Cuisinart DCG-12BC Grind Central Coffee Grinder

This Cuisinart grinder has it all: Capacity, cleaning cability, powerful motor, handsome design, "fairly" quiet (after all, it is a noisy process), cord storage under the base, absolutely no-mess-grinding and a lid for the stainless blade cup for storage of extra grindings.

On the con side, it is more expensive costing $30; but I think it will be a long lasting appliance and should easily outlast the other less expensive blade coffee grinders costing $20. Also, the instruction brochure states that this grinder is for purposes of grinding coffee only and using it for nuts and spices will dull the blades. Well, duh! I am sure the cheaper models would have the same problem and the Krups that I am replacing has a plastic lid that has become all pitted and cannot be cleaned properly.


I LOVE this grinder!!   March 31, 2004
20 out of 23 found this review helpful

How do I love it? Let me count the ways....

First of all, I really love that there's no static cling of grounds since the grinder cup is stainless steel. You should buy it for this alone because that means coffee grounds don't get sprayed around the kitchen while you're trying to get the coffee into your coffeepot! What a novel concept.

Also, I love that you can store whatever cord you don't need inside the base of the grinder. Mine is parked right in front of an outlet and I have quite enough extra cord tangling around on my countertop, thank you very much. Another truly excellent feature.

It's pretty quiet which is great because our young son was always kind of freaked out by our old grinder.

It's big enough that we can just grind every few days and the coffee stays pretty fresh.

And it looks sorta cool, too.

Everyone should buy this grinder! We even like it way more than a fancy burr grinder we bought; that thing made a huge mess, never did grind the coffee right, took up a ton of counter space and broke after we'd had it a month. After we bought this Cuisinart, we took the burr grinder straight to the thrift store & haven't looked back.


best blade grinder ever   August 11, 2004
Tracie (Saratoga Springs, NY United States)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

Seriously, this blade grinder is impressive. You can actually fit 9 scoops of beans in this grinder.

The grounds don't fly all over my counter - they stay in the cup.

I love that you can lift the cup out of the grinder and pour the coffee right into your brew basket. No more holding a grinder upside down and banging on it to get the coffee out.

I love that it's dishwasher safe -- so if I make flavored cofee, I can actually wash out the flavor and it won't contaminate future pots.

This rocks!


great coffee grinder   October 31, 2003
TIm (Ellicott City, MD United States)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful

This is the first grinder I bought and I used it for the first time today to blend fresh 100% Kona from Hawaii. This grinder is great. No mess what so ever and the removeable bowl is the best. The machine is not loud and no static cling. I couldn't ask for anything better.


highly recommend   July 11, 2005
Dl Crownover
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

you will love this stylish little machine. don't let it's size full you as it packs a powerful punch and the removable, sealable storage container is a major plus. friends had recommended this to us and they weren't wrong. enjoy!