Same situation as the one told by the other users.Received as a gift a year ago. We did not use it almost at all until last fall we bought a espresso machine.After maybe less than 20 uses the unit died. As I'm a pretty good handyman I figured a switch failed. Surprise, looks like the electric motor is burned.What a piece of junk. Why do companies like Cuisinart even put such products on the market. It's not rocket scince to test a product for 50 - 100 use cycles. I will never buy a Cuisinart again