Customer Reviews

Waring PRO CU55 55-Cup Stainless-Steel Coffee Urn

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

This coffee maker WAS great! Now, less than a year later, it switches from Brew mode to Keep Warm ("Ready") mode prematurely before coffee is half brewed. It now delivers "coffee-stained" water that is not too warm. I think the thermostat has gone south because "Ready" light comes on rather quickly now and brewing stops abruptly. Good while it lasted; wasted money in retrospect.

I bought 2 of these at the same time, for a catering service. One burnt out within the first couple weeks, at a job site. I had to run to target and buy a cheap 12-cup coffee maker. It made me look unprofessional. A couple months later, the other one burnt out at another job. I had to drive 25 miles round-trip, to pick-up an older urn I had for a replacement. Again, it made me look unprofessional. DON'T BUY THIS GARBAGE. YOU'LL REGRET IT!

I use 30-100 cup coffee urns regularly for classes that I teach. I purchased two imported Waring Pro 55 cup urns. Just like the other reviews, one of mine malfunctioned after only half a dozen uses, resulting in lightly colored hot water rather than coffee. I have been using WestBend Coffee Urns for many years. You can't kill West Bend coffee urns. I liked the Waring stainless steel because it required much less scrubbing than the aluminum West Bend products. But from now on, my future purchases will be West Bend performance over good looks. My Waring now sits looking pretty but useless, until I place it in my recyling bin, or start using valuable time writing letters to Waring to try to get them to replace it.

I ordered this in 2008 for times when I have lots of people staying or lots of coffee drinking company. Its fast and efficient. I've gotten 30 cups in 25 minutes. Every time I have used it people have complimented the coffee. Its not elegant, but thats ok. You can see how much coffee is left in the urn and that's a nice feature. The spigot is high enough to fit most cups and mugs, but none of the coffee urns are high enough to take one of the large paper cups.
I know some people who use it for catering have reviewed it and have found that it doesn't last, but since I only use it once or month or less, my original one is doing well.
This was the second one I bought. My Newcomers Club liked it so much when we used it at my house that they asked me to buy one for the club.

I Bought one of these to use for parties. So everybody could have coffee throughout the night. What i really use it for now is to brew tea. I put 15 tea bags in the top and fill to about 50 cups with water and have fresh tea for 3 days. I have had this unit for a year now, and so far no problems. I recommend this unit to any entertainer, or anybody that would like alot of coffee or tea.

BE CAREFUL TANK IS SUPER HOT WHEN ITS BREWING.

We bought this coffee urn for our Church. It gets used once a week and after a few months it no longer perks. It sounds like it's perking, but by the time the ready light comes on, it still looks like stained water and the grounds are still mostly dry. The instruction booklet says to replace the rubber caps at each end of the tube in order for the unit to continue to brew properly. There are no rubber caps and no available parts on-line that I can find! Perhaps we lost the caps??? I don't know, but we can't even replace them! Don't waste your money, this coffee urn is a dud.

Bought this and originally loved how fast it brewed and how easy it was to clean. In under 6 months it fails to pump the water up thru the center tube. I have to fiddle with it to make it start brewing correctly. I've been in foodservice for 10 years and have never seen a coffee urn do this!

Using this in my home kitchen for hot water only. Boils water rapidly. Keep-warm mode is very noisy, sounding like water in a pot about to boil. It can be heard 30 feet away. Called manufacturer and was told this is normal. Otherwise very happy. Would probably opt for a quieter one next time.

I purchased this to use at a breakfast meeting. I was able to set it up the night before and it brewed the coffee quickly for a large pot and the coffee came out hot and tasty. It feels like a professional pot. Cleanup was easy and I would buy this product again.

Bought this even though it had gotten some bad reviews, simply because it seemed like the best product for the price available. Only had it a month, but so far so good. Seems well put-together, commercial-quality, heavy-duty feel. If you're looking for a solid, 50-cup coffee maker for under $100, this seems like the best available.

P.S. Don't put TOO much faith in reviews, good OR bad - I've bought products that got good reviews that stunk, and ones that got bad reviews that didn't. So if you find a better 50-cup coffee maker for the price, buy it. But I didn't, and I'm happy with this, so far.