Batch brewing · review
Twenty-four hour programming with a 1-to-4-cup setting, a three-level hotplate and both a gold-tone and a charcoal filter.
Where we land on it The only machine on this shelf that lets you set the hotplate temperature, and the only one with a charcoal water filter built in. Two controls nobody else here offers, at the top of the shelf by price.
A hotplate with settings, and a water filter inside the machine.
The first decides what the coffee tastes like at nine o’clock when it was made at eight — which, for a 12-cup pot in a two-person house, is most of the pot. The second is the only acknowledgement anywhere on this shelf that tap water varies.
No wattage, no water capacity, no definition of a cup. The two machines on this shelf that cost a quarter of this one all tell you that a cup is five ounces; this one leaves the carafe to speak for itself.
Read on the day this page was built: $110 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
At $110, it is the 8 cheapest of the 11 models in this category published here.
| Capacity | 12-cup glass carafe |
|---|---|
| Programming | 24 hours, with a 1–4 cup setting |
| Hotplate | Variable: low, medium and high |
| Auto-off | Adjustable, 0 to 4 hours |
| Filters | Permanent gold-tone coffee filter and built-in charcoal water filter |
| Carafe | Dripless spout, comfort-grip handle, knuckle guard |
| In the box | Measuring scoop, #4 paper filter starter kit, instruction book |
| Power | Not stated by the maker |
| Water capacity | Not stated by the maker |
| Amazon reference | B00005IBX9 |
| EAN | 0086279176745 |
Because the hotplate is what ruins drip coffee after twenty minutes. Every other machine on this shelf runs its plate at one temperature or none at all; this one gives three settings and an auto-off you can set anywhere from zero to four hours.
A small brew in a 12-cup machine passes water through too little coffee too quickly. This setting and the Ninja’s Small Batch function are the only two answers to that on this shelf; the other six machines brew one way whatever you put in.
This listing does not say. Two machines on this shelf do: both define a cup as approximately 5 ounces, which makes a 12-cup carafe 60 ounces, or about seven mugs. There is no reason to think this carafe is measured differently.
These coffee machines share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.
| Model | Price | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Cuisinart Brew Central DCC-1200 | $110 | 12-cup glass carafe |
| Gevi 10-Cup Grind and Brew | $140 | 2 to 10 cups, with automatic water-to-coffee ratio |
| Ninja 12-Cup Programmable CE251 | $70 | 12-cup glass carafe |
| BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Thermal CM2046S | $63 | 12 cups |
Details checked on October 30, 2026.
A household that leaves coffee standing and wants to decide how hot the plate keeps it
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 1,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for coffee equipment and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
1.7 L · 6 brew modes · SCA certified
The only batch brewer that lets you set brew temperature, bloom time and flow rate yourself. If a Moccamaster is a fixed recipe done perfectly, this is a machine you can argue with.
Best for: Someone who wants to tune a batch brew the way they would tune a pour-over.
12 cups, 4-layer vacuum thermal carafe, no warming plate, 24-hour programmable, strength selector
A four-layer vacuum thermal carafe that holds coffee two hours with no warming plate, plus a strength selector.
Best for: Anyone who drinks the pot over an hour or two and has tasted what a hotplate does by the second cup
≈ $63
12 cups at approx. 5 oz each, 24-hour programming, Sneak-A-Cup, 2-hour auto shutoff, paper filter required
Twelve five-ounce cups with 24-hour programming and a marked carafe, using a standard paper filter.
Best for: A full-pot household wanting a timer and a marked carafe for the least money on this shelf
≈ $35
