My urn says to use drip grind and my instructions say do not use drip grind. Which should I follow?

Your model sounds like the West Bend 59055 - Large Coffee Urn, 60 Cup.
The User Manual for your coffer urn can be found here:

http://www.westbend.com/supportdata/L5613B_LargeCapacityUrns-All.pdf

Instruction for making coffee can be found on page 5. For 55 cups is would take 3 1/4 cups of coffee.

Use an electric perc or regular grind coffee; if you grind your own this should be a medium to coarse grind.

Do not use 'drip' or finely ground coffee as this could plug the drain holes in the basket and cause the urn to flood.

The Instruction Manual for the West Bend Coffeemaker can be found here:

http://www.westbend.com/supportdata/L5590A_Coffeemakers_ALL.pdf

See page 4 for amount of coffee to use.

Water Level Amount of Ground Coffee

Water Level Amount of Ground Coffee

42 Cups 2 ½ Cups

36 Cups 2 Cups

30 Cups 1 ¾ Cups

28 Cups 1 2/3 Cups

24 Cups 1 ½ Cups

22 Cups 1 ½ Cups

18 Cups 1 ¼ Cups

12 Cups 1 Cup



Use electric perk grind coffeeror coofee ground for all coffeemakers. Do not use drip or finely ground coffee.

20 cups of coffee needs 2 cups of coffee grounds
30 cups of coffee needs 2 1/2 cups if grounds
40 cups of coffee needs 3 cups of grounds
45 cups of coffee needs 3 1/2 cups of grounds

1 cup brewed coffee = 5 fluid ounces
* use standard measuring cups

Did you try Melitta website?

You can use of about 7 to 9 gr per cup of 150 cc

I have the same urn and had the same problem.

There are 3 common causes of lost perk that can be dealt with at home, and cause about 1/2 of the failures with these urns. They are very common when the pots are used rarely or carelessly cleaned after use, and when coffee is ground too fine for perc (drip grind is too fine for perc). As long as the pot is still heating, check these three things:
1) Clean the _inside_ of the hollow stem )that holds the basket and moves the water from the bottom of the pot to the top), to remove all grounds. You should be able to see clearly through it.
2) At the bottom of this stem there is a very small cup that has little holes in it and fits into the little well at the bottom of the pot. Make sure these are completely clear.
3) Scour out the little well so all residue/ grounds are removed and the little cup fits perfectly into the well.

It is the perfect fit of the two that allows the perc-ing cycle to occur.

If the pot is not heating, or these cleaning measures do not work, a local electric repair shop can probably do the repair for about 1/2 the cost of a new urn.

I have the Regal 10 to 30 cup model K7030C.
Instructions read as follows:
CUPS COFFEE
(5-oz serving) ( 8-oz dry measure)

10 ........................2/3 Cup
20.........................1 1/4 Cups
30.........................1 3/4 Cups

Hope this helps

If you have the L1350/155C, the manual states 1-1/4 cups coffee for 12 (5 oz) cups, for 30 cups use 3 cups coffee using standard measuring cups. Take the stem & filter out when the coffee has finished brewing so the bitter oils do not get into the coffee.

We use 'em every sunday at church - 1/2 cup grounds for every 10 cups water. Allowances: finer coffees will use less grounds, and the more you are making, the fewer grounds you need ( or vice versa- the less you are making, you may need to increase grounds a bit, as perk time will be shorter