25 MINUTE READ After nearly 3 months of extensive use, which has included using this machine to produce ice cream to sell at 2 food markets, I’ve found that the Lello 4080 Musso Lussino Ice Cream Maker, available from amazon*, produces incredible ice cream that is extremely smooth, dense, and creamy. It has a maximum capacity of 1000 ml (1.06 quart) of…
Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker – Review
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…
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…
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…
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…
I run a small-batch ice cream start-up based in Manchester, U.K.