Cuisinart DCC-2200 Brew Central 14-Cup Coffeemaker

by Cuisinart

Product Features

• 14-cup coffeemaker
• Fully automatic with 24-hour programmability for "wake-up" coffee
• Brew-pause; coffee-ready indicator; auto shut-off; simple push-button controls
• Gold Tone filter, charcoal water filter, and instruction book included
• Measures 8 by 8-3/8 by 13-7/8 inches; 3-year limited warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 14.8 inches ; 7.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000CS7P7Q
• Item model number: DCC-2200
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,574 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Cuisinart blends innovative styling with expert coffee-making technology to offer consumers the ultimate coffee experience. The extra-large, 14-cup capacity of the new Brew Central Coffeemaker makes it perfect for the big family breakfa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tasting coffee and enough for the whole crew..., November 22, 2006

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LaJuana Decker - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cuisinart DCC-2200 Brew Central 14-Cup Coffeemaker (Kitchen)

I purchased this coffee maker after too many days of being the family's late riser and finding the coffee pot already drained. I have been using this pot for a couple of months now, and I am more than pleased with my purchase. This pot does hold more than the standard 10- or 12-cup coffeemaker, a great feature in a family of coffee-drinkers.

I had hoped to find a coffee-maker with a removable water reservoir to carry back and forth to the sink, which this model does not have, but even so, I give this model five stars for the excellent coffee it makes. While I have to lift the coffee-maker down from the shelf on which I keep it in order to fill the reservoir, its internal clock remains accurate even when unplugged for the short while it takes to fill the reservoir.

Some folks here have complained about the beep signaling that the element is being turned off. Even after several cups of coffee, my nerves aren't so high-strung that I even give the sound a second thought. It's quite innocuous, IMHO.

Perhaps owing to the water filter, this pot makes excellent rich-tasting coffee. It seems to brew just long enough to make perfect coffee for most folks' tastes. For stronger coffee, I can make fewer cups and use more ground coffee. If I'm really in need of a strong cuppa, I'll simply use my French press. I have never had the ground coffee overflow the filter doing this. Also, the heating element seems set to the perfect temperature, since I have never had a cup of coffee from this pot that tasted burnt...and on a number of mornings, I have barely gotten up in time to hear the beep signaling the end of hot coffee.

Best features of this machine--absolutely drip-free pot, unrivaled pure coffee taste, large capacity pot, variable settings for when the heating element will turn off, and an internal clock that retains settings with short interruptions of power.

Improvements that could be made--I wish it had a removable reservoir, but the one pot that I have used that had that feature made the worst coffee I've ever made at home, not to mention the leaky pot.

If you're not looking for espresso, but just a clean, pure cup of good coffee...even when "Early Bird" isn't your middle name, I think you've found what you're looking for in this machine.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great until it burned up, September 23, 2007

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Lois Weddle - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cuisinart DCC-2200 Brew Central 14-Cup Coffeemaker (Kitchen)

I LOVED my new coffee maker. It does drip a bit when the carafe is removed during the brewing, but not a big deal. Today, though, at 10 months old, it caught on fire! Thankfully, my husband and I were sitting right there, at the table, enjoying a cup of coffee and heard an unfamiliar noise. The leftover coffee was boiling, the machine was OFF, and when the machine was tipped back, I could see FLAMES inside! Took it outside and used the hose on it, so no harm done, but what IF! We are replacing it with an exact model but have learned to UNPLUG small appliances if we're not going to be home!
UPDATE...Replaced with same model and guess what happened a year later? YEP, caught on fire AGAIN. Obviously, I'm not so stupid as to replace it with another Cuisinart.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it!, September 14, 2006

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speechlesstx (Amarillo, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart DCC-2200 Brew Central 14-Cup Coffeemaker (Kitchen)

After trying the 12 cup Cuisinart, a Delonghi and 2 different Krups models we have fallen in love with this one. The water level indicator may be a slight drawback but since since we fill the coffeemaker from the pot it's no problem for us.

I absolutely love the larger capacity, we don't make a full pot that often but when we need to it's just right. It makes a great cup of coffee and it looks great on the counter, too.

I deducted one star for their failure to backlight the display. You'd think for a hundred bucks they would light the clock so you can actually see it. Other than that, best coffeemaker for the money out of all the brands we've tried.