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Be Creative
I read the reviews, and yes, you get what you pay for. This is a great price, but you must make your own recipes. The simple chocolate recipe is horrible, waaay to much cream (causes tummy ache). So if you have the time to 'experiment' in the kitchen, it is a cool product. My advice: freeze the bowl like everyone says but also, you MUST refrigerate your mix as well before you pour it in. Also, there is only a short window from when your ice cream dispenses properly 30-40mins, then it's hard, then it starts to melt! Overall, I'd rather pay Mr. Softee $2.
[Monday, September 29, 2008]
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Great Machine
Great machine for the price. Works great as long as you follow the directions. I tried to make back to back batches, but that wouldn't work, so the basin is only good for one batch of ice cream at a time without refreezing for twelve more hours. But overall, a very good machine for the price.
[Saturday, September 20, 2008]
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Very kid friendly. Enjoyable to use. Easy cleanup.
Hi,
I received this as a gift. Started out with the vanilla ice cream recipe. Followed it exactly. Tasted wonderful. Our kids had fun mixing the ingredients and waiting for the soft serve to be ready. I agree with the other posters that it takes longer than 15 minutes. Was worried at 15 minutes that something was wrong. Having used the machine now, I would say about 25 minutes gets the ice cream ready. If the ice cream is runny. Wait. It is ready when the ice cream comes out thick and long.
We keep the bowl for the ice cream maker in the freezer so that it is ready at any time.
Cleanup is very easy. A little soap and water for the plastic parts. I just rinse the bowl out with water and put it straight back into the freezer. Paper towels will stick to the inside (cold) if you try drying it that way.....
We made the lemon sorbet today. We made the sugar water solution the previous day so that it could cool in the fridge. Today, the kids squeezed the lemons and the sorbet came out great.
It seems that most of the negative reviews are for a few constant reasons. One...No the ice cream maker does not mix the ingredients for you. All it does is mix the ice cream mixture into ice cream. No different than a rock salt ice cream maker. But the Cuisinart is much easier.
Two..."My home freezer doesnt get my bowl cold enough." I have a few thoughts. First. Maybe you need to put a thermometer in your freezer and see how cold it is. If your freezer is above 10 degrees, you should turn the temp down. A regular freezer should be around 5 degrees to 0 or below. I am talking about like a Sears freezer, not some special freezer.
I could see where the top freezer on a fridge might have trouble holding that temp if it is opened often. We use our standup freezer in the basement. Also, if your ice cream comes out runny, maybe you have not waited long enough. It takes about 25 minutes for me.
On a side note. This ice cream maker produces a good amount of ice cream. It serves about 8 people. We are talking about whole cream and sugar here. You really shouldnt make the servings huge if you want to enjoy the Cuisinart often.
Again, we like the machine. Clean up is a breeze. I mean, you are cleaning up ice cream...not very hard to do. Enjoy.
[Friday, August 08, 2008]
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