Waring Commercial WCU110 Coffee Urn, 110 Cup Capacity, Stainless Steel , 1500W, 120V, 5-15 Phase Plug, Silver

I'm a third-grade teacher, and for the past couple of years, I've done a hot chocolate bar right before winter break. I have 30 students in my classroom, plus the volunteers who come in to help with our winter party. I needed something that would heat water, and keep it warm so the kids could have hot chocolate. I've been renting one, and this year decided it just made sense to buy one so I could keep using it year after year. As I mentioned, I needed to have enough hot water for 40 cups of hot chocolate. I was worried this wouldn't be big enough, but let me tell you it is more than enough! I bought the 16 oz to-go coffee cups that have lids, and had the volunteer fill them about halfway with hot water, we ended up only using about half of the container of water. The machine gets super hot so I didn't let the kids touch it, I had an adult volunteer pour the water. You can make coffee in it, it has all the parts but I just needed hot water. It took about an hour to get the water warm enough that the kids could have enjoyed the hot chocolate but we had it on for 2 hours and the water was super hot, I had to send someone to go get ice to put in the kids' cups. If I was making coffee I would probably need it to get that hot, but for just heating water, I should have turned it off after an hour. It held the heat for a long time too.

Just use 3 time and it’s bottom is burn

I make an urn of coffee a day at work in honor of a coworker who died from drinking too much because another coworker hated coffee. This urn makes excellent coffee. I just wish there was a paper filter I could use with it. I grind my own beans daily and it would be awesome had their been a paper filter as I like an expresso grind but that just filters through the metal filter holes. I have to do a super coarse grind which is OK just not ideal for me.

We got this for church events and it works well. Likable features: large capacity, slot and retainer underneath to store the electric cord, top locks on, separate ready light and power on light. The handles are big enough to get a firm grip to move in. The amount of grounds to use for any given number of cups of coffee is etched into the side of the basket which means we will still have the recipe when the user manual will eventually get lost.Warning: a full 120 cups took about 80 minutes, 70 cups about an hour. I think this is pretty typical of large urns.

I like the simple design, that it keeps coffee warm once the perking is done, the indicator light that shows when the coffee is ready and the indicator that shows how much coffee is left. However, the coffee comes out of the spigot slowly and the spigot is so high on the coffee pot that there are still many cups of coffee left in the pot even though no more comes out the spigot.

This 55 cup coffee maker works well and is economically priced. However, we are replacing the same model after about 18 months, hoping that the early failure wasn't typical. I hope it takes a long time to determine its durability. The failure seemed to be electrical, since nothing would happen after the device was switched on.

Makes a great pot of coffee for a huge crowd. The stainless steel interior keeps coffee from developing that terrible metallic taste that comes from aluminum coffee makers. It is a bit noisy while brewing, however it brews relatively fast. It has a green light "ready" indicator that lights when brewing is complete, so there's no guess work involved. I also love the volume indicator which is easy to read and accurate. Easy to clean and maintain. Definitely would recommend!!

Worked fine upon initial purchase, however after 7 months it has quit. Inspecting the wiring it appears a loose spade connection led to overheating and burnout of what appears to be a diode. It was used everyday during those 8 months, but that's a very short lifespan for a "commercial" coffee urn.