1. Sale – Waring CMS120 Professional 12 Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black
and Stainless Steel – Review
 Brushed Stainless Steel housing with 12 cup glass carafe
 24 hour advance brew start with blue backlit LCD display
 Brew pause feature and 2 hour automatic shutoff
 Swing out filter basket for easy filling
 Wide, clear-view water level window
Brew up to 12 cups of coffee with this fully automatic, professional-looking coffeemaker. The
swing-out filter basket makes adding ground coffee simple while the wide, clear-view water level
window makes it easy to see exactly how many cups you’re brewing. The glass carafe features a
stay-cool handle and drip-free spout to make pouring spill-free. Take advantage of the 24-hour
advance brew start to wake up to a freshly brewed pot, or preset the coffeemaker to start after-
dinner coffee without leaving the party! The Brew Pause feature comes in handy on those
mornings when you just can’t wait for that first sip—this function suspends the brewing cycle
long enough to pour a quick cup. A 2-hour automatic shutoff, blue backlit LCD display and
limited one-year product warranty provide no-worry operation.

2. Tags: Black, CMS120, Coffeemaker, Professional, Programmable, Stainless, Steel, Waring
3 comments
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Cathy J. Shufelt /
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Love my Waring Coffeemaker, August 8, 2011
By
Cathy J. Shufelt –
Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is from: Waring CMS120 Professional 12 Cup Programmable
Coffeemaker, Black and Stainless Steel (Kitchen)
I am extremely pleased with my Waring Pro Coffeemaker. So pleased, I purchased one
for my mother also…and she loves hers. I insist on a cone filter but found that most
coffee makers have the flat kind. I wanted a viewable water level indicator. And I
wanted a good hot cup of coffee. The waring does all this and more. I love that the
basket holding the filter will not open unless you press the release button. That’s a
wonderful improvement over my last coffeemaker which had a habit of the basket
swinging open during brewing. The sleek look fits right in with my kitchen decor. I also
like the blue backlight on the timer window.
The alarm that sounds when the coffee is ready is really not that loud, contrary to what
some others have stated. I find it welcoming since I start my coffeemaker and then go
about my schedule getting ready for work. The three beeps tells me I can come get my
hot cup now. (The volume level of the beeps is about the same as a microwave) It’s also
nice to know it will shut off after 2 hours though I usually pour my coffee into a thermos
almost immediately after brewing and shut it off myself.
I looked at DOZENS of coffeemakers in seven stores and shopped online at Amazon,
reading tons of descriptions before buying this coffeemaker. I am SO glad I chose this
one.
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Ken /
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Great unit, but glass carafe broke and replacement is N/A, December 23, 2010
By
Ken –
This review is from: Waring CMS120 Professional 12 Cup Programmable
Coffeemaker, Black and Stainless Steel (Kitchen)
PS: I wrote the review below over one year ago (12/23/10, today is 1/9/12). I still love
the coffee maker overall (except for the 5 beeps). However, I just broke the glass carafe
in the dishwasher about a week ago!! Not sure how it broke just sitting there, since it
was broken before I removed it (maybe cheap or defective glass?), but it sure stinks.
Anyway, the factory replacement carafe (CMS120CRF) made by Waring is “out of
stock” everywhere on the internet. This is a
problem…nnnnnneed…….coffffff….ffffeeeee!
I had planned to call Waring to confirm, and hopefully see if they could recommend a
“universal” replacement carafe. Maybe not perfect but a similar size at least close
enough to function. This is a major drawback for Waring customers – who wants to buy
a product that doesn’t have service parts available? The 10-cup Waring CMS100 carafe
is available on Amazon but I cannot tell how large it is – there are no measurements
published anywhere. Even when measurements are given, they don’t make any sense.
Just give us the overall diameter and height, the handle makes no difference. The
Waring CMS120CRF carafe is exactly 6″ round x 6″ tall.
So yesterday I went to a dept store for some other things, so I took a measuring tape and
while there I looked at & measured their coffee makers. Turns out that Mr Coffee makes
a replacement carafe (#132451) used on many of their coffee maker models, they were
on the shelf so I bought one – and it fits this machine ALMOST perfectly! The
measurements given for it on Amazon (8.8 x 8.1 x 9.1) don’t make sense…the glass
portion is 6″ dia and the height is 6″ to the highest part of the lid (button).
The Mr Coffee replacement fits slightly loose (the dia of the surface that contacts the hot
plate is smaller, allowing more movement side-to-side), but I used it today and it is
practically as good as the original. The button on the lid is a little more rounded, but not
enough to allow the button on the basket to extend down and stop the dripping. I’d give
it an A- for fit and function, which is pretty darn good for something improvised. Not to
mention it only costs $12 vs. $30 for the Waring factory replacement price (if you can
find one in stock).
Review from a year ago (12/23/10):
I just received this coffeemaker, the Free Super Saver shipping only took 3 days, so it is

