase and would recommend. But I’d say if you’re buying it to use the scheduling feature, be sure you’ll have the discipline and memory to setup the unit the night before. Otherwise the price and complexity is probably not worth it. Having a separate grinder and brewer is a cheaper, quieter and more reliable solution.

Good coffee from high maintenance machine
I loved the stainless steel carafe that came with the unit. It kept the coffee nice and hot for an extended period of time. I also thought the unit brewed a good cup of coffee.But I quickly grew tired of the cleaning ritual that needed to be performed after each brewing. In my opinion the design is a bit convoluted, and adds a lot of effort to the cleaning effort. In addition to the regular brew basket the unit also has a chamber for grinding the beans and a channel for moving the beans from the chamber to the basket. During the brewing cycle, the hot water flows thru the chamber to the channel which directs the grounds to the basket.When the brewing has completed, this entire assembly needs to be removed and cleaned because a fair amount of grounds don’t make it to the brew basket and remain in the chamber and channel.The delayed brewing options worked fine, but it would have been nice to have a bean reservoir with a selector switch for the amount of beans to use for the brewing process instead of having to measure out the amount of beans needed for each brewing session.

10年前から使っていて、今回壊れて再度購入しました。海外では当たり前のブランドで、朝起きる時間にセット出来るのも気に入ってます。コーヒーのいい香りで目が覚めて最高です！

アメリカの家庭か片田舎の小さなダイナーかコーヒーショップにいるみたい。毎朝テンション上がります👍️