ALERT!  Please read Consumer Affairs on Cuisinart 1200 and all of the other Cuisinart coffee makers. Mine started burning up only after 6 months of use! Hundreds of other people have had the same issue. Cuisinart is knowledgable of this malfunction of the electric warming plate but has not done a recall. If I had not been home when the warming plate decided to go postal my house would have burned down. Just do a search on Consumer Affairs (Cuisinart coffeemaker fire) and you will see hundreds of complaints. Or click this link:  [....] Sorry to bust your bubble! Sheila
ALERT! Please read Consumer Affairs on Cuisinart 1200 and all of the other Cuisinart coffee makers. Mine started burning up only after 6 months of use! Hundreds of other people have had the same issue. Cuisinart is knowledgable of this malfunction of the electric warming plate but has not done a recall. If I had not been home when the warming plate decided to go postal my house would have burned down. Just do a search on Consumer Affairs (Cuisinart coffeemaker fire) and you will see hundreds of complaints. Or click this link:  [.... ] Sorry to bust your bubble! Sheila