Cuisinart DGB-300 10-Cup Coffee Maker

Pros: grinds coffee beans & brews a pot of coffee in one unit
Cons: clean up

I'm a bean freak. I love coffee and I love it in whole bean form. I keep a 2 pound bag of Starbuck's coffee beans in my refrigerator. Every morning I would faithfully grind the beans and immediately deposit them in my coffeemaker for the freshest ...

Pros: Can grind and brew whole beans or use pre-ground, adjust temp. of coffee
Cons: More to clean, need cone filters (more expensive)

After working the midnight shift for 22 years, I would like to say that I am a connoisseur of fine coffee. Unfortunately I can't, as I don't think stumbling to the coffee pot, pouring a cup and throwing in my face to wake up, qualifies.

My...

Pros: Cone filter, Clock and timer option, coffee bar flavor system.
Cons: Big, not very durable, complex controls.

I was using a standard coffee maker with the old style filters throughout my college years and I was getting pretty sick of it. I knew I needed a cone filter compatible coffee maker but I did not know what model. So after about 6 months of looking at ...

Pros: packed with advanced features.
Cons: very hard to clean, wastes coffee grounds because of large ground size

Where it all began

Coffee to me is one of the few true pleasures in life. Who could guess that a dark brown liquid could bring so much joy? When we get our daily cup of coffee, the innocuous looking cup downplays what is actually...

Pros: Makes good coffee, easy to use
Cons: Messy, messy cleanup

I'm not a coffee snob. But I do enjoy a good cup of joe from freshly smashed beans. And I like it to be done for me when I wake up. So my wife let me purchase the Cuisinart Grind 'n Brew Coffee Maker a few years ago and it has served me ...

Pros: Makes a perfect cup of coffee using fresh beans, a pause and brew that works, a lid that minimizes air flow for a better cup of coffee
Cons: Yeah, there are more parts to clean

Over a year ago, my husband and I decided to look into these grind and brew machines. At the time they were running about $250 and we were told that the price would come down eventually, all things new in the electronics world usually do. I hungered...

Pros: A single step to a fine cup o' joe
Cons: You'll get down with the sound

Somewhere in a box at home there's a cartoon drawn by my sister depicting me standing butt naked in my front yard while my house burns clasping my coffee maker in a manner that just covers my "area". The word bubble over my head reads,...

Pros: Pleasing aroma and pretty compact despite all its functions.
Cons: Loud and unreliable operation

The Cuisinart Coffee Bar 10-Cup Automatic Grind and Brew did not provide the quality and reliability I would expect from a High-End Small Appliances manufacturer. Let me tell how about my experience with the Grind and Brew.

What a...

Pros: Great tasting coffee all ready for you in the morning, simple operation
Cons: Must be clean and dry before each use

For years, I've used a Bodum French press-style coffee maker. So my morning routine was: boil water, grind beans, put grounds in coffee maker, pour in water, wait five minutes, press down filter, pour coffee, wake up. Not a huge hassle, but enough that...

Pros: Easy to use, great cup of coffee
Cons: Update: Poor Quality! Clean up can irritate, No thermos, no espresso :)

Update: Unfortunately I have to downgrade my review due to poor quality. The original Cuisinart I had worked so well that after about 5 years I replaced it with a new one (I had broken the pot and water damage had caused the timer to ...

Pros: Attractive, well designed, GRINDS AND THEN BREWS YOUR COFFEE!!!many nice features, very durable, YUMMY COFFEE!!!!!
Cons: fragile "Brew Pause" mechanism can break, machine is tall, maybe too tall.

I Love this coffee maker. I have a black one. We've never had a problem with it. Well, actually it just broke yesterday, but only a little bit,(after being used HARD for almost 3 years) and yet, I still love it.
The part the broke is the little...

Pros: Makes excellent coffee - ground fresh for you from whole beans every morning.
Cons: Lots of pieces to wash, will wear out faster than less-complicated coffee makers.

If you use excellent beans and good, filtered water, this coffee machine will make you a sublime and delicious cup of coffee day after day.  It grinds the beans inside the machine and then immediately makes coffee from the fresh ground ...

Pros: attractive design
brews whole bean and/or pre ground coffee
feature packed
excellent warranty when purchased new
Cons: none as of this review date 1/31/2009
possible top lid latching failure with careless use

I am not a coffee snob but I am pretty picky when it comes to a good cup of joe, it has to come across at the right strength not bitter and with a good aroma. I have suffered through the years with mediocre coffee brewed through the likes of many a Mr. ...

Pros: Self contained, easy to use, lots of features.
Cons: Lots of complex cleaning for daily use, plastic components that wear quickly.

At first it seems the answer to your prayers, it has everything! You’re first cup of coffee tastes great! You imagine setting the program timer and waking up every day to a perfect cup of coffee. Six months later you’re looking for a large hammer to...

Pros: Grinds beans AND brews with a timer, and Cusinart customer service is GREAT.
Cons: Flavor selector feature makes weak coffee, somewhat hard to clean.

OK, so it's not that big a deal to have to grind the coffee beans yourself, but this one does it FOR you on a timer! So instead of having to grind the beans the night before and letting the ground coffee sit out all night so the coffee will be ready when...