What’s the deal with coffee urns nowadays? At my previous job we had Bunn coffee makers. No problem with the urns. I used a Gemco (remember them?) urn or a Braun espresso mini-urn at home. No problem with those.
A friend has a Black & Decker coffee maker. You have to pour the water into it very slowly, lest it start dribbling. The cofee maker at my current job does the same thing. I bought a different B&D coffee maker from my friend’s, which has a different shape to the urn. Pour too fast, and the water winds up on the floor or the coffee winds up on the counter. My coffee maker is a few months old. My friend’s is probably more than a decade old.
Just correcting your terminology. What you call the urn is called teh carafe.
And I share your concern. My parents own a cooking store, and I have noticed the same thing. I have not heard a good reason as to why they do this, but I have noticed it on many brands. You have to pour very slowly to avoid a spill. I have noticed it more on the cylindrical carafes moreso than the ball shaped carafes that have a more tapered top. It could be that the cylindrical ones yield a higher capacity, but sacrificing the good spout.
I just showed this thread to Mrs. Rick and she reminded me that we also had a Kitchen Aid ($80) that dribbled, and I bought a Westinghouse ($20) for my office that did not dribble.