Cuisinart (DCC-1150) 10-Cup Coffee Maker Review

I nursed my Krups coffee maker for a few months after it started to periodically leak and finally decided to find a new one. I read a lot of reviews and decided one of the Cuisinarts was worth a try.

I selected the 1150 because it had a stainless steel carafe that was supposed to keep the coffee warm without running a warming plate and ending up with the burn taste if I waited an hour between cups of coffee.

The 1150 makes good, smooth tasting coffee. But here are cople gripes I have with the design.

1 - The coffee cold be hotter. I put boiling water in the carafe before brewing coffee so that it warms the carafe up a little.

2 - The plastic coffee filter holder will not stand up on its own. A small gripe but still a bit inconvenient. People who design coffee makers should see that each step is as convenient as possible.

3 - Here's my big complaint. I'm lefthanded. It is very hard to pour water in the 1150. Even righthanded the lid of the machine only lifts to 90 degrees and is in the way of the large stainless carafe. For a left handed person it's even more difficult. The area where the water goes into is fairly small given the size of the machine. So I guess I'm going to have to use another container besides the carafe to fill the machine.

I like to recommend things I buy because I spend a lot of time researching my purchases. Besides the 1150 making good coffee, the design shortcomings really won't allow me to recommend it. Unless you can deal with the poor design items I have noted.