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Farberware FCP240 4-Cup Percolator, Stainless Steel | 
 enlarge | Brand: Black & Decker
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $39.99
You Save: $20.00 (33%)
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Rating:  159 reviews
Sales Rank: 295
Color: Stainless Steel
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Size: 4-Cup
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 7 x 10
Warranty: 1
MPN: FCP240
Model: FCP240
UPC: 632051030028
EAN: 0632051030028
ASIN: B00008ELEA
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
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| Features:
| • | 4-Cup capacityand 1000 watts | | • | Durable stainless steel construction and maintains consistent brew speed: 1-cup p/min. | | • | Automatic keep warm mode | | • | Cool-touch handle and lid knob with rolled edges for safe and easy handling | | • | Detachable power cord |
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Product Description
Farberware's 1000 watt, two to four cup percolator quickly brews at cup-a-minute speed for coffee in no time. Once the brewing is complete, the percolator automatically switches to "keep warm" temperature. Stainless steel construction offers durability and the detachable cord makes for easy serving. Rolled edges offer safe handling as do the stay cool handle and cover knob. A more elegant alternative to standard coffee makers, this stainless steel percolator from Farberware has a sleek, pitcher shape. At a brewing rate of one cup per minute, this coffee pot sacrifices nothing in terms of speed for beauty. Makes 2-4 cups. Comes with 1-year limited warranty. Model FCP240.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 The Best Little Perc in Town April 27, 2005
Sarah E. Markey (Concord, NH,USA)
71 out of 73 found this review helpful
For the coffee traditionalist AND for those who long for the taste and smell of home!
This little perc has been a presence in our family for thirty or forty years. After I left home several decades ago, I evolved into a coffee press/Peet's fanatic myself, but when I brought my parents to live with me, the little Farberware Perc came with them, and I quickly reverted back to that fresh perked taste and smell. The coffee makes up fast and goes fast, so you never have that old perked coffee smell in your house or that syrupy brown gunk to deal with, and these chubby little Farberware droids last forever. Fortunately my folks decided they liked Maxwell House Colombian better than the Master Blend, and we brew several pots of this delicious liquid a day.
Warning: do not compare this coffee experience to your Peet's or Zabar's cafe presse - instead think of diners and grandma's house!
I love perked coffee! Great little perk! Jr. size. July 5, 2007
Tara (Los Angeles, CA USA)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful little perk. I've had it for almost a month and used it every day, sometimes twice a day.
Speed of coffee prep: A+ (doesn't really take longer than a drip machine)
Speed of perking: A+
Temperature and Temperature maintenance: A+
Ease of cleaning: A+
(Day-to-day cleaning: rinses out easily with very little elbow grease, and you should also buy some percolator cleaner - you can find it at most grocery stores hidden amongst the dishwasher stuff. You use this stuff about once a week - or approx. every 5-10 uses - to clean any stains or grounds buildup. I use about a TBS. of powder and one perk cycle, rinse powder residue, and voila, it's perfectly clean - cleans the "slots" without scrubbing)
Design: B+
(the manufacturer's label piece on the front started coming off immediately, but since this has absolutely nothing to do with the perk's function, I'm too lazy to return it).
If you have never used a perk before, or have used a different kind, you may need to experiment a bit with how finely or coarsely you grind your beans, and your preferred ratio of water to coffee beans. But when you find that right balance to suit your taste buds, well, you'll never want to go back to a drip coffee maker!
Note #1: This is a 2-4 cup perk. This means 2-4 SMALL cups of coffee. If you're like me, your coffee cup is more like a 12-16 oz. cup. I fill with water to the 3 or 4 cup (max) line, and I only get about 1 1/2 cups of coffee out of this. I think the 4-cup max means 4 6-oz or 8-oz cups of java. So if you want more than 2 decent-sized cups of joe without having to make another pot, I'd suggest buying the larger version of this perk. This size is perfect for a limited coffee drinker, or someone who's single. It's small (and kind of cute).
Note #2: I do wish they'd start making these with an auto shut off option. Some folks don't want an auto shut off, but some of us would. The perk does lower the temperature to a keep-hot setting, but if you leave this baby plugged in all day, you may arrive home to the smell of burnt coffee. Depending on how much coffee is left in it, the coffee will eventually reduce/evaporate even on the keep-hot setting. I made this mistake once, and so I've learned to always unplug the percolator after I pour my cuppa joe.
heaven in a pot September 30, 2006
pcatt
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I love this coffee pot! I chose Farberware over the others because I've had such great experiences with their cookware, and I'm glad I did.
It makes a perfect cup of coffee. And if you've only tasted coffee from a drip maker, you havent tasted a really good cup of coffee. It only takes 4 minutes for 4 cups, is piping hot and stays warm without turning into mud. With this pot you truly can have a second cup of coffee that tastes as good as the first cup. And, if using a percolator is new for you and you're in doubt as to how much coffee to use for each cup, this pot comes with an instruction manual that provides very helpful, useful information, including a chart of coffee measurements that, when implemented, will make an excellent cup of coffee.
Lastly, clean up is a breeze! Really. Just gently wash the individual parts (three) and pot (without immersing) with a soft sponge and soap. Then dry lightly with a soft towel or even a paper towel. It'll look just like new! It's also very sturdy and I believe it will last a very long time, but if I do find that I need to replace it in a few years, as another reviewer suggested, I'll gladly do so. This is the best pot I've ever owned. And I will NEVER drink coffee from a coffee maker again! Neither will you.
Tips: I've read in other reviews that the water level guide located inside the pot can be difficult to read but the guide is also found on the outside of the pot, under the handle, and it is indented making it much easier to read. I've also found that if you decide you'd like to use filters with this pot (unnecessary because of the basket provided) the filters usually used with a 2 to 4 cup size drip coffee maker work very nicely.
You owe it to yourself to own this machine March 4, 2007
Joe Duke (New York USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you like hot,, delicious coffee in the morning (or anytime), you must buy this percolator. I have owned them for decades, literally. and without fail, they make the best coffee this side of your favorite donut shop. The coffee is hot, unlike those lame drip machines, and delish!! You can buy the cheapest coffee in the market, and still it comes out tasting great, and in an instant. The machine lasts endlessly (unless you put the whole thing in the dishwasher-not recommended), and you don't ever have to buy a filter. So soothe your inner caffeine freak,and order the Farberware now.
It's worth getting a second one, too. January 4, 2007
WSbelle (Massachusetts USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is such a great little percolator that I'm getting a second one. I use to simply use a much larger percolator, but there are some advantages to using a small one like this one -- faster coffee, stays hotter, easier cleaning, etc.. Our coffee tastes GREAT, made in this percolator, and I have tried several methods of coffee making and a few different coffee makers and percolators.
In fact, now my coffee tastes so great that, instead of just getting out of the house for a coffee at a local shop, I sometimes plug in my percolator, then go out (must drive the dog around or take him for a walk) and make my own house my coffee stop!
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