D.L. Sturgill
This is my first ice cream maker I keep the bowl in the freezer so that it is always ready to use. This machine is real easy to use I just mix up my ice cream mix (I use the mixes that can be bought in a store any of these can be used as long as it doesn't make more than 1 1/2 quarts) then I pour the mix into the machine and in about 20 minutes I have a perfect soft serve ice cream my 4 year old son likes to drink it as a milk shake.
Makes great ice cream/sorbet
So far I've been very pleased with this ice cream maker. It doesn't make huge quantities, but the recipes have been very good and I've been very happy with its' performance. So far I've made strawberry sorbet, old fashioned orange ice cream, and chocolate malt ice cream. All of them have tasted great and the consistency has been sometimes better than what we've had at expensive restaurants! One word of caution; if you add ingredients to the machine that are too cold, the sides start to immediately freeze up and the mixing paddle then has trouble turning. Eventually the machine stops due to the freeze up. So as they say, "timing is everything"!
Compact and easy to use
Any ice cream maker will not produce firm ice cream immediately; all of them need to be put in the freezer if you like firm ice cream. This unit does a good job of producing good texture after additional freezing; others I've used the texture after the additional time was too hard or full of crystals. Ensuring the ingredients are well-chilled helps.
The ice cream is good immediately after making too. I've made a couple recipes from The Best Ice Cream Maker Cookbook Ever and they both came out quite well. One of them had one cup of chopped pecans, and adding them right at the end worked out just fine.
The unit is easy to clean and put together.
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