Best coffee maker under $50

[Silencio]

I'm with JaveMan on this one.

A good carafe goes a long way too:
http://www.amazon.com/Copco-Thermal-Capacity-Brushed-Stainless/dp/B000EN8DMU/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1344952248&sr=8-10&keywords=coffee+carafe
(I've never used this one, I picked up a couple from Ikea for around $10/ea)

I picked up this grinder at Costco a few years ago for about $25:
http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-DBM-8-Supreme-Automatic-CCM-16PC1/dp/B00018RRRK/ref=sr_1_7?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1344952387&sr=1-7&keywords=coffee+grinder

For around $50-60 you'll have an excellent coffee maker.

 

[CigarJedi]

Lots of good advice already here, but just to add my $.02 -
- I would stay away from Mr. Coffee. I've had one and the cups yielded are just average. I wouldn't get the Food Network one. It's probably a rebranded coffeemaker, so you don't know what you're getting, right?

- The DeLonghi has good reviews on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-DCF2212T-12-Cup-Carafe-Coffee/dp/B003TOAM98/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345462873&sr=8-1&keywords=DeLonghi+12-Cup+Coffee+Maker

- A fellow coffee nerd friend got a Gevalia that was pretty affordable and he used it for years.

- I'm a firm believer that if you treat coffee right, you can get a pretty good cup of a inexpensive coffee maker. Decent quality coffee, good storage, use whole beans that you grind right before brewing, putting the coffee in a carafe afterwards so the coffee doesn't slowly burn on the burner all go a long way.