“This is a terrific coffee maker and makes delicious tasting coffee”

44% of 25 verified owners recommend the OXO Brew 9-Cup, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
Affiliate blogs here say 100% recommend, while the owner-based score is 44%. They earn a commission on every sale — so we show them for transparency but never let them move the score.
The headline score reflects owners (Reddit, enthusiast forums), independent lab tests, blogs with no affiliate links, and YouTube owner-comments when they line up with owners. YouTube and Affiliate blogs are shown for perspective but kept out here — hover the i for why.
Synthesized from what OXO Brew 9-Cup owners say — not a spec sheet.
Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.
“This is a terrific coffee maker and makes delicious tasting coffee”
“The slight pausing in the brew cycle threw me off”
“Several months ago I purchased the OXO 9-Cup Coffee Maker. When I went to do the first deep clean, I realized that in addition to brewing coffee, I was also brewing rust!”
“Just bought one and love the results”
“the dipping problem you encountered when you pulled out the carafe”
“Our OXO 9 cup brews wonderful coffee, but the controls have shorted out - it is full on whenever it is plugged in! It's over 5 years old; I guess we will try calling OXO before starting the process of buying a replacement.”
“This machine does really brew excellent coffee. Water reservoir cracked after a few years on mine, was a bit of a surprise.”
“I love this machine and it’s great for when I have some people over and I can just take it to the table and it stays hot”
“I’m having the same issue. No amount of cleaning or running vinegar with water through it has changed the outcome.”
“Coffee is lukewarm at best when you brew 4 cups. I have to then heat it up in the microwave”
“I have done direct comparisons of both brewers, and while the Oxo has more convenience features (clock and timer), the Bonavita brews a better cup overall.”
“I've had this coffee maker for about 5 years now and it has worked wonderfully and always makes a great cup of Joe.”
“still can’t manage to make coffee taste as good as with the aero press or French press”
“I've been using both the Oxo burr grinder and coffee maker for the past two years and love them”
“I just didn't like that it didn't have a carafe heater element so I eventually got rid of it”
“it always has coffee sludge in it that I don't want in my brew”
“No amount of cleaning has caused it to stop smelling of cheap rubber.”
“i love them thats why its my 3 rd one”
“experienced the same very strong plastic chemical smell”
“OXO is ia superior coffee maker to pretty much everything out there that's an automatic coffeemaker”
“The water reservoir in that coffee maker is impossible to clean.”
“This machine makes fantastic coffee”
“Returning! Too expensive for the coffee to taste so bad.”
“I used it 3 times, but coffee seems like lukewarm”
Practical notes owners raise — setup, quirks, and issues to watch for. They don't say whether the person likes the product, so they're not counted in the score, but they inform the pros, cons, and who it's for.
“This hasn't happened to me yet with mine.”
“Today my coffee is pretty clean tasting.”