This is a good coffee maker, but I was wanting a great one.  I purchased this grind and brew for the grind feature.  It was going to save me money vs. purchasing a separate grinder and coffee maker.  It functions as advertised, however, you MUST clean it out each time you wish to use the grind feature.  The drop location into the basket is great except for the hot water that runs through there.  This results in steam and heat into the grinder area and then cakes the residual grounds onto the side of the grind hopper.  it is a painstaking process to clean this thing thoroughly enough to make coffee.  Sure I could just not use the grind feature, but then why did I pay this much money for a standard coffee maker?  You have been warned