Cuisinart CPK-17P1

Cuisinart CPK-17P1

By Cuisinart · Electric Kettles · Kitchen & Cooking

  • 6 temperature presets

Lowest price seen
$75.00
from $75.00 at eBay · Checked Oct 12, 2026

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Problems, parts and running costs

Summary

A 1.7-liter cordless kettle with six one-touch temperature presets, a 30-minute keep-warm, a 2-minute memory when lifted off the base and a 3-year US warranty. Buy it at a discount rather than near list, and if you brew pour-over coffee, a gooseneck kettle is the better tool — this wide spout can’t do a controlled pour.

Strengths

  • Six dedicated temperature buttons beat scrolling through menus when your household switches among tea types.
  • Keep Warm and the 2-minute off-base memory are the features owners say they actually use.
  • 1.7 L covers several mugs or a French press in one fill.
  • The 3-year US warranty far outlasts the one-year norm for small appliances.
  • The base and scale filter are sold as spares, and hobbyists have repaired board-level faults.
  • An independent exact-model test praised its temperature holding and intuitive operation.

Weaknesses

  • Six fixed presets only: no 1-degree adjustments and no live display.
  • The standard wide spout is the wrong tool for pour-over; it is not a gooseneck.
  • Plastic sits in the water path around the window, filter and lid despite the stainless headline.
  • The narrow opening makes hand cleaning and descaling around the water window awkward.
  • Repair threads document no-heat failures traced to degraded capacitors or worn safety contacts, plus sticky lid releases and fading beepers — aging points, not a measured failure rate.
  • Roughly 6.8 lb when full, which matters for weaker grips or wrists.

Verified specifications

Capacity1.7 L; power: 1500 W at 120 V (US household model).
Presetssix, per the manual — 160°F delicate, 175°F green, 185°F white, 190°F oolong, 200°F French press, 212°F boil/black & herbal. No finer adjustment, no live temperature display.
Keep Warm30 minutes; the kettle remembers its setting for 2 minutes when lifted off the base.
Base360° cordless swivel with a concealed heating element; auto shutoff and boil-dry protection.
Filterremovable, cleanable scale filter at the spout.
Bodybrushed stainless steel; the exterior gets hot, so grip the handle. Plastic is present in the water path around the level window, filter and lid.
Cord36 inches.
Dimensions8.8 × 6.1 × 9.75 in; weight listed as 3.01 lb (Cuisinart’s page omits the unit).
Warrantylimited 3-year, US household use, purchased through authorized sellers.
Spare parts sold by Cuisinartpower base and scale filter.
BPA-free per the current product page.
Full research notes and sources

Temperature control, the Cuisinart way

You get six buttons, not a dial: 160°F for delicate teas, 175 for green, 185 for white, 190 for oolong, 200 for French press and a full 212 boil. Shouldit’s exact-model test found the kettle held its temperature well and operated intuitively. What you can’t do is nudge the target by a degree or watch the current temperature climb — there is no display. One Reddit post that measured 198°F after a boil cycle is confounded by pouring into a cooler vessel, so treat it as transfer heat loss, not proof of miscalibration.

Long-term durability

The ownership record is unusually two-sided. Owners in r/tea and r/BuyItForLife report five, seven, ten and even fifteen years of service. At the same time, a long-running r/fixit thread contains multiple independent no-heat diagnoses — degraded mains-side capacitors, worn safety contacts — and owners report sticky lid releases, intermittent completion beeps and, in one 2025 case, a full kettle falsely signaling the low-water warning. Nobody has published a failure rate, so read these as recognizable aging points rather than a verdict. The 3-year warranty softens the early-failure risk, provided you buy from an authorized seller and keep proof of purchase.

Cleaning and care

Descaling is routine maintenance, and hard-water owners should plan on it regularly: the manual suggests a commercial descaler or enough white vinegar to cover the bottom by about half an inch, heated and rinsed. The scale filter lifts out but can clog and disturb the pour if neglected. Hand cleaning is fiddly because the opening is narrow and the water window collects scale. The stainless body runs hot in use — the handle is the only part meant for gripping.

Is it worth it?

Buy it below the hundred mark, where it regularly lands on sale; at that level the presets, capacity and 3-year warranty add up to a sensible package. Near its full list price the value is hard to defend against newer kettles with finer control, quieter alerts or all-metal water paths. And if your interest is pour-over coffee, spend the same budget on a temperature-controlled gooseneck instead. Check the store panel above for current prices.

Which model this is

The Cuisinart PerfecTemp Cordless Electric Kettle, model CPK-17P1, US 120 V stainless version; the Amazon listing is ASIN B003KYSLNQ. Manuals and owner posts often shorten it to CPK-17. The Canadian CPK-17C, the decorative Caskata-finish CPK-17P1CK and the simpler JK-17P1 are related but different models. Ignore seller pages claiming a gooseneck spout or a nonexistent 180°F preset — both are signs of careless listings.

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