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Question: How does one turn this pot ON? Do you actually have to turn a knob? Most other Cuisinart's have a toggle, or push on/off button.
Document: We like our coffee strong and the combined grinder/coffee maker didn't grind enough beans to make a strong 12-cup pot.
ANYWAY, I love this pot and look forward to using this quality machine every morning. I agree the water opening could be a little larger or designed better. The lid is a little annoying to get off the pot for cleaning....and the water level indicator is not the best to read for sleep-filled eyes in the morning. For the price, you can't beat the 3 yr warranty which was the deciding factor after reading so many reviews.
We got two of these machines about 2 years ago. The first one lastest about a year and the second is now taking forever to make 6-8 cups of coffee. Definitely not up to Cuisinart reputation for other appliances.
Then I was told by both another person and her supervisor that I had to ship the defective one back first at my expense. No offer to honor what I was originally told, not even to pay for shipping. I use a coffee maker a lot, and this would mean another 2 to 3 weeks of winging it.
I bought this coffeemaker because I wanted to buy a good name brand, spend a little more money than I usually do on a coffeemaker with the hope of having it last more than one year, which seems to be the norm for me. Makes a great cup of coffee, love the programmable switches but here are my complaints: 1) It seems to me that this is not a "true 12 cup" carafe.
I am not an avid coffee drinker and prior to purchasing this one, only had an indivifual on-the-go maker. I thought buying a new one (not individual maker)was no big deal. It was because I hate shopping and decided to read the reviews first before buying junk which would need to be replaced quickly. I finally settled on this model - 1100 in Black.
We've had this coffee maker for several years (don't recall exactly how long ago we bought it, but at least 4 years ago) and it still works great! My husband and I are both "serious" about our coffee and we couldn't be happier with the quality of this coffee maker. We had a Krups coffee maker before this one and it lasted maybe 2 years - thus our switch to Cuisinart. We also have a Cuisinart grinder Cuisinart Supreme Grinding Automatic Burr Mill which we absolutely love too.
I purchased the DCC-1000BK coffeemaker in January of 2008. It worked fine until 2 weeks ago when all of the buttons and burner stopped working. I called Cuisinart Customer Service and was told that they would ship me a new one and that I could use the box and packing that it came in to return the defective one. I was told to return a copy of the original receipt along with a short note explaining the defect. 2 weeks later, I had not received it, so I called back again.
With this machine, after filling the thermos, there are only 2 cups left...?? 2) The water reservoir is so tiny that without using the sink sprayer to fill, I don't know how anyone could fill it up pouring water in from the carafe. 3) The clock does not light up, therefore is virtually useless and 4) to see the water you are filling into the reservoir is also difficult.
We purchased this Cuisinart Coffee Maker 2 weeks ago from Kohls (I see it is cheaper on Amazon). This morning it started making a funny noise. You could hear it sizzling. We ran over and smoke was bellowing from the coffee maker and you could smell plastic burning. We quickly unplugged it and threw it in the garage before any damage could be done. I just want to warn all consumers out there. I called Cuisinart and they offered to send me another unit. Kind of laughable.
Answer: Just turn the knob to the left