Combination Brewer & Grinder

by Krups

Product Features

• Automatically grinds coffee beans then brews up to 10 cups
• 24-hour clock/timer for grinding, brewing "wake-up" coffee at selected time
• Automatically rinses, steam-dries grinder to prevent clogging
• Water filter removes chlorine taste, odor; meter shows when new filter needed
• Measures 8-1/2 by 16 by 11 inches

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 13.3 x 10.1 inches ; 7.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 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: B00005AM8L
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #424,595 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Sleek and compact, this 1000-watt machine automatically grinds whole coffee beans, brews up to 10 cups of coffee, and keeps the coffee warm. To allow the machine to start brewing while you sleep, its programmable clock- timer can be set up to 24 hours in advance. (For safety, the machine turns off 2 hours after the selected time.) Other features include an automatic rinse-and-steam-dry device that prevents the grinder from clogging, a filter that removes the taste of chlorine and minerals from tap water placed in the machine, a meter that shows when the water filter needs replacing, a button to select either strong or mild coffee, and an automatic interrupter that halts coffee flow for 20 seconds during the brewing cycle if the carafe is removed from the warming plate for a quick pour. The machine brews ground coffee as well and measures 8-1/2 by 16 by 11 inches. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars GOOD COFFEE, BAD COFFEE MAKER, September 23, 2001

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"dustindustindustin" (Greenwich, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Krups 625.42 10-Cup Combination Grinder & Brewer with Programmable Timer, Black (Kitchen)

I have had this Krups coffee maker since December 2000.
Net:
The coffee made is good, but
*Grinding motor is way too loud;
*Grinding mechanism CAN NEVER BE CLEANED. It is enclosed, and the so called "self-cleaning" is not good, so there are always OLD, CRUSTY grinds inside the grinder housing. You can easily test this out by brewing a pot without any beans and seeing how the carafe water is a light tan everytime;
*Old hidden grinds, as they dry and "crustify," do eventally slowly fall out of the grinder housing. If your filter basket and pot are not in place (such as if they are removed for cleaning), the grinds will fall out onto the hotplate and get in the seam around the hotplate making it impossible to thoroughly clean.
*Brewing is SLOW. For a full pot, don't be surprised if the brewing takes 20 minutes.

I've also heard the Cuisinart model is a pain and unreliable. If I were to do it again I'd try the Melitta Grinder/Brewer. That seems to get pretty good reviews.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please see "1 star because there is no 1/2 star" below, January 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Krups 625.42 10-Cup Combination Grinder & Brewer with Programmable Timer, Black (Kitchen)

That review was right on. This machine actually can make the best pot of coffee ever, but it doesn't work worth a darn 90% of the time. I've had it for six months, lived through countless coffee-grounds-and-water-everywhere disasters, had a broken filter (which Krups C.S. politely said they were out of three months ago but would get back to me when they had more), and tonight while in the middle of brewing a pot, the grinder inexplicably came on and we couldn't turn it off. So here I sit with a six-month-old $100 coffeemaker which is suitable to hold a potted plant. Just save yourself a headache-a-day and steer clear of this one.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'd give it away, no I'd pay to give it away, December 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Krups 625.42 10-Cup Combination Grinder & Brewer with Programmable Timer, Black (Kitchen)

This product is quite possibly the worst I've ever purchased -- for frame of reference, this list also includes parachute pants, chia-pet, and under-roos.

I knew something was wrong when the first pot took about 40 minutes to brew. I though I had a bad one -- but the person on the phone at Krups assured me that they knew it took a while but that the coffee was really great.

A local veterans group comes around every month or so to pick up donations for the needy. They say small appliances are needed --but I'd feel bad giving this to somebody. It would be like donating old underwear, socks, or that tea-shirt with paint on it -- some things just need to be thrown out.

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