Cuisinart PRC-12 Classic 12-Cup Stainless-Steel Percolator, Black/Stainless
Cuisinart brings its coffee-making expertise to the 12-Cup model of their classic stainless steel percolator. Piping hot water percolates through the grounds, and pulses up into the knob on top to create the familiar “perk-perk” sound that coffee lovers wait to hear. A detachable cord and stay-cool bottom lets this percolator go anywhere to serve,
Cuisinart brings its coffee-making expertise to the 12-Cup model of their classic stainless steel percolator. Piping hot water percolates through the grounds, and pulses up into the knob on top to create the familiar “perk-perk” sound that coffee lovers wait to hear. A detachable cord and stay-cool bottom lets this percolator go anywhere to serve, and it only needs to be plugged in to keep it hot.
Product Features
- Classic stainless-steel percolator brews from 4 to 12 cups of coffee
- Long, tapered, precision no drip spout pours without a spill
- Ready-to-serve indicator light, detachable cord, and easy-grip knob on the lid
- Stay-cool bottom allows unit to sit safely on any surface without scarring
- Product Built to North American Electrical Standards
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Move along if your looking for a great tasting cup of percolated coffee. This percolator makes weak coffee. After the coffee is percolated, I have to pour coffee back through the basked to get a decent cup of coffee. I checked the water temperature and it was 170 degrees the first time and 156 degree the second time, not hot enough. The actual perk time is very short. There is no way to adjust the brew time on the coffee making cycle. I have had several Presto percolators, after a while they were no better. These are well built, nicely made pots that should last a…
If you like weak coffee and messes, this is perfect Not really possible to get anything but weak, pathetic coffee from this thing. It actually looks like tea (see photo).The problem is the percolating cycle shuts off once the coffee hits a certain temp, and this is always before it has percolated enough to extract any kind of body/flavor. So you have very dilute coffee. There’s no way to get it to restart and percolate more, or to get it to extract more before shutting off. I tried everything…different amounts of grounds, different…
I wanted to get the best so I figured this was poorly made. I wanted to get the best so I figured, Cuisinart…plus the price tag of nearly $70… must be good right? Well do you see that clear plastic part at the top of the lid? I went to take the lid off this morning to make coffee and the part just popped off. It’s broke and you can’t use it again. The plastic just broke off right at the base. No great pressure was used, I just began to take the lid off like I would any morning. I wanted to warn others so they didn’t…