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 enlarge | Brand: Cuisinart
List Price: $50.00
Buy Refurbished: $19.99
You Save: $30.01 (60%)
Rating:  137 reviews
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 5
MPN: DCG-12BC
Model: DCG-12BC
UPC: 086279004567
EAN: 0086279004567
ASIN: B0000A1ZN7
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 10
 No More! Totally Done With This Piece of Junk October 25, 2008
Frank Gagliardi
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used this product for a few months, then experienced the same problem many other reviewers faced with the grinding bowl getting stuck in the unit. I gave up on it and put it in the cupboard, intending to contact Cuisinart about it and get it replaced under warranty. I went back to grinding my coffee at the supermarket (sacrilege, I know).
About a week ago, I picked up a bag of whole bean coffee and decided to give this thing another go. Miraculously, the grinding bowl came free with ease. I used it for about a week and then, sure enough, the grinding bowl is stuck again.
I've had enough - I'm totally done with this grinder. And now that I think about it, it never did a great job with the beans. The grind size was always inconsistent, no matter how many beans I put in the grinding bowl. Also, getting the cord back into the unit is a pain.
The only positive thing I can say about this is that it LOOKS great. If all you're looking for is a conversation piece, by all means buy this... but if you want to grind coffee beans, buy something else.
Once upon a time... October 21, 2008
OM (New York, NY United States)
...Cuisinart was known for making excellent applicances, well-designed and durable. If this item is any indication, that time is receding rapidly into the mists of myth. While this is quite a sharp looking grinder, the grinding is not so sharp. It's impossible to produce a proper fine espresso grind. Furthermore, the grinder broke down after several uses: the motor simply seized. I was using the grinder properly, not over-filling. Cuisinart was good enough to send me a replacement...which also died a similar death after a few uses. The third one seems to be holding out thus far, but the motor seems to be becoming noisier with time, which does not bode well for the future. Not recommended.
Doesn't even work! October 3, 2008
Julie Czubik (New York, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just tried this for the first time, and it doesn't work at all. At first the blades spun around but did not break up any beans, and then very quickly it smelled like it was overheating and now it doesn't work at all. The grinder lasted less than one minute, and ground nothing. I'm surprised since it's Cuisinart. I should've looked at the reviews on amazon firtst.
 Enjoyin' my new grinder September 8, 2008
Nana2Syl (Naples, FL USA)
I bought this style with the silver retro look as it perfectly matches my Cuisinart coffee maker. The grinder is cute and small, doesn't take up much cabinet space at all! I am happy with my purchase. Giving it a 4 star as I don't understand why plastic lid which fits the grinder cup (and is intended for storage of coffee) couldn't have been made smaller so it could snap on the top and sit under the plastic dome top and on top of the grinder for storage of coffee for the next day.
To store the coffee, you have to take the cup out and then snap lid on and leave it sitting outside the grinder. So for that reason I give it 4 stars, a bit of a design flaw; the plastic lid is worthless to me and I'll probably never use it. Secondly, the cord isn't easy to push underneath the grinder for storing and hiding it. That doesn't bother me so much but it may bother others.
Other than these two notations, I am grinding beans daily and enjoying it!
An attractive but worthless grinder August 27, 2008
J. Ellison (Between here & there)
I have to add my voice to the other negative reviews of this product. I've gone through several other small blade-type grinders from other maufacturers. The two best were made by Braun and each lasted about 10 years, at which time the blades self-destructed. I thought perhaps a slightly better grade of grinder would be preferable, and wanted one I could clean more thoroughly. A friend has the KitchenAid grinder with the removable bowl. I liked it, but couldn't find one locally. This Cuisinart was the closest I could get.
I grind coffee & spices. First, the spices. Although the description on this site states you can grind spices with it, the instructions specifically warn against doing so. It does a lousy job with them in any event, not getting them down to a fairly even powder, or even a reasonably even size. It does its primary job, grinding coffee, equally poorly. It takes twice as long (roughly 30 seconds) to grind 12 cups worth of beans to the same degree of fineness than did my old Braun grinder. Although the cup can hold 18 cups worth of beans, don't even try grinding them. They spill over the top as they are ground, leaving bits of ground coffee all over the outside of the cup, stuck to the plastic lid, exploding out of the container when you open it. As others have commented, the grind is uneven. Even at 30 seconds, while I end up with some coffee ground almost fine enough for Turkish coffee, I've got a lot of big (1/8 bean) chunks in the mix. Adding insult to injury, at least 80 percent of the time the grind chamber won't come off, so I'm left first to pour the ground coffee awkwardly from the grinder into my coffee container, then wipe it out as best I can without washing it, since the chamber is stuck. As a last straw, I have to put it away with the cord loosely wrapped around, because the opening into which one is instructed to push the cord is too small to accommodate it and the grinder is too bulky and big around for wrapping the cord around to work well.
In short, don't buy this product. Go buy the KitchenAid. It works beautifully, grinds evenly, comes apart with only a little pressure but never actually sticks. It lacks any way to stow the cord, but it's _round_, so it's easy to wrap the cord around it.
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