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Kitchen & Housewares : Cuisinart 1-1/2-Quart Automatic Ice Cream Makers
Rating: 
- Takes longer than expected
I got this ice cream maker primarily to make sorbets and the occasional batch of ice cream. The item arrived well packed, accompanied by a very small instruction manual / recipe booklet combination.
To get a feel for the machine, I first froze the freezer bowl for 24 hours at zero degrees or less. My first attempt was a Quince sorbet from "The Sweet Life" cookbook. I pretty much followed the recipe instructions to the letter. I poured the chilled quince mixture into the frozen bowl with the machine running. 10 minutes passed. 20 minutes. 30 minutes. 40 minutes. My "sorbet" was just a frozen drink. Eventually, the freezer bowl defrosted and I had a lukewarm smoothie on my hands.
Thinking it was my ability to follow a recipe, I decided to try one of the recipes in the instruction manual. I tried the "basic vanilla". After about 20 minutes of churning, the ice cream started to firm up. But it never got past the soupy slush stage. So I waited some more...another 20 minutes. The ice cream was thicker but still a soupy mess. After freezing the concoction for 3 hours, it was fine, but more like frozen milk than ice cream.
Next, my wife stepped in and tried one of her recipes. Chocolate ice cream. Same results for her. A soupy half-frozen mess.
I have lost faith in this machine. I still think the best and most reliable way to make ice cream is with one of those old style churns. I just don't think this thing gets cold enough. My parents have a different model (anotehr brand) and theirs freezes the ice cream within 15 minutes every time.
Your mileage may vary, but I would be wary of this machine.
Rating:
- good so far
This is the first ice cream maker I have used. It is working well. The batches are pretty small (or maybe I just like ice cream too much).
Rating:
- Cuisinart ice cream maker
I purchased this ice cream maker for my daugher as a Christmas present. She has been thrilled by the quality of the ice cream maker. I was very happy with my purchase.
Rating: - Cuisinart ICE-20R 1-1/2 Quart REVIEW
I recommend this product because it does work and works well. It works best with heavy cream, but honestly, even then you end up with something between store-bought consistency and soft-serve, but it's reasonably firm soft-serve and the best part is adding your own ingredients. Great for the kids. Word to the wise, though, don't overfill the bowl, because if the cream starts to rise and curl over the edge of the bowl you can't shut the unit off to do damage control, because in no time at all the ice cream will freeze to the side of the bowl and then you won't be able to turn the unit back on! As I found out.
Rating: - cuisinart ICE-20R
Cuisinart ICE-20R 1-1/2-Quart Automatic Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt & Sorbet Maker, Red
Easy to use, good size, designed
a bit noisy in the kitchen and you need to think of making an ice-cream the day before.
- Takes longer than expectedI got this ice cream maker primarily to make sorbets and the occasional batch of ice cream. The item arrived well packed, accompanied by a very small instruction manual / recipe booklet combination.
To get a feel for the machine, I first froze the freezer bowl for 24 hours at zero degrees or less. My first attempt was a Quince sorbet from "The Sweet Life" cookbook. I pretty much followed the recipe instructions to the letter. I poured the chilled quince mixture into the frozen bowl with the machine running. 10 minutes passed. 20 minutes. 30 minutes. 40 minutes. My "sorbet" was just a frozen drink. Eventually, the freezer bowl defrosted and I had a lukewarm smoothie on my hands.
Thinking it was my ability to follow a recipe, I decided to try one of the recipes in the instruction manual. I tried the "basic vanilla". After about 20 minutes of churning, the ice cream started to firm up. But it never got past the soupy slush stage. So I waited some more...another 20 minutes. The ice cream was thicker but still a soupy mess. After freezing the concoction for 3 hours, it was fine, but more like frozen milk than ice cream.
Next, my wife stepped in and tried one of her recipes. Chocolate ice cream. Same results for her. A soupy half-frozen mess.
I have lost faith in this machine. I still think the best and most reliable way to make ice cream is with one of those old style churns. I just don't think this thing gets cold enough. My parents have a different model (anotehr brand) and theirs freezes the ice cream within 15 minutes every time.
Your mileage may vary, but I would be wary of this machine.
Rating:
- good so farThis is the first ice cream maker I have used. It is working well. The batches are pretty small (or maybe I just like ice cream too much).
Rating:
- Cuisinart ice cream makerI purchased this ice cream maker for my daugher as a Christmas present. She has been thrilled by the quality of the ice cream maker. I was very happy with my purchase.
Rating:
- Cuisinart ICE-20R 1-1/2 Quart REVIEWI recommend this product because it does work and works well. It works best with heavy cream, but honestly, even then you end up with something between store-bought consistency and soft-serve, but it's reasonably firm soft-serve and the best part is adding your own ingredients. Great for the kids. Word to the wise, though, don't overfill the bowl, because if the cream starts to rise and curl over the edge of the bowl you can't shut the unit off to do damage control, because in no time at all the ice cream will freeze to the side of the bowl and then you won't be able to turn the unit back on! As I found out.
Rating:
- cuisinart ICE-20RCuisinart ICE-20R 1-1/2-Quart Automatic Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt & Sorbet Maker, Red
Easy to use, good size, designed
a bit noisy in the kitchen and you need to think of making an ice-cream the day before.
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