Cuisinart coffee maker is made of sturdy parts, high grade electronics and the ability to reproduce delicious coffee time and time again. Have similar model that I purchased 8 years ago that still functions and delivers. Improve your life and get one.
It does not toast well at all. The toast comes out burnt on one half and still white on the other half. You need to rotate the bread half way through to get even color. Since we use this mostly to make toast, the performance is very disappointing. The top of the oven gets very hot while baking, hot enough to possibly cause a burn. The first time a baked a small casserole, the oven tipped forward when I slid the rack out to remove the dish. The weight of the casserole was too much for the oven to stay secured.
The bottom line is that the coffee has a good flavor. Issues were with the unit itself.
The lid doesn't fit well and has to be snapped into place, inconvenient. Temperature is the other issue. It runs very hot even though I like my coffee very hot. The first cup is fine but the second or third cup get hotter and hotter. This causes a burned flavor if left a while before having another cup. Maybe there could be a way to adjust this.
The coffee maker makes the water so much hotter. This is my favorite remark about this machine. It makes my old maker useless. Plus, the special feature for one to four cups brews a consistent cup of coffee. I am so happy to have changed to Cuisinart.