why don't electric perks work, why don't they make larger stovetop perks? Every single customer review of all these different electric percolators is BAD. The things obviously don't work. (I am on my second Farberware 12-cup electric, wondering how to keep the heating elements from quitting again.) What can we do to get perked coffee without wasting our time and money? Is there a percolator blog where we can discuss this? Why don't they make a larger stovetop percolator so I can make 12 cups of perked coffee without worrying about the electric heating elements? HELP! MCBaltimore, MD why don't electric perks work, why don't they make larger stovetop perks? Every single customer review of all these different electric percolators is BAD. The things obviously don't... » Read More why don't electric perks work, why don't they make larger stovetop perks? Every single customer review of all these different electric percolators is BAD. The things obviously don't work. (I am on my second Farberware 12-cup electric, wondering how to keep the heating elements from quitting again.) What can we do to get perked coffee without wasting our time and money? Is there a percolator blog where we can discuss this? Why don't they make a larger stovetop percolator so I can make 12 cups of perked coffee without worrying about the electric heating elements? HELP! MCBaltimore, MD « Show Less
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Check on ebay for ones made in the great USA !I just bought an 8 cup Farberware perk for my father. It looks brand new.The China-made have "superfast" written in blue... the early models are all silver / gold I believe. On mine "superfast" is written in red.I've had mine since the late '70's ... still brewing amazing coffee in a minute or less per cup... Use the Melita filters for perks or just cut out circles from a non-bleached basket filters... This works too!
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Just for fun, Google:- Black and Decker Corporation, Black and Decker (the brand), Faberware, GE Small Appliances, and Spectrum Brands. It isn't that things are made in China. It is something else and it is to do with the American consumer. Old saying - You get what you pay for. Too late now. When there was a choice we sold out to the lowest bidder. Now, I do not see anything available but the lowest bidder when it comes to consumer goods.
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I think the quality of these now-a-days is hit or miss. When I initially bought 2 Farberware 4-cuppers (one for me and one for my 88 year-old mother), they were both defective and had to go back. The replacements we received have now been in service for about 7 years, and never have had a problem and make great coffee (and they were all made in China).
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I know what you mean Michael, we went through two of the Faberware percs and both died the same way -- heating element failure after a few months. Both were under warranty but the hassle of sending them back wasn't worth it. Last week we were in Wal-Mart and on a whim I decided to see what kind of percolators they sold. A nice looking 12-cup unit from GE caught my eye and we decided to buy it since it was less than $50. The build quality looks great, it makes good coffee, and it comes with an _in-store_, 2-year replacement warranty. If it craps out in the next two years, I can bring it in to any WM and they will replace it on the spot. I know what you mean Michael, we went through two of the Faberware percs and both died the same way -- heating element failure after a few months. Both were under warranty but the hassle of sending them back wasn't worth it. Last week we were in Wal-Mart and on a whim I decided to see what kind of percolators they sold. A nice looking 12-cup unit from GE caught my eye and we decided to buy it since it was less than $50. The build quality looks great, it makes good coffee, and it comes with an _in-store_, 2-year replacement warranty. If it craps out in the next two years, I can bring it in... » Read More I know what you mean Michael, we went through two of the Faberware percs and both died the same way -- heating element failure after a few months. Both were under warranty but the hassle of sending them back wasn't worth it. Last week we were in Wal-Mart and on a whim I decided to see what kind of percolators they sold. A nice looking 12-cup unit from GE caught my eye and we decided to buy it since it was less than $50. The build quality looks great, it makes good coffee, and it comes with an _in-store_, 2-year replacement warranty. If it craps out in the next two years, I can bring it in to any WM and they will replace it on the spot. « Show Less
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W. Gray, re: "my granny has been using her farberware elect since 1967! " People don't have complaints about the old percolators .. it's the new ones that simply don't work. Made in China junk.
