KitchenAid KPCM050PM Pro Line Single-Carafe Coffee Maker

by KitchenAid

Product Features

• Coffee maker with die-cast metal construction and stainless-steel 1350-watt heat pump
• Full-dispersion showerhead for optimum flavor extraction; "time since brew" display
• Stainless-steel brew basket; front-fill water reservoir; adjustable warming-plate temperature
• 12-cup glass carafe and advanced ion-exchange water filter included
• Measures 15-3/4 by 8-1/4 by 15-1/2 inches; 2-year hassle-free replacement warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 8 x 16 inches ; 25 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 26 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: B0007QN06I
• Item model number: KPCM050PM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,884 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

The KitchenAid Pro Line Single Carafe Coffee Maker is made of handsome die-cast metal designed to stand up to the heaviest use. This coffee maker has a powerful 1350 watt heat pump for quick brewing and exceptionally smooth and flavorful coffee. The Full-dispersion showerhead sprays the entire filter basket with hot water, ensuring even coffee extraction and outstanding flavor. The "Time Since Brew" display helps you determine at a glance the freshness of coffee, showing 30, 60, 90, and 120-minute quadrants of the elapsed time since brewing. Advanced Ion-Exchange water filter included. 2 year Total Legendary Care (TLC) Hassle-Free Warranty through KitchenAid

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it has a redesigned spout!, June 7, 2007

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Steven B. Markin "TechGeek" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid KPCM050PM Pro Line Single-Carafe Coffee Maker (Kitchen)

I've had the machine for a few months now. It is a very good coffee maker. The complaints about the steam and spout are out-dated as the new spout simply eliminates these issues.

I'm a very fussy coffee drinker (nut). I roast my own beans with several different blends. I have tried many electric drip coffee makers and found most to be unusable.

To extract the best flavor, coffee makers need a 1200 watt (mimimum) heating element, excellent dispersal of the water over the coffee and the water must be just below boiling as it hits the coffee. The proline does all this well.

To nit-pick: the filter basket is plastic which is inserted into a stainless steel holder. This, and the fact that the filter head is plastic, are the two design flaws of the unit. Plastic retains odors and tastes and just doesn't clean as well or easily as stainless steel. I would have hoped that for this price these parts, especially the filter holder, would be metal! One last thing, if the coffee could be held in the brew basket for about a minute before dripping into the carafe, it would extract the best of the coffee.

To be fair, I haven't seen a consumer unit with a stainless steel filter holder.

As a warning. I have tried several Kitchenaid coffee makers in the past and all, except this one, had to be returned. While Kitchenaid's non-proline consumer models were tops many years ago, they haven't been very good (an understatement) in many, many years.

The Proline is a keeper, it makes hot, excellent coffee.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KitchenAid Proline Coffee Maker, October 13, 2005

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Avid Reader (PUTNAM VALLEY, NY, United States) - See all my reviews

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I waited a long time to buy this machine, because it is quite a bit more expensive than other household machines. It doesn't have a lot of unecessary bells and whistles- but it is extemely well made, very heavy duty and attractive, and it makes great coffee. I really like it.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A Brewer Worthy of Praise, October 16, 2006

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Thomas Allen (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid KPCM050PM Pro Line Single-Carafe Coffee Maker (Kitchen)

My wife and I have always been in search of the "perfect" coffee maker. We first started with the simple caraffe variety which involved manually pouring hot water over the grounds in a cone filter. My wife was fine with it, but it drove me insane to have to stand there and continually add water. We then moved to a Bunn. It was good at first and the "instant" brew feature (water sits in a preheated reservoir much like you see in a diner) was great. However, we moved to a town with hard water and the thing soon choked and died! Contrary to what I knew, I bought a second, more expensive Bunn. What a mistake. We are "real" coffee drinkers. This means that we grind and use a lot of coffee for each pot. The Bunn must have been designed by someone who thinks two scoops of Folgers will make 10 cups of "strong coffee". Result - the brew basket would contantly overflow all over the counter. Needless to say, I found myself - once again - waiting for water to filter through before adding more.

2 months ago, I purchased the KitchenAid Pro Brewer along with the Burr Grinder (fabulous)! To date, with 14 heaping scoops of finely-ground Kenyan beans, the brewer has NEVER overflowed. I've switched to bottled water for coffee only and the results have been astounding.

As for the comment by the reviewer regarding the steam buildup, sure it happens and it's more pronounced because the housing is constructed of all metal. The solution - simply rotate the pot so that the pour spout is to the side, allowing the steam to dissipate in the air (just like the photograph of the product shows you).

Sure, I may be partial to KitchenAid since the company is located a few miles from me in SW Michigan, but the bottom line is that I finally got what I paid for.