Cuisinart DGB-850 Burr Grind & Brew 10-Cup Coffeemaker with Thermal Carafe, Black/Stainless Steel, Silver
$229.95
Price: $229.95
(as of Mar 07, 2025 19:08:43 UTC – Details)
Leave it to Cuisinart to make delicious, freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee an even nicer experience. The Grind & Brew 10-Cup Coffeemaker features an innovative DirectFlow grind assembly that seamlessly moves coffee through the professional-style burr grinder right into the brew basket. An AutoRinse feature makes sure all coffee grounds enter the brew basket to make clean-up exceptionally easy! Grinds just the amount of beans needed, to the number of cups selected. Intuitive controls offer three fl avor strengths and a large display provides a clear view of customized selections. It’s innovative coffeemaking technology – and Cuisinart – at their very best! Features: 10-cup thermal carafe with comfort-grip handle|Professional-style burr grinder for uniform consistency|DirectFlow grind assembly seamlessly dispenses grounds directly into the brew basket|AutoRinse ensures all the coffee grounds enter the brew basket|Half-pound bean hopper with sealed lid – keeps beans fresh|Flavor strength options – regular bold or extra-bold|Grind control – program for 4 to 10 cups|Grind-off feature lets you use pre-ground coffee|Extra-large LCD display and intuitive operation|24-hour brew start|Gold-tone commercial-style permanent fi lter|Charcoal water fi lter removes impurities|Brew Pause™ feature lets you enjoy a cup before brewing is fi nished|Limited 3-Year Warranty
Note: 1)Too coarse a grind, too little coffee, or insufficiently tamping the grounds before brewing can all lead to inadequate pressure for a proper brew. 2)It is important to note that the amount of espresso extracted will vary depending on the grind size and amount and reprogramming may be needed when the size and amount are adjusted
MUST-HAVE FEATURES: Designed with superior functionality in mind boasting features such as 24-hour programmability, 4 to 10 cup settings, self-clean auto rinse and adjustable auto shutoff
BUILT-IN PROFESSIONAL-STYLE BURR GRINDER: DirectFlow grind assembly seamlessly dispenses grounds into the brew basket in uniform consistency. Featuring a half-pound bean hopper with sealed lid to keep beans fresh
ENJOY WITH EASE: Cuisinart’s trademarked Brew Pause feature lets you enjoy a cup of coffee before the brewing cycle has finished
BREW STRENGTH CONTROL: Select regular, bold, or extra bold coffee flavor to perfectly match your coffee taste preference
DURABLE FILTERS: Permanent gold-tone coffee filter included, and built-in charcoal water filter ensures only the freshest coffee flavor flows through
Customers say
Customers have issues with the coffee maker’s pot leaking. They report that the carafe drips when pouring and spills all over the place. There are mixed reviews on the coffee quality, grindability, coffee temperature, ease of cleaning, design, ease of use, and noise level.
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RockyTech –
Excellent Coffee Maker, A Few Quirks
This review is for the 10-cup DGB-850 with Thermal Carafe (stainless steel).After using this coffee maker for over 10 weeks, we are quite happy with it overall (after learning a few lessons). Perhaps this is an updated version of the model, but we have not had any of the issues some reviews mention, like problems cleaning the grinder burrs. In fact, this version does not even have user-access to the grinder parts, based on the videos and descriptions from others with problems. This model advertises that the grinder assembly auto-rinses all the grinds from the grinder – there is no disassembly to get to the grinder itself, and it appears to work fine without access. All we do to clean it after each use is rinse out the permanent filter itself (or toss the paper filter), and wipe moisture from the holder and the housing above the coffee carafe platform.PROS:* Coffee tastes very good – grind/strength controls allows pretty good control over desired taste, by adjusting the amount of water used with each grind range (see my grind testing chart image, and table below). My wife likes coffee a bit weaker, so we use 7-8 cups of water with a 6-cup Grind, for instance, adjusting Strength as needed for the exact amount of water used.* With the thermal carafe, the heating plate below the carafe warms the stainless steel carafe as the coffee is brewed, so there is no need to pre-heat a cold carafe (which we had to do with our previous coffee maker). Works well – the heater is turned off automatically after the coffee is brewed, so it does not over-heat the coffee. The thermal carafe keeps the coffee pretty warm for an hour or two.* At least so far, we have not had any issues with cleaning the grinder burrs – easy clean-up.* We really like the ability to use either the permanent filter basket, or a paper filter. With a septic system, we cannot rinse grounds down the drain, and it is sometimes a pain to dump grounds outside in bad weather (so the paper filter is handy in heavy snow). We did not have this option with our old blade-grinder coffee maker.CONS (Lessons Learned):* Pouring water into the reservoir is a pain with the coffee maker under a cabinet. You need access to the back of the coffee maker to pour from a bit behind, since pouring from the front can let water spill out the overflow slots at the back of the reservoir.* As some reviews mention, pouring from the carafe can be a bit tricky with the lid on, if you are not careful. A full pot pours fine, but steeper angles of pour as the carafe gets emptier can make a mess. I remove the lid for pouring as the pot gets emptier.* To get just the right coffee strength for your personal tastes, it helps to understand exactly how the coffee maker adjusts the grind for the settings (Grind and Strength). I could not find this information in the manual or any on-line reference. See my “Strength Notes” below – between knowing what each combination does, and adjusting the amount of water for each setting, you can get pretty much just what you want, without wasting coffee.STRENGTH NOTES:At first, we found it a bit limiting to have fixed settings for only 4, 6, 8 & 10 cups of coffee. And I could not find any good description anywhere about exactly what the Grind control and the Strength control do – does one adjust the fineness of the grinding mechanism, and the other the amount of coffee beans ground (based on the amount of time the grinder runs)? If so, which controls which? All the manual really says is “The burr grinder will grind the correct amount of beans, and automatically adjust the coffee/water ratio for low cup settings.”So, I started experimenting with different settings to see what each does, based on the weight of the ground coffee put into the filter. I weighed the grounds after brewing each pot at different setting combinations, letting them drain quite a while first (wet grounds, but well drained). The chart in the image attached to this review (also shown in the table below) shows my results – not every setting available, but enough to figure out what is happening, I believe. From visual comparisons, I could not see any apparent differences in the coarseness of the grounds themselves with any combination, so I assume that the grinder does not change the coarseness/fineness of the grind itself, only the amount of beans ground, for both the strength and grind (# of cups) settings. But with the information in the chart, and by adjusting the amount of water you put in the reservoir for each brew, you can get pretty close to the strength you want. Ground Coffee Weights, Cuisinart DGB-850 Coffeemaker GRIND STRENGTH GRAMS (avg.) ============================= 4 Cups Extra Bold 75 6 Cups Regular 91 6 Cups Bold 102 6 Cups Extra Bold 120 8 Cups Bold 122 8 Cups Extra Bold 140So, for example, we brew a slightly weaker-than-recommended pot by setting the Grind (# of cups) to 6 cups, adding either 7 or 8 cups of water to the reservoir, and setting the Strength as a kind of fine-tuning adjustment to get just the strength we want for that batch (my wife likes it a bit weaker, I like it a bit stronger – we alternate!).Hopefully this will help you fine-tune your perfect cup of coffee. Happy brewing!
