The owner of one of the top roasters in town has a $2000 ditting grinder and a Mr Coffee in his kitchen. I think he does it in one part to be outrageous but on the other hand it's first and foremost about the beans and than the grind and lastly about the way you pour hot water over them. I have a Mr Coffee that I use for company at home or if I'm going to drink a lot of coffee and don't have time to dick around with pourovers. I've started microwaving a few table spoons of water and doing a prewet. It helps, if there is a major problem with Mr Coffee it's that it doesn't come up to temp fast enough. It's perfectly acceptable coffee, I chose the bean which was roasted within the last week and put through a quality burr grinder either that day or the night before. If I just want a cup around dinner time I'll make a pourover. I spend six days a week surrounded by a few thousand dollars worth of things that get coffee grounds wet and hot, simple Mr Coffee does me right on my day off.