34 MINUTE READ After more than 2 months of extensive testing, I’ve found that the Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker, available from amazon*, produces excellent ice cream that is extremely smooth, dense, and creamy. In a taste test, I found that it produced ice cream that was smoother than that produced by both the Whynter ICM-200LS* and the…
Cuisinart ICE-100 vs Breville BCI600XL vs Whynter ICM-200LS
The Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker, Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker, and the Whynter ICM-200LS Stainless Steel Ice Cream Maker, are three domestic ice cream makers with self-refrigerating compressors and are available from amazon. All three make excellent ice cream that is extremely smooth, dense, and creamy, but each has its drawbacks. This will…
Whynter ICM-200LS Stainless Steel Ice Cream Maker – Review
The Whynter ICM-200LS Stainless Steel Ice Cream Maker, available from amazon, is a 2.1 quart domestic ice cream maker with a self-refrigerating compressor. It has an impressive 1400 ml (1.48 quarts) maximum capacity, producing about 1600 ml (1.69 quarts) of ice cream with 14% overrun, an optimum capacity of 1000 ml (1.06 quarts), producing about 1100 ml…
Lello 4080 Musso Lussino Ice Cream Maker – Review
The Lello 4080 Musso Lussino Ice Cream Maker, available from amazon, is a domestic batch ice cream maker with an in-built compressor. It has a somewhat small 1.5 quart capacity bowl and at $699.00 isn’t cheap. It does, however, make exceptionally smooth, creamy, and dense ice cream. I’d also recommend having a look at the following…
Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker – Review
The Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker, available from amazon, is a 1.5 quart domestic ice cream maker with a self-refrigerating compressor. It has an optimum capacity of 700 ml (0.74 quarts), producing about 900 ml (0.95 quarts) of ice cream with about 29% overrun, and produces excellent ice cream that is extremely smooth, dense, and creamy. This…
Lello Musso Pola 5030 Dessert Maker – Review
The Lello Musso Pola 5030, available from amazon, is a domestic batch ice cream maker with a powerful in-built compressor. It has an impressive 2 quart freezer bowl, the shortest residence times of any domestic machine I’ve tried, and makes exceptional ice cream that is dense, smooth, and creamy. It is, however, by no means perfect….
RECOMMENDED READING
Here is a quick list of some of the books I use and would recommend. I’ll keep adding to this as I find new books. 1. www.journalofdairyscience.org – An excellent, and free, journal packed with the science behind ice cream production. 2. Ice Cream (2013) by Douglas Goff and Richard W Hartel. This is, in my…
IKA C-MAG HS 7 Magnetic Stirrer
After a LOT of trial and error, I finally figured out how to adapt this device for ice cream making! Here is my first IKA C-MAG HS 7 Digital in action. 🙂 Protein found in milk and cream plays a significant role in giving ice cream a smooth and creamy texture. Flores and Goff (1999) demonstrated…
Cuisinart ICE-30 Ice Cream Maker – Review
The Cuisinart ICE-30BC Ice Cream Maker, available from amazon, is a domestic ice cream maker with a 2 quart double-insulated freezer bowl that must be frozen before it can be used. It has a maximum capacity of 1200 ml (1.27 quarts) of mix, producing about 1370 ml (1.4 quarts) of extremely smooth, dense, and creamy ice…
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