I have a Cuisinart Grind and Brew I'm about to toss due to it breaking. Does this one grind beans and is it programmable? thanks
1670953
It doesn't grind beans nor is it programmable. But it is definitely worth the purchase because it does one thing only--brews a wonderful, hot cup of coffee.
1670954
No and No. But for us not a problem. Still trying to find the perfect grind for this machine, however there is wide band of grinds that still turn out well.
1985602
Yes, although it's not "on the fly" adjustable. It's more like something you set and then leave alone. I just keep mine set to a nice fine grind for my Aeropress.
463792
If you need to change the amount, you can program it to brew longer or shorter. I've also noted that depending on the grind and pack it will either brew more or less.
620065
It's very easy to use either whole bean or ground. Just push one simple button on the front to turn the grind off and put your ground coffee right in the basket.
2210985
It can grind coffee, but I would not recommend it. It is too big and powerful for that. Unless you want to grind 10 pounds at a time.
1981058
The Grind control knob only adjusts how long the grinder runs, not how fine it grinds the beans. There is a "MILD MED STRONG" setting, but I am not sure what this does as mine is always set to "STRONG" and the grind is still very course.
264874
It's primarily for beans, but there is a button that shuts off the grinding cycle. You will have to put the grounds into the basket yourself.
1723356
No. The only switch/control it has is an ON/OFF switch. The grind setting effect can be achieved by pressing the switch longer/shorter.
1611585
You would think I would know the answer because I have used the grind and brew model every day for years and years. I don't think I have ever tried to brew with the grinder out of the machine. I clean the grinder and return it to the machine after every use, so if I decide to brew from ground beans - the "clean grinder" just remains in the machine. It brews perfectly whether you turn the grinder on to "grind and brew;" or if you turn the grinder off and put ground beans in the gold basket.
137884
Yes - just put a coffee filter in the basket and add your ground coffee to it. Be sure and put water in the reservoir. Then press the "grind off" button and then the "on" button. Then it works just like a normal coffee maker.
1262424
I don't have it near me, but there are approximately 10-12 settings. You can get the desired gring for almost anything I can imagine. You dial the desired grind, tell it how many cups worth of beans are in the grinder and simply push the "on" button. The grind goes for the correct time - it's idiot proof and it eliminates debate with other people as to how long you should grind beans for the intended use.
2026767
No. The grinder operates for a set time to grind a specific quantity of beans. Even if the amount of pre-ground coffee that went through the grinder was correct, the angle of the inlet from the hopper is quite shallow and I doubt the pre-ground coffee would even slide into the grinder.
1815607
I don't think so, but you can set it up so you only need to push a button and you have great coffee in about one minute. I think it's fabulous..i used to do the automatic thing but this is better coffee and no fuss or mess.
904080
This particular machine does not have a grinder. However, you can use either your own ground beans or coffee from a can. I use canned coffee. And it is delicious. This is a great simple coffee maker that brews a great cup of joe.
225735
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.
912906
This coffee maker operates by an On/Off switch only. It does not have programmable controls.
158834
From my limited use thus so far I have adjusted with the machine off. The only things I can see that may go wrong is some clogging may occur or it will be difficult to go from coarse to fine. I have not experienced that yet like others have. In the instructions they do mention to run for a few seconds while turning grind size knob if you have issues, otherwise grind size can be done while off. Also they mention if it is hard going from coarse to fine then you may have to take hopper off and clear beans....again I have not had any issues of any kind so far.