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I don't think you could have been reading all the reviews. . . . There are many, many by people who are only replacing their Faberware perkers because they finally gave out -- after 25 years. I've had mine for about 15 years, now shopping for one for my daughter who's moving into her first apartment. I hate turning on the stove in the morning unnecessarily, so I stick to electric. Seriously, you seem to have had a string of bad luck, but I've been recommending Faberware machines to friends for years and have never heard a complaint about them in return.
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Check out the reviews on the Farberware FCP412 , 378 out of 595 5 star ratings. I wouldn't consider that bad. I use the coldest filtered water I can get ahold of and make sure you are consistent with your grind and roast style. If you don't keep it the same you have to adjust the volume of beans.
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Don't know if the person looking for a large stovetop perc found one, but my neighbor did--at a yard sale. She gave it to me; also try ebay. And Farberware USED TO BE a reliable brand. I have Farberware pots and pans more than 50 and 30 years old and still in great shape. A newer pan lost its handle in less than a year, and the farberware perc I bought from amazon died of a faulty eating element in 16 months.
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I would check with an appliance repair shop. But the one I went to in CT noted that my percolator was made in China, so parts were difficult to obtain. I am now using some older AMERICAN MADE Farberware percolators and will nurse them along as long as I can.
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Mine works beautifully and has since day one. Perhaps you are using a weaker blend of coffee it's self or are using a choice of cup too large for your particular brand of coffee. I find some of the breakfast blends are a weaker coffee flavor. Use a smaller cup choice when you brew. If that doesn't work may I suggest that you have gotten a coffee maker that just doesn't work properly. Even the best of man made products are not always perfect; I think they call them lemons, but that does not make them all lemons. Send it back and try another one, Kuerig is a very fair company and I am sure they will work with you. Hope this helps. Mine works beautifully and has since day one. Perhaps you are using a weaker blend of coffee it's self or are using a choice of cup too large for your particular brand of coffee. I find some of the breakfast blends are a weaker coffee flavor. Use a smaller cup choice when you brew. If that doesn't work may I suggest that you have gotten a coffee maker that just doesn't work properly. Even the best of man made products are not always perfect; I think they call them lemons, but that does not make them all lemons. Send it back and try another one, Kuerig is a very fair company and I am sure... » Read More Mine works beautifully and has since day one. Perhaps you are using a weaker blend of coffee it's self or are using a choice of cup too large for your particular brand of coffee. I find some of the breakfast blends are a weaker coffee flavor. Use a smaller cup choice when you brew. If that doesn't work may I suggest that you have gotten a coffee maker that just doesn't work properly. Even the best of man made products are not always perfect; I think they call them lemons, but that does not make them all lemons. Send it back and try another one, Kuerig is a very fair company and I am sure they will work with you. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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Yes, they do work in a 12-cup percolator -- I use them everyday in my 12-cup one!
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Although I have not tried a percolator, I have tried a drip coffee maker with poor results. This grind really needs time to brew. FOR really great taste I use a French press and allow it to brew for 12 minutes before pressing. You really must try it. I say many French presses today at Home Goods for under $15.00.
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I use it on my 6 and 12 cup electric faberware percolator and it works great. I bought two to make my coffee every morning. Highly recommended
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I do not know if they sell a heating element separately but I do know that if you unplug it after brewing your coffee that the percolator can last over 10 yrs. if you leave it plugged in to keep it warm the heating element will fail sooner. The coffee percolators are now cheaper than when I purchased my first one!
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I have never used anything but Farberware percolators, retiring my first one after 40+ years I now have all 3 sizes 4, 8 and 12 cup. We use a programable timer purchased at Lowes and simple to use and program. But as far as it being programmable no they are not.
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I do not know about the specific products but it is worth a try. I was not certain that it would work for my electric percolator and it does!!
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I use 3 heaping tablespoons for 4 cups because when I used 4 T the coffee was too strong. I suspect you pot isn't getting the water hot enough. Maybe the pot is defective. Unless you are using heaping tablespoons.
