$34.99
7/ 10
Why we love it
The floor of the category, and useful precisely because it is. Twelve cups, a day-ahead timer and a pause-to-pour for less than most of the grinders here cost. Nobody should expect brew-temperature control at this price and BLACK+DECKER doesn't claim any — but a first apartment, an office kitchen or a rental needs a pot of coffee, not a certification, and this makes one reliably.
Pros
- Cheapest machine in the catalogue by a wide margin
- Twelve-cup capacity at that price
- Programmable a day ahead with auto shut-off
- Sneak-a-cup pause for pouring mid-brew
- Uses standard paper filters, nothing proprietary
Cons
- Glass carafe on a hotplate
- No brew temperature published and no certification
- No strength control or small-batch setting
- Built to a price — expect to replace it before a specialty brewer
