Can you winterize a Keurig coffee maker?

I found these instructions on http://www.fixya.com/support/t3381543-drain_keurig_b40_coffee_maker. YMMV (sorry, link builder is not working)

Here is a simple solution:

Pour all the water out of the reservoir and remove the filter if you have one.
Get a large cup for the largest setting you have.
Lie the reservoir on its side and take a piece of tape. A long piece and tape the reservoir up all the way. (DONT PRESS THE TAPE SO HARD THAT YOU CANNOT PULL OFF. JUST TO HOLD UP THE DISK)
Put the reservoir back on the light will stop blinking.
Put a glass underneath the whole and press the larges setting you have. The water will brew. After it is complete the motor pump will continue to try and pull water.
So Turn OFF the Keurig and your internal tank is empty.
Reach in and pull the tape off and you are done.

Simple solution is kaled a kettle use it on stove or over fier to drain tip it op.
Frank.

You know,,, Considering the size of a KEURIG coffee maker, and the improtance of Coffee (There is no life before Coffee) it would seem to me there is a very very very very easy way to winterize.

Transfer to kitchen in house and ... MAKE COFFEE.

Slownsy wrote:
Simple solution is kaled a kettle use it on stove or over fier to drain tip it op.
Frank.

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SkiingSixPack wrote:
The vodka idea intrigued me, so I did a little searching .... I didn't find anything about using alcohol (or the pink stuff) in the tank. But I did find this ... Many of these look pretty good :)

I love Chai Tea ... but that Chai Coffee sounds interesting .. will have to show this website to my daughter ...

I have left my Keurig, un-winterized, in my trailer for three winters with no problems. The coldest temp it has experienced is 4 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bruce

Slownsy wrote:
Simple solution is kaled a kettle use it on stove or over fier to drain tip it op.
Frank.

Not so simple to understand what you're saying, though.

Bruce

nomad297 wrote:

Slownsy wrote:
Simple solution is kaled a kettle use it on stove or over fier to drain tip it op.
Frank.

Not so simple to understand what you're saying, though.

Bruce

He said 'Simple solution is called a kettle. Use it on stove or over a fire. To drain, tip it up.'

That was DW's answer too, even though she loves her Keurig at home.

There is -one- model of Keurig that allows you to drain the internal water tank. The K140. There is a knob on the back that you switch to "drain", then punch the button for brewing, and it will empty the internal tank.

Well, it does work. The Keurig was in temperatures in the mid-teens for a few weeks, and still works.

We leave our Keurig in freezing temps in the RV. How I do it is start the coffee pot to make the largest cup. I immediately pull the water tank off so no additional water goes into the tank. I have tried shaking the pot after and can hear no water and if there is some, it is a small amount and has room to expand. The secret is to pull the water before it starts filling the inner tank. You have to start the cup first because if you pull the tank too fast it just reads water low.