This Kenmore-branded drip machine, made and sold by Koolatron, is a straightforward 12-cup programmable coffee maker with a Regular and Bold brew toggle. It covers the basics of a household drip machine without much beyond them, and the notable gap is that no independent outlet appears to have tested it.
What the spec sheet covers
The machine brews up to 12 cups into a dishwasher-safe glass carafe rated at 1.8L, with a 1–4 cup setting that doubles as the Bold brew option for a stronger cup on smaller batches. Filtration is a washable gold-tone mesh filter, meaning no ongoing paper filter cost, backed by a replaceable charcoal water filter meant to reduce impurities in the water itself before brewing. The exterior combines stainless steel and plastic, and Kenmore backs it with a 5-year limited warranty.
Scheduling and mid-brew pouring
It has a programmable timer that can be set up to 12 hours in advance, useful if you want coffee ready when you wake up, plus a pause-and-pour function that lets you pull a cup before the full cycle finishes without the carafe dripping everywhere. Both are standard features on machines at this level, not unique to this model.
The gap: nobody outside the listing has run it
What’s missing is any published wattage, brew time, or independent test of temperature consistency or reliability over repeated use — the kind of testing that separates a spec sheet from a verified product. Kenmore’s own name carries weight from its history in major appliances, but this specific drip maker, sold through Koolatron under license, doesn’t have a track record of its own yet that we could find.
Before you buy
- Ask the retailer for wattage and brew time; neither is published in accessible product copy.
- Register the product to activate the 5-year warranty, and keep your receipt in case you need it.
- Replace the charcoal water filter on whatever schedule Kenmore specifies in the manual — it’s easy to forget on a machine you don’t think of as needing maintenance.
- Check current owner reviews on the retailer’s own page before buying, since none of the established review outlets have covered this model.
Based on Koolatron’s product listings for this model. No independent review was located. CoffeeLogik has not tested this machine in person.