godspeedcig –
Not Good- Coffee Grinds in the Last Gulps!
DISAPPOINTED!! Had high hopes for this coffee maker. This was purchased to replace our DGB-550BK Grind & Brew which we used for about 13 years!! This model actually makes great coffee but there are issues that overshadow the taste of the coffee.1) Grounds, grounds, grounds…don’t like drinking coffee grounds2) Carafe drips/dribbles down the front when pouring the hot coffee- poor engineering & creates a mess3) Opening and location of water receptacle is too small and requires you to turn coffee maker sideways to pour water into it (without spilling water all over the counter or having coffee maker fall off counter)These may not seem big issues, but it makes the coffee drinking experience a bummer! Looking into a Breville…
Amazon Queen –
No alarm clock needed.
Works great. Fresh ground coffee is much better tasting than pre-ground. It’s a bit loud, but worth it
Matt –
Coffee maker is good, thermal carafe is terrible
I’m not as much of a coffee aficionado as other people, so the coffee maker itself is good for me.I can use either ground coffee or whole beans, and the adjustments work well enough for my needs. The coffee maker seems well built and good quality, although time will tell on this.However, the thermal carafe it came with is terrible. It spills nearly every single time no matter how slow and careful I pour it. It got to be so annoying I started taking the top off every time I pour with it. This is disappointing and an extra cost since I now have to get a replacement carafe.
Adrienne Kerr –
Nope
I would not buy this again. While it does make coffee at least, there are three significant flaws. 1) it is INSANELY loud. The first morning I had it went off I could hear it from my room and it sounded like a small plane landing. Iâve tried covering the top with towels, but itâs just loud. 2) the carafe. The carafe is horrible. The lid is difficult to put on and remove. The pour spout is so small it barely pours and you have to tilt the carafe almost vertical. The lid also catches some residual coffee which can spill if youâre not careful. Also, the way the carafe is designed it is difficult to clean, due to the top opening being small. 3) It does NOT keep the coffee warm after making. Iâve searched and everything says it just turns off. And the carafe does not keep the coffee warm for long. Iâve had to adjust the time of the program multilevel times to try to get it juuuuust right, so itâs ready when I need it and only sits for maybe a minute or so. Even then, the coffee is just not that hot. I have a previous generation at my work office and I would take that one any day. Not as loud, normal carafe, and actually makes hot coffee. I do NOT recommend this coffeemaker.
Xanadu –
Ideal grind and brew at this price point
Easy to use and clean, special-run white model that looks good in ubiquitous all-white kitchens. Did not find this model anywhere else. Hopper is sealed to keep beans reasonably fresh. Easily adjustable to yield desired strength of coffee. Only drawback is grind is set to coarse-medium grind degree that produces slightly under-extracted coffee. I believe this can be adjusted, but will require a call to Cuisinart support or possibly youtube. Will likely void warranty but at this price point, it seems of little consequence. The grinder isnât the loudest Iâve heard but does terrify the cats at first. They will get used to it. Itâs lovely to wake up to the sound of my coffee being prepared for me. Very happy with this purchase; would buy again in a heart beat.
Amazon Customer –
Do not recommend
The bean holder doesnât seem to allow beans to enter the grinder therefore does not allow appropriate amount of beans to be ground per designated pot size. Not the sameQuality as prior cuisinart grind and brew. Loved the prior generation grind and brew. Do not recommend this newer model.Canât give it zero stars.
Nancy Coulombe –
J’adore faire mon café fraîchement moulu.
CDNav8r –
Cusinart took their previous model of this coffee maker and made it better! The burr grinder is critical for great tasting coffee and now itâs self cleaning! Brilliant!This is my third Cusinart grind and brew coffee maker and they keep making them better. Itâs used daily and I get about 12 to 15 years out of a unit. Thatâs pretty reasonable considering so many products are junk these days.Highly recommended!
Jane Paul –
I loved this coffee maker at my cottage all summer. Bought a second one for home and ditched a different brand of bean to brew maker that never worked as well. Flavour is always perfect.
Rosario Velez Cosgalla –
En dos meses dejó de funcionar, nomla recomiendo, aparte el molino no se puede limpiar viene totalmente cerrado.