This is a 14-cup black-and-stainless drip machine (model BVMC-PC14BL2) built around a claim most drip makers don’t bother with: a reusable filtration element that Mr. Coffee’s own product page says removes up to 97% of chlorine from your tap water before it reaches the grounds. Everything else about it is standard Mr. Coffee — programmable, glass carafe, hotplate.
What the 97% figure actually covers
The machine ships with a reusable nylon filter and a separate water filtration disk that Mr. Coffee markets as “Advanced Water Filtration.” The 97%-chlorine claim is Mr. Coffee’s own marketing language, not a figure from an independent lab test we could locate. Chlorine taste is a real and common complaint with municipal tap water used straight in a coffee maker, so the general idea is sound; whether this specific disk hits that number in practice is not something we can confirm.
Small batch and brew later
Besides the full 14-cup run, there’s a Small Batch setting for 1–4 cups, a Strong Brew Selector, a Brew Later delayed-start timer, and a “Grab-a-Cup” auto-pause so you can pour mid-brew. Keep Warm holds temperature for 1–4 hours before shutting off automatically, and there’s an automatic cleaning cycle. It measures 10.7in by 7.6in by 14in and weighs about 7.1 pounds, with a 24-inch cord.
What Mr. Coffee doesn’t publish
Wattage isn’t listed on the manufacturer page or in retailer specs we checked, which is unusual for a machine at this price point — competing 14-cup drip makers typically state it. And for all the filtration talk, the brewing mechanism itself is conventional: a glass carafe sitting on a hotplate, which means coffee left on the warmer for the full 4-hour keep-warm window will taste noticeably different by the end of it than it did at minute one. That’s true of nearly every machine in this category, not a flaw unique to this one, but the filtration marketing doesn’t change it.
Before you buy
- Confirm whether replacement water filtration disks are sold separately and how often Mr. Coffee recommends changing them.
- If chlorine taste is your main concern, compare against a simple pitcher filter, which is a well-established solution and cheaper to maintain.
- Check current retailer stock and price — this model has shown as out of stock with some sellers.
- Don’t leave coffee on the hotplate past an hour or so if you care about taste; use Small Batch if you’re only making one or two cups.
Specifications and filtration claims from Mr. Coffee’s official product page and retailer listings (Walmart, Lowe’s). No independent lab test of the 97%-chlorine claim was located. CoffeeLogik has not tested this machine in person.
