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KitchenAid ProLine 12-Cup Coffeemaker - Onyx Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: KitchenAid
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $159.96 (On sale from $199.95)
You Save: $39.99 (20%)
Rating:  26 reviews
Color: Onyx Black
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 24.3
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.1 x 0.2
MPN: KPCM05B
UPC: 883049061955
EAN: 0883049061955
ASIN: B000TMAUMC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Capacity: 12-c. | | • | Programmable: Yes | | • | Weight: 25.1-lb. | | • | Auto Shut Off: Yes | | • | Origin: China |
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Product Description
Brew great cafe-style coffee - rich and aromatic - from the comfort of your kitchen. Full-dispersion shower head uniformly saturates grounds with hot water to create extraordinary flavor, while the smooth, modern die-cast metal housing perfectly complements any kitchen decor. Two-year warranty. Model KPCM05B.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Decent coffee, nice design, too many serious flaws November 14, 2008
L. Kline (New York, NY United States)
The coffeemaker looks terrific and it's made very solidly. But there are too many problems to ignore. First off, you need to use much more coffee than you would with other machine. Secondly, the carafe is a disaster. If you wash it by hand or in the dishwasher, water collects under the plastic collar. This problem, as noted by other reviewers, is very unsettling, as it sizzles as it drips onto the hot plate and makes a horrid sound. Even when the carafe looks dry, somehow the water escapes and has this issue. The other problem is the spout with the lid on. Coffee manages to drip everywhere as you pour yourself a cup, as the spout gets stuck to the lid. It's a hot, brown mess that needs to be cleaned up. I can't wait to get rid of this machine and replace it with something else, which is sad, because it's quite beautiful and simple to use.
 Lovely to Look at -- Great Coffee! November 8, 2008
TFW (United States)
I bought this coffeemaker primarily because I fell in love with its looks (how shallow is that?). And it does look AWESOME!!! But it also works great: easy to use, makes amazing coffee quickly...no problems at all. It's as lovely on the inside as it is on the outside.
I also bought the matching coffee bean grinder and the permanent gold-plated coffee filter. I highly recommend both of those accessories.
UPDATE: I've been using this coffeemaker daily and must add a comment that it's the most user-friendly coffeemaker that I've ever had. I love and appreciate it more with each use!
 What a mess! August 23, 2007
CMC
This coffee maker has a tremendous issue with leaking - the drip spout pours out at an angle so it misses the coffee pot and flows cups of coffee all over the counter. I've tried different grades of coffee grounds and an alternate filter - no luck. I bought it because it was designed to front load water and brew awesome cofee but it doesn't operate (major design flaws in this model, including no auto-pause). Looks great and coffee tastes good but you will have problems with this model if you buy it! Sincerely...
Kitchen Aid knows they have a problem! October 18, 2006
K. Louks (northern mn)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In plain words dont spend your money this is the worst coffee maker on the market.And once more Kitchen aid knows it. No matter which way you pour water in this coffee maker it goes all over the counter very poor design.Kitchen aid has replaced this coffee maker 3 times for me all of which have different problems from the sensors to the water mess this applaince is not worth the money even with there warranty.It should not even get 1 star.
Replacement due to faulty sensor has even more major issue... September 2, 2006
I. Mitchell (Minnesota)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Blogged it, figured I might as well warn prospective buyers too...
So I got tired of replacing $50 coffee makers every 6 months when the heating elements failed or the electronics fizzled out and decided in March to spend some money and get a nice machine. I debated between a coffee maker and an espresso machine but settled on the coffee maker. I like my espresso, but in the morning I like to come downstairs to a piping hot cup (or six) of regular coffee (with good fresh beans).
I'm lazy and the espresso game is a bit on the physically intensive side for me at 6:30AM.
Anyway, back to the reason for this post. I bought the KitchenAid ProLine Coffee Maker and loved it. It's a tank -- truly commercial grade -- or so I thought. After a couple of months, the water sensor inside began to fail. There are three levels. It needs to be at least filled to the first level in order to turn it on. After filling the machine, the second and third level sensors would come on, but we'd need to wait 10 minutes for the first level sensor to register that there was water in the machine. This effectively locked the machine until it caught up.
A few weeks ago we finally called KitchenAid for a replacement. One thing that sold me was the 2-year replacement warranty. When I spend this much on a coffee maker, it better have a good warranty that I should never need to use. I needed to use it this time. The new machine arrived on Wednesday. I got it all set up in Wednesday evening, cleaned it, set the clock, set the timer and ground some beans. I went to bed. In the morning I came down and it smelled a bit like a roasting house. Not too strong, actually pretty good. About a minute after I got downstairs it started and sizzled when the first drops hit the bottom of the pot. I thought, "man, that heated up in a hurry!"
I was on the phone and didn't think much about it. A while later I heard a sizzling sound and realized that even on low heat this thing was boiling the coffee -- a nice rolling boil. I turned it off, emptied what was left in the pot into the insulated carafe and went to work.
I picked up the kids after work and upon getting home decided to make another pot. I picked up the pot with my right hand and grabbed the bottom with my left.
Sizzle.
After peeling the pot off of my hand with the top layer of skin still attached it dropped into the sink -- miraculously not breaking. The second degree burn on my hand is a testament to the faulty wiring in the replacement. We're lucky that our house didn't burn down. Even when it was 'Off' the heating element was 'VERY ON'. It's unplugged now, but I think about how the heating pad was on (in an unnaturally high position) for 24 hours just by being plugged into the wall.
KitchenAid has yet to reply to my email. It's been over 24 hours (and the blister is in full effect). I'm pretty sure I don't want #3.
Good coffee. Dreadful workmanship.
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