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Cuisinart DCC-1150 Coffee Maker, 10-Cup Thermal Programmable | 
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| Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen
Buy Used: $68.01 - $99.99 (On sale from $145.00)
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Rating:  179 reviews
Dimensions (in): 15 x 10 x 10
MPN: 255547
ASIN: B000TQI2RI
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| Features:
| • | Charcoal water filter helps create a cleaner, better tasting brew | | • | Double-wall thermal carafe keeps coffee hot longer | | • | only@macy's |
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Product Description
This sleek coffee maker is the perfect solution to your wake-up woes. Eye-opening, aromatic brews are easier than ever to make with fully programmable controls and a brew pause feature that lets you grab a mug full before the brewing is even complete. Three-year limited warranty. Model DCC-1150.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 179
 Great coffee maker March 8, 2010
Paul J. Lake
I am very happy with this product. It is the best coffee maker I have owned. It is solid and feels like it will last a long time, unlike the cheap junk I have owned in recent years. I love that it has a carafe and turns itself off. It is easy to use and clean. Yes, you must unscrew the top to get the last drops, but so what! It keeps coffee hot for about two hours and very warm for two more.
 Finally something that is not crap! I love it! March 6, 2010
Lyn Gerry
Let me begin by thanking all of you who have written reviews over the years. You've saved me a lot of grief, because it is so hard to find anything worth the money anymore. This is the first review I've ever written on anything. I have now had this coffee pot for at least six months and I make 3-4 pots daily.
I looked long and hard to find a pot that had the things that mattered to me: thermal carafe that keeps the coffee hot and pours properly, coffee brewing water is hot enough, coffee maker doesn't fall apart soon after purchase, turns itself off when brewing is complete, cone shaped filter basket, no "swing out" filter basket, easy to read markings on water fill level. Last but not least, it makes good tasting coffee. This pot does all these things. For the long answer, read on.
For me, there is no option but a thermal carafe; aside from the energy saving issues, the hotplate ruins the taste of the coffee, so any machine with a hotplate is out for me. I have bought thermal makers that didn't keep the coffee hot for more than an hour. (Do yourself a favor; never buy anything made by de longhi) This pot has kept coffee hot to enough to drink overnight, and I like hot coffee and add milk.
This pot is intelligently designed from the electronic standpoint in that all of the controls are in the top, above the coffee. Therefore, if your filter clogs, or you forget and start a new pot going before the old one is empty and thus have an overflow, you will not short out your electronics as has happened with those with controls on the base.
In the reviews that I read of this by others, two negatives mentioned were the cost of the replacement water filter and the size of the hole through which one pours water to fill it. Here is the solution to both things: I filter all my water for drinking and cooking with a PUR pitcher. It happens to be exactly the right size to fill the water chamber for 10 cups, and pours quickly and neatly into the opening of the fill chamber.
The mesh basket for the coffee works well and is easy to remove to clean, as is the thing which holds it. It is made so that it seats itself property when putting it back in - no guesswork or disasters.
I have not mentioned anything about the programmable functions because I never use them. The machine beeps when brew cycle is finished. I can't relate complaints about the beep; it's fine. The coffeemaker happens to be very nice looking too, (black and silver) and the handle of the carafe is comfortable to hold, and even people with arthritis or similar hand problems I think would find it so. I rarely open the top of the cafe but that is easy too; it its clicks into place with a 90 degree turn. No turning and turning a large hard to hold threaded top.
Note this: Cuisinart actually provides a 3 year warranty, which demonstrates to me their intention not to sell you a piece of junk. Seventy bucks is a lot of money for a coffee maker, and it better last a really long time as far as I am concerned. So far, so good. Frankly, if the other manufacturers can't make something at least as well designed and functional as this, they should just go out of business. I am tired of "built in obsolescence" and coffee pots that can't make coffee but give me a weather report or some other nonsense, and weed whackers that can't whack weeds but promise to improve my love life or whatever. I am tired of being ripped off and insulted; I wish them all in bankruptcy.
ALMOST PERFECTION March 4, 2010
J. Gale (Phoenix, AZ)
This Cuisinart thermal coffeemaker is replacing an aging Cuisinart thermal coffeemaker we have, just so you know that I'm basing my review as a Cuisinart user. I was very hesitant to get this coffeemaker based on the many mixed reviews here on Amazon.Com; but, being happy with our other Cuisinart coffeemaker, I decided to trust the Cuisinart name. And I am SO GLAD I did! This coffeemaker exceeded my expectations. First, it's a beautiful design; very attractive addition to our other kitchen appliances. Second, it makes good HOT coffee and keeps it hot for hours. I brewed a pot at 7:00 pm and at 4:00 am the next morning, it was still warm! Third, It pours WITHOUT DRIPPING! And fourth, it's easy to use - just brew and pour. No lids to turn or buttons to press on the thermal carafe; just pour and the coffee comes out. The cap is easy to unlock and take off to clean out the carafe. With one minor exception, this is a dream coffeemaker. The only improvement I would make if I were Cuisinart would be to make the water reservoir cup markings darker. Unless you have super fantastic eyesight, it is difficult to see the cup markings. To me, this is minor (I just put on my readers!); I just wanted a coffeemaker that would make good coffee, keep it hot for hours, and have a carafe that was easy to pour with no drip....and I found all that I wanted in this coffeemaker. For these reasons, I rate this Cuisinart DCC-1150 5 Stars!
Better than I expected; as good as I'd hoped. March 1, 2010
Martin Sauer (AMARILLO, TX United States)
I've never been completely happy with a coffee maker. Either the brew is off or the coffee's luke warm ... until now. I've had the black version of this machine for a month and it's been flawless. Set-up was a breeze and it's been making great coffee from the first brew. Of course, that's a matter of taste and the kind of coffee beans you're using. I'm really happy with Starbucks' breakfast blend from Sam's. The internal water filter is kinda cool but the price of replacements is a bit high. I use filtered water from my Brita carafe so I expect the Cuisinart filter to have a fairly long life. So, between the filter and the gold cone basket, I get the clearest coffee I've ever made at home. I'll be interested to see how the cycle works. The filler is a little awkward but I use a 4 cup measuring cup to fill it without a problem if I'm a little careful. (I'm not sure I could say that at 5:30 in the morning so I get it ready last thing before bedtime.) The complaints about luke-warm coffee may be a matter of personal preference or a defective unit since I don't have to nuke mine until at least 4 hours after brewing. Some people want scalding hot coffee; me, not so much. And I need plenty of cream and sugar in mine. I gave it 4 stars because nothing's perfect.
great coffee maker February 26, 2010
Jack E. Welch
Didn't even need the manual to program. Gold filter really makes the coffee tastes good. Good bargain compared to other high end makers. Should have looked closer and ordered the white to match the kitchen but the ss looks great.
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