Review on 🍨 Lello Musso Pola 5030 Silver Dessert Maker - 2 Quart Capacity by Dushawn Walker

A little background about me: I'm an engineer and am currently looking to start an ice cream shop so I know a lot about ice cream and equipment. I purchased a Lello Musso Pola 5030 as an ice testing machine specifically used for testing small batches up to 2 quarts. I have an Emery Thompson CB-350 ($10,000) and a Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker ($399). The CB-350 is a full commercial ice maker that I use to make a lot of ice cream. I would use this machine to do test batches but it's too big. If I tried to stir in 1 liter or 2 liters of ice, the machine would freeze and make grinding noises because it freezes too quickly. the quality of my abrasive Thompson without spending more than $1500. I needed an ice cream maker that could freeze ice cream in less than 15-20 minutes and was commercial quality. Let me tell you, you won't find a commercial ice cream maker that freezes 2 liters of ice cream in under 20 minutes for under $1500 other than the Lello Musso Pola 5030. This machine is bigger than I expected. If you're serious about cooking at home or making ice cream for sale and don't want to spend more than $1,300, then this machine is for you. I have a Breville Smart Scoop machine and it's great for people who want to make ice cream for fun and don't really care about the texture of the ice cream. However, Breville takes at least 30 minutes to freeze just 1 liter of ice cream, if not it takes 35 minutes in most cases. Breville can only hold 1.5 liters. So if you prepare 1.5 liters of ice cream, it takes over 40 minutes. And the extra 20-25 minutes isn't just wasted time waiting for the ice beating to end. This means your ice cream will become very icy and the texture will be lost entirely. A 20-25 minute difference in ice cream freezing time is a big difference in the quality of your ice cream. The reason the ice cream in restaurants and ice cream parlors is so creamy is because of how quickly you freeze the ice cream. The faster you freeze it, the smaller the ice crystals will be. The longer the freezing lasts, the larger the ice crystals become. I was able to freeze ice cream in 10-15 minutes using 1 liter of ice cream. I run the machine on the compressor for 10-15 minutes to keep it as cold as possible and then turn on the paddles to stir and pour the ice cream. I know a lot of people complain about the bowl not being removable, but you guys really need to stop complaining about it. No commercial ice machine has a removable bowl. If you need an ice cream maker with a detachable bowl, then you don't mean business about making great ice cream. Detachable bowls mean there is a gap between the outside of the bowl and the freezer. Consequently, the bowl takes longer to cool and freeze because the layer of air acts as an insulator. Therefore there is no removable bowl. The bowl is built directly into the machine to freeze the bowl faster, allowing ice cream to be frozen in less than 20 minutes. In conclusion, if you are looking for a commercial quality ice maker under $1500 then this is the machine you are looking for. All other brands like Taylor and Emery Thompson start at $4000 and are about the same size (2-3 liters). Any ice machine that costs around $500 means that the quality of the ice is not the same as in restaurants or ice cream parlors. With this machine you can make ice cream with the same texture as in the ice cream shop.