User Manual Cuisinart DCG-20BKN Coffee Makers

Don't know. But since it isn't for food storage and the blade is metal, I don't believe such brief contact (seconds) with its plastic parts would transfer an unhealthy amount of BPA (if it contains any at all).

Bowl does not come out. I clean with a moist paper towel about once a month. I just keep the lid on so that foreign matter does not collect in the bowl.