This is the worst coffee maker. The BIGGEST problem, is coffee going ALL OVER your counter. This can happen 3 ways... either it over flows from the carafe because there is a block in the lid, or because it is not sitting in the machine correctly. OR because the door pops open that holds the ground beans. I came online just to write this review after having to clean up an entire counter and floor of coffee 3 times this past week. The only good thing to say is that it can grind your beans and brew at the same time. The bad thing is you can't set the timer to go off automatically when you are just waking up, because you risk it overlowing when you are still in bed. DO NOT BUY THIS!

Yes, take great beans and brew mediocre coffee! Or possibly wake up to coffee flowing across your kitchen counter and down into the cabinets. Hard to clean and tiresome to look at, the Cuisinart grind and brew has finally lost its place in our house and this morning, after another disaster, our machine (after only seven months) is heading for the garbage can. It was hard to clean and never really made a great cup of coffee despite the best ingredients. Programming was tedious and assembly of the parts, water and coffee each evening was simply not what one wanted to do at bedtime. Its vaguely retro stainless steel veneer was impossible to maintain. So it's back to straightforward French coffee presses for this household - and (Joy!) finally a decent cup of coffee. We'll be skeptical about future Cuisinart purchases. And trust us, dear reader, you do not want the hassle of this imperfect machine.

I grind my teeth everytime I use this Coffee Maker. I just recently recieved this coffee maker as a gift. It must of been from someone is extremely mad at me! I am taking it back today. Within the 2 weeks that I have had this THING, my coffee has over flowed, I couldn't get it open and the grinder is a royal pain. I love fresh grind coffee but this thing is a pain. You have to clean it everyday after every use. The plastic top gets filled up with steam and cakes the ground coffee to every little nook inside. This is one of the poorest made coffee makers I have ever used. Do yourself a favor and buy a separte grinder for you coffee!!

Coffee is good and stays hot for a while. Although I do agree with some others that the coffee is not as hot initially as it could be. The bean grinder does a good job for a medium grind, but the dust gets wet during the brew cycle and cakes onto everything. Lots of cleaning after every brew. This particularly stinks when serving multiple guests and another pot is necessary. As for the button-ejected basket... this is the killer. After one year the basket will randomly open during the brew cycle and flood my kitchen with coffee. No response from Cuisinart since I am past the 1 year warranty. Personally, I would steer clear from this pot.

This machine is a great disappointment. The Grind & Brew concept is a design failure. As stated in another review, this machine requires extensive cleaning of 5 or 6 parts much more frequently than other coffee makers. The design flaw is that the grinder is filled with steam on every brewing, caking the grinds in every nook and cranny and requiring messy cleaning after every brew.

Mercifully, my Grind 'n Brew has finally given up (some electrical problem caused it to cease brewing seconds after starting. It finally died completely). Now I realize how much I struggled with this product. Most annoying was the cleaning process. As mentioned in earlier reviews, all brew components must be washed and completely dried before setting up subsequent brewing. The release latch for the brew basket malfunctions, randomly popping the door open, resulting in a river of coffee across the floor.The product brews good coffee but it's way over the top in terms of user effort to get there.I give it points for being a single process grind and brew and its reliable programming, but I will happily return to my coffee grinder -- which remains DRY -- paired with a simple, programmable coffee maker.I admit that I did use it for years, but I truly regret having purchased this product.