Review on Cuisinart ICE 30BC Indulgence 2 Quart Automatic by George Evans

This is a very good ice maker in its class (home use, freezer). I had the 1 1/2 quart Cusinart model and loved it. Then someone at my house put the drum in the dishwasher and I found out trying to make a batch of ice cream that didn't freeze. With the 1 1/2 liter model, I've always reduced recipes or hovered over ice cream when hit with a spoon and stole ice cream with full spoons as it threatened to overfill the ice cream maker because I overfilled it (didn't that I would have overfilled them). really pay attention). For these reasons I like the 2 liter size. If you have never owned this type of ice cream maker, here is an overview. Ice cream consists of two main parts. There is a spatula and a drum, it is also a freezing bowl. The night before (or before) you make ice cream, place a clean freezer bowl in the coldest part of the freezer overnight. This is necessary so that the bowl freezes without splashing. This drum cools ice. When you are ready to make ice cream, place the frozen freezer bowl in the base of the ice cream maker, insert and slide the spatula onto the top, start the machine, then pour your cold (repeat COLD) ice cream mixture into the Freeze bowl while it flows. The cold of the freezer bowl cools the ice cream mixture, the spatula scrapes the sides of the freezer bowl as it rotates, scraping the frozen ice cream including it back into the ice cream mixture and forcing air into the mixture. Run the machine for 20 minutes. Give it a climax every now and then because the scanned ice never freezes ;). When this is done you will hear the engine running a little more due to the thickness of the ice, the ice has a soft consistency and is ready for its adventure with the machine to end. From here you can eat it as soft serve or transfer the ice cream to a freezer safe container and freeze it for a few hours. Allow the freezer bowl to warm up a little, then hand wash with warm, soapy water and a soft sponge or cloth. The negative comments people leave are mainly because they don't understand how this machine works or they expected something different. , or both. Yes, you should freeze the bowl overnight - that's how this type of ice cream maker chills ice cream. There is no cooling unit. If you want that, then pay 5 times more for another type of car. No, this machine does not produce hard ice cream - it produces a soft serving consistency because it whips and hard ice cream cannot be whipped. AND YOU MUST CLEAN THE FREEZER MANUALLY. There's no problem "making it look as good" as sneaking pots and pans into the dishwasher, although you shouldn't — the heat from the dishwasher will break down the freezing liquid in the bowl, and the bowl will never freeze. make ice cream again. You'll know that a well-meaning relative put your bowl in the dishwasher when the bowl still sounds dirty even though it's been frozen for several days. The bowl wasn't cold enough. Or the freezer bowl was broken. Ice cream from it will not turn out immediately, it will become soft. The comments are true, but that's how this machine works. I'm a freezer) I sit on the counter for 15 minutes until they're scooped up. My suggestions: 1. Use more fat in your recipe, 2. Whip it up more while the machine is running, 3. Know that most commercial ice creams have a lot of so-called "overhead" which is basically taken air is ice. Cream. You may find that the same amount of ice cream from two different brands weighs differently. Ultra-premium brands like Häagen Daaz incur little overhead compared to most grocery brands, for example. Lower quality ice cream also contains thickeners and stabilizers that hold the ice cream together but prevent it from setting. Have you ever left a bowl of ice cream on the counter overnight and the next day it was a little defrosted but basically the same shape? These are stabilizers. All of this makes commercial ice cream soft and easy to take even when frozen. Note that higher quality ice cream, like the one you make, will naturally harden when frozen, so may require a sturdy ice cream scoop and maybe a little muscle to scoop. With properly made ice cream (fat enough, whipped enough), I've never made a batch too heavy to scoop straight from the freezer. In short, this machine works great and makes quality ice cream. I am very happy with it.