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my family has made pizzelles fr 3 generation. We love our pizzelles but you seem to be making commercial size orders and the fact you have burned out several "I would call this a human malfunction" and just as you said you have burned out several. Iam surprized your cording did not over heat and have a flash electrical fire. Just my family's opinion. We do have 2 electricians and 2 electrical engineers and they said check w manufacture for this issue. We bakers have several different models and have no problems.
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Hello AS. I have not had a problem with my same coffee maker. It has worked at our expectations, and we are heavy coffee drinkers. Two pots brewed per day and weekends at least four. This includes brewing teas & hot water for soups and such. Hope this helps. I did buy a similar product years ago from the Navy Exchange. Called customer service to have repaired/replaced under warranty. No problem gave me address to mail to four days later my replacement arrived and I had just send the broke one back. I can't complain about that. Good product and my experience, "THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT". Hello AS. I have not had a problem with my same coffee maker. It has worked at our expectations, and we are heavy coffee drinkers. Two pots brewed per day and weekends at least four. This includes brewing teas & hot water for soups and such. Hope this helps. I did buy a similar product years ago from the Navy Exchange. Called customer service to have repaired/replaced under warranty. No problem gave me address to mail to four days later my replacement arrived and I had just send the broke one back. I can't complain about that. Good product and my experience, "THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR... » Read More Hello AS. I have not had a problem with my same coffee maker. It has worked at our expectations, and we are heavy coffee drinkers. Two pots brewed per day and weekends at least four. This includes brewing teas & hot water for soups and such. Hope this helps. I did buy a similar product years ago from the Navy Exchange. Called customer service to have repaired/replaced under warranty. No problem gave me address to mail to four days later my replacement arrived and I had just send the broke one back. I can't complain about that. Good product and my experience, "THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT". « Show Less
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I'm not sure why it is so hard for folks with the coffee maker to answer questions correctly. From the manual from Cuisinart ( http://www.cuisinart.com/share/pdf/manuals/dgb-900bc.pdf ): "Grind Control Knob: Turn the Grind Control to choose the desired amount of coffee beans to grind." (ie you control for how many cups you are grinding(2,4,5,8,10,12) Not grind size(coarse,fine, etc). This makes sense as this is a DRIP coffee maker - so the size of grind should be fixed to the size suitable for drip coffee makers. Varying the grind size is used to address different ways of making coffee - so for espresso you grind much finer, and for french press you grind more course. This isn't a general purpose grinder - if you want a grinder to feed coffee to a variety of devices, buy that. This is a drip coffee maker. The grind size should be fixed for drip coffee.
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Hello fellow Amazon buyer! I have this coffee pot and like it a lot. I pour boiling water into the porcelain pot before making coffee. The pot heats up and when I am ready to pour through, I empty the hot water from the pot into my coffee cup. The result is coffee that is actually hotter than coffee made in electric coffee pots that are boiling water drop by drop. In electric pots, the water loses the heat rapidly. So, it is possible to get a very hot, fresh cup of coffee from the Melitta. However, the heat does dissipate. I use a dishtowel to cover the pot if any coffee is going to sit for a while. I hope that I have answered your question! I do recommend the coffee maker. Hello fellow Amazon buyer! I have this coffee pot and like it a lot. I pour boiling water into the porcelain pot before making coffee. The pot heats up and when I am ready to pour through, I empty the hot water from the pot into my coffee cup. The result is coffee that is actually hotter than coffee made in electric coffee pots that are boiling water drop by drop. In electric pots, the water loses the heat rapidly. So, it is possible to get a very hot, fresh cup of coffee from the Melitta. However, the heat does dissipate. I use a dishtowel to cover the pot if any coffee is going to sit for... » Read More Hello fellow Amazon buyer! I have this coffee pot and like it a lot. I pour boiling water into the porcelain pot before making coffee. The pot heats up and when I am ready to pour through, I empty the hot water from the pot into my coffee cup. The result is coffee that is actually hotter than coffee made in electric coffee pots that are boiling water drop by drop. In electric pots, the water loses the heat rapidly. So, it is possible to get a very hot, fresh cup of coffee from the Melitta. However, the heat does dissipate. I use a dishtowel to cover the pot if any coffee is going to sit for a while. I hope that I have answered your question! I do recommend the coffee maker. « Show Less
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Yes, but, and the but is; Sometimes we (my wife & I) think that the water didn't get hot enough during the brew process. It has to get really hot to make good coffee. We are thinking of going back to perc.
