Sorry, but I am not a fan of any built-in coffeemaker. They are expensive, require a dedicated area that could be used for something else, require the expense of a plumber, and most of all, if it breaks, you are out an expensive coffee maker, and have a dead area that can be put to no other use. Or if you decide you need a new one, it might not fit in the space of the old one. Also, you can get very good countertop coffeemakers and not have any of the issues I just mentioned. Just my $.02.

If you are really set on the idea, cause they look cool, then I would get a Miele model. They've been building them for a while, and know what they are doing.

Buy a decent coffee maker (like the Technivorm) and a decent blade grinder (Krups, for example), or even (shudder) a Keurig-style, if you want convenience, and put it in a nook.

Shannon is dead on with the reality that it will die, and then you'll have a pretty useless hole in the wall.

Dacor just isn't a name that I associate with having any clue about coffee. There is a lot more to a good cup than just boiling water.

Want to spend more money?

Go for a real espresso maker such as the Rancilio Silvia and a Rocky grinder -- or step up into semi-pro espresso makers.

Dacor used to buy 'em from Kuppersbusch who, I do believe, created this built-in coffee-maker market. And Kuppersbusch are excellent units.
I don't, however, know if Dacor coffeemakers are still rebadged Kpsbs. If they are, the Dacor should be an excellent unit (or better yet, pick up the Kpsbs unit directly).

-ls

They look great, now. But in 10 years they will probably look dated -- or worse, break. Then what do you do?

You can build in an oven and replace it when it wears out with an oven that will fit the same hole - because wall ovens come in standard sizes. But coffeemakers do not. There is no guarantee that even Dacor will make a coffemaker 10 years from now that will exactly fit the hole in your cabinet.

You are just asking for trouble. Nor does it necessarily make better coffee.

If you want a coffee bar, build in a tiled (corianed?, silestoned?, granited?) recess and put your stand alone, replacable coffee maker in that. You can even run a small faucet into the recess for handy water-- but if you do, also add a drain for the certain-to-come day when you overfill and water goes everywhere -- or worse yet, the kids decide to see what happens if.

"because wall ovens come in standard sizes. But coffeemakers do not"

oldetimer , are you sure about that?

These built ins are standard sized just as much as single ovens are these days. In 10 years you'll find some that fit that space exactly and some that won't. Dacor doesn't make a coffee machine today so I'm guessing they won't in 10 years either. The Kuppersbusch (who made it for them ) will fit the space even their new generation.

We have a Dacor Built-in Coffee Maker, and we've had it for 8 years. Fortunately, they keep somehow renewing our warranty - unfortunately, we keep needing to use it. It looks gorgeous with it s stainless steel facade, but much of it is - if you can believe it - silver painted plastic! (like the spigots on the front and its housing unit, as well as several pieces inside connected to actual metal). It is cheaply made, and unreliable. We have had it in our home for 4-5 yrs of the 8 we've had it, as it sits `in repair' with the repair co. for months on end as the parts come from California and are unreliable. Buy anything but this brand. We're refusing further repairs and getting money back to put towards another - but with Dacor -buyer beware.

Idk if ur still interested in the built in coffee machine but if you are I have one available