strengths: making ice cream quick and to your own specs weaknesses: have to keep bowl in freezer, recipes included could be more extensive summary: for a family that enjoys their ice cream this
i love the ease of the product to make ice cream.
do allow plenty of time for the liner to freeze and time for the ice cream to finish in the freezer if you want it firmer than soft serve.
a little noisy, but it did make ice cream to perfection.
i bought this product to have at a baby shower to help make ice cream.
with regards to the product, it's sturdy construction has held up well to my wife's heavy usage and it's simple enough that even my 8 yr old daughter is making ice cream.
i recently purchased this product because i wanted to start making ice cream.
if you've never made home made ice cream, they take you through it step by step.
i am very impressed at how simple it is to make ice cream with this machine.it said it takes 20-40 mins to make but i used 2% milk instead of whole milk and it took a little longer.but who cares!
we used this freezer to make ice cream and it worked very well.
i found the product easy to use and was making ice cream in no time.
no more using ice & rock salt as i had to in my old electric freezer..the ice cream comes out "soft serve" so i put in a container & freeze in the freezer & it comes out perfect everytime!!!
it's best to leave the bucket in the freezer all the time so you are ready to make ice cream whenever you want.
i enjoyed making home made ice cream/yogurt with my granddaughter.
the top locks on very securely, it operates very quietly, and makes ice cream quick and deliscious.
the fact that i'm still giving it four stars though means that i thought it did a terrific job making ice cream, which is the most important thing anyway.
it does what i wanted it to do, i can make ice cream without pre-planning a day in advance.
this ice cream maker is small but big enough for 2 to 4 people....i did not find it any louder than an electric ice and salt one....i have to admit....i can make ice cream any time now....not having
for the fruit to evenly distribute through the batch (about 15 minutes or so!) it's so nice not to have to think about freezing the bowl or buying extra ice when the urge to make ice cream strikes.
i love that it doesn't need salted ice or hand stirring; making ice cream with this machine is fun, and easy enough for my five year old grandson to do.
it came out of the sprout just like soft serve ice cream.
for soft serve and ice cream cone lovers, this cuisinart mix-it-in soft serve machine is a fun and effective kitchen gadget with the novelty of three built-in topping dispensers.
it is real easy to use and does exactly what it is supposed to do--make soft serve ice cream with little or no fuss.
we've used it 3 times in the past 2 weeks and each time came out with great tasting soft serve ice cream.
it came out great--just like a soft serve machine, with those neat lines on the ice cream.
who knew that home made ice cream would taste one thousand times better than the stuff you buy in the store, even the really expensive brands.
i've made ice cream now three times in this new one, and all three times the motor stops churning before the ice cream gets to the soft serve phase.
you can make your own ice cream from scratch, but if you like soft-serve, then seek out your local mr.
my husband and my children made their first batch of the soft serve ice cream and loved the results.
soft serve never got hard enough to serve.
it's noisy and the soft serve is not vary soft.
it is also takes a lot of work just to get a samll amount of soft serve ice cream.
his pastry chef made ice cream using a commercial unit, then put the soft ice cream into a commercial blast freezer (blowing -20 degree air) to harden it.
i have only had this for a couple of days and it is the first time i make ice cream, but so far so gooooooooooooood!
of course, to be ready to make ice cream at a moment's notice, the freezable bowl needs to be kept frozen.
the first batch didn't freeze..i assumed it was because my bowl was only in the freezer for 8 hours....and the second and the third started to look like it might one day be soft serve..then it melted.
pros: makes ice cream, looks attractive
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