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There are no paper filters for percolators that I am aware of. The holes are at the bottom of the basket and the hot water drips down through it. You should use a coarse grind for a percolator so the grinds are not small enough to pass through the basket, but when we used ours we simply used preground coffee. If you purchase coffee from a coffee shop or grocery store that has a grinder then you can grind it for the percolator. If you have a grinder at home then you'll have to experiment with how coarse a grind you will need. My grandmother had a percolator and I'm pretty sure she never ground her own coffee, and it was pre-starbucks era... She used store bought pre-ground coffee. There are no paper filters for percolators that I am aware of. The holes are at the bottom of the basket and the hot water drips down through it. You should use a coarse grind for a percolator so the grinds are not small enough to pass through the basket, but when we used ours we simply used preground coffee. If you purchase coffee from a coffee shop or grocery store that has a grinder then you can grind it for the percolator. If you have a grinder at home then you'll have to experiment with how coarse a grind you will need. My grandmother had a percolator and I'm pretty sure she never... » Read More There are no paper filters for percolators that I am aware of. The holes are at the bottom of the basket and the hot water drips down through it. You should use a coarse grind for a percolator so the grinds are not small enough to pass through the basket, but when we used ours we simply used preground coffee. If you purchase coffee from a coffee shop or grocery store that has a grinder then you can grind it for the percolator. If you have a grinder at home then you'll have to experiment with how coarse a grind you will need. My grandmother had a percolator and I'm pretty sure she never ground her own coffee, and it was pre-starbucks era... She used store bought pre-ground coffee. « Show Less
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I make 16 ozs at a time with my Bunn with the thermal caraf. I do not use the caraf, I brew directly into my travel mug. I did the same thing with my previous Bunn home brewer with the glass caraf, just kept the hot plate turned off. Works perfectly and makes outstanding coffee. I have been using Bunn coffee makers like this for years. I do not see why this model would not do the same. I use Starbucks Sumatra finely ground in a standard 1 rounded tablespoon per cup and Bunn filters and get a hot cup with body and taste. Less than 16 oz does not work, not enough to trigger the flow through. Hope this helps. I make 16 ozs at a time with my Bunn with the thermal caraf. I do not use the caraf, I brew directly into my travel mug. I did the same thing with my previous Bunn home brewer with the glass caraf, just kept the hot plate turned off. Works perfectly and makes outstanding coffee. I have been using Bunn coffee makers like this for years. I do not see why this model would not do the same. I use Starbucks Sumatra finely ground in a standard 1 rounded tablespoon per cup and Bunn filters and get a hot cup with body and taste. Less than 16 oz does not work, not enough to trigger the flow through.... » Read More I make 16 ozs at a time with my Bunn with the thermal caraf. I do not use the caraf, I brew directly into my travel mug. I did the same thing with my previous Bunn home brewer with the glass caraf, just kept the hot plate turned off. Works perfectly and makes outstanding coffee. I have been using Bunn coffee makers like this for years. I do not see why this model would not do the same. I use Starbucks Sumatra finely ground in a standard 1 rounded tablespoon per cup and Bunn filters and get a hot cup with body and taste. Less than 16 oz does not work, not enough to trigger the flow through. Hope this helps. « Show Less