4. nice to get it so fast before X-mas. I’ve only made one pot of coffee so far, and it was
quite good. I enabled the 1-4 cup brew feature (you can leave it off if desired), which I
never had on my old unit, and it’s nice since it heats the coffee up much more (the
manual says that smaller batches of this size are not as hot since the brewing time is so
short). I really noticed a big difference vs. my old unit, it’s practically as hot as
McDonald’s.
But I also wanted to pass on some info that does not seem easy to find:
1) This unit uses No. 4 Cone filters (better than basket type). It came with a “permanent
filter basket”, but it’s seems to be made from plastic and not metal like you’d expect. I
just use the brown paper filters, which are easy to find. The premanent filter will allow
some fine sediment through into the coffee.
2) It uses 5 annoying loud beeps to signal that the brewing cycle is complete.
I was looking for a unit that did not use these silly beeps, since I use it in the early
morning and the rest of house is still sleeping. They are quite loud and cannot be
disabled as far as I can tell. But so far they haven’t awakened anyone!
It seems that most, almost all electronic coffemakers (i.e. non-manual) have this feature,
so finding one without it is a challenge. Who wants this feature? I don’t see the appeal of
it. Seems like more of a nuisance to me. I have read reviews for other coffee makers and
many others also dislike this feature. But this is my only complaint so far, so I still give
it 5 stars.
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40 oz. Warrior /
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Makes Good Coffee and Nicely Designed., March 20, 2011
By
40 oz. Warrior (California, U.S.A.) –
This review is from: Waring CMS120 Professional 12 Cup Programmable
Coffeemaker, Black and Stainless Steel (Kitchen)
I purchased this coffeemaker to replace our Mr. Coffee PRX23, ( vintage 1998 ) which
had served us well over the years. When looking over the products currently available in

5. stores, it seemed as if the art and science of coffeemaker design had gone backwards
over the past ten years. Some of them looked to be three-handed affairs for loading the
coffee, and others looked impossible to clean, like the water tanks on the current
Cuisinarts. This Waring seems like it would be easy to clean, since you can lift the
swing-out basket completely off the unit, and if your hands aren’t overly large you can
reach down into the water reservoir.
The coffee tasted fine, although if I could add a feature, it would be an adjustable
warmer for a little higher holding temp, since we usually add cream. Reviewer Ken
mentions using the 1-4 cup feature to obtain a higher brewing temp, so I might try that
with a full pot. The java connoisseurs all claim cone filters are superior to the basket
type, but so far I haven’t noticed much difference in flavor. However, the cones are less
prone to collapsing and letting grounds through, and they’re easier to lift out when it’s
time to toss it. Just be prepared to pay about four times as much for cones over basket
filters.
I don’t find the beep alarm at end of the brew cycle to be annoying. It only goes off
once, and it’s helpful to know the coffee’s done if I’m across the house somewhere.
We like to keep a spare carafe on hand to rotate them for cleaning ( and in case we break
one ), but so far I haven’t been able to locate where I could purchase one, even on
Waring’s accessories web page. The Medalco 12-cup carafe looks like a candidate,
although the inexpensive basic Mr. Coffee and GE carafes available at the local
W**mart are about same height, so they might be worth trying first ( you can always
return them ).
Had I not discovered this model, I probably would have gone with a Mr. Coffee CHX23.
Update: April 2012 – After a year of daily use the warming plate has developed a pretty
bad case of rust, which we never saw on any of our prior coffeemakers. Maybe the best
materials weren’t chosen for the warming plate, ironic since so much stainless steel was
used for the rest of the unit. Knocking off one star ( 4 to 3 ).
Update: September 2012 – Well, my wife has expressed her disgust for the rust, and
assigned me the task of researching a new coffee maker. So far Hamilton Beach 46201
looks interesting. This Waring CMS120 has disappeared from the Waring web site, like
Waring is in denial they ever manufactured it. If you want an example of product
support on the internet for small appliances done right, check out the Hamilton Beach
web site.
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