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Mr. Coffee 12-Cup Programmable review

Twelve five-ounce cups — sixty fluid ounces — with programmable brewing, a strong mode and a dishwasher-safe carafe.

Where we land on it Sixty ounces, a strong brew mode, a bigger showerhead and a cup defined in writing as five ounces. The most complete twelve-cup listing on this shelf at the bottom of the price range.

What the maker puts in writing

  • 12 cups · 60 fl oz / 1.774 L · 1 cup ≈ 5 fl oz / 148 mL
  • Programmable: brew now or schedule
  • Strong Brew mode
  • 65% larger showerhead than model BVMC-MSX23
  • Warming plate shuts off after 2 hours

It says what a cup is, which almost nothing here does

Capacity: 12 Cups (1 cup = approx. 5 fl oz / 148 mL); 60 fl oz / 1.774 L water capacity.

That single bullet is worth more than any feature on this shelf. A twelve-cup carafe is sixty ounces, which is about seven mugs — and at least six of the twelve listings here never say so.

The footnote nobody else writes

The showerhead claim carries an asterisk naming the model it is bigger than. That is a comparison a buyer cannot use, and the listing is honest enough to say so rather than leaving “larger” hanging. On a shelf where most claims have nothing behind them, it is a small mark of good faith.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $35 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

What it gets right, and wrong

Strengths

  • One of only two listings on this shelf that define a cup — approx. 5 fl oz — and the only one that then gives the full capacity in ounces, liters and milliliters
  • A strong brew mode and programmable scheduling at the joint-lowest price for a 12-cup machine here
  • Carafe and brew basket both go in the dishwasher

Compromises

  • No wattage published
  • The 65% larger showerhead is measured against another Mr. Coffee model, not against anything a buyer can see
  • A glass carafe on a plate that runs for two hours, where a machine twenty dollars above it on this shelf uses a vacuum carafe

Where this one stands among its neighbors

At $35, it is the 3 cheapest of the 11 models in this category published here.

  • Least costly of the neighbors$27
  • Median$63
  • Most costly of the neighbors$490

Specifications

Capacity12 cups, 60 fl oz / 1.774 L; 1 cup = approx. 5 fl oz / 148 mL
ProgrammingBrew now or schedule ahead
StrengthStrong Brew mode
Showerhead65% larger than the maker’s BVMC-MSX23 model
Auto pausePour mid-cycle without spills
Warming plateShuts off automatically after 2 hours
CleaningCarafe and brew basket top-rack dishwasher safe
PowerNot stated by the maker
Amazon referenceB0HB931Z5S
EAN0053891181648

What people want to know

How much coffee is twelve cups?

Sixty fluid ounces, published, because this maker defines a cup as approximately five. That is about seven standard mugs. Six listings on this shelf leave you to find that out at home.

What does Strong Brew do?

The listing says it delivers a more intense flavor and does not say how. The BLACK+DECKER thermal machine on this shelf describes its equivalent precisely — a slower, richer brew — which is the more useful wording of the same idea.

Is the bigger showerhead meaningful?

It is 65% larger than one named older Mr. Coffee model, which the listing footnotes honestly. Against the rest of this shelf it means nothing, because no other maker publishes a showerhead size at all.

Compared with the neighboring coffee machines

These coffee machines share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.

Model Price CapacityProgrammingPower
Mr. Coffee 12-Cup Programmable $35 12 cups, 60 fl oz / 1.774 L; 1 cup = approx. 5 fl oz / 148 mLBrew now or schedule aheadNot stated by the maker
BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Drip CM1160B $35 12 cups; a cup is approximately 5 ounces, as stated by the maker24-hour auto brewNot stated by the maker
KRUPS Simply Brew 10-Cup $40 10 cups, 1.5 L / 51 ozNot stated by the maker — on/off button900 W
Mr. Coffee 5-Cup Mini Brew $27 5 cupsNot stated by the makerNot stated by the maker

The difference between the models, in coffee machines

  • If price decides: Mr. Coffee 5-Cup Mini Brew, at $27.
  • Highest Capacity in the table: BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Drip CM1160B (12 cups; a cup is approximately 5 ounces, as stated by the maker).

Today’s price and availability, for coffee machines

Details checked on October 30, 2026.

This one and its buyer, among coffee machines

A full-pot household that wants a timer, a strong setting and no surprises about how much coffee comes out

What buyers actually choose

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.

Sources

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.

The way we judge these coffee machines