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Classic Ice Cream Maker makes 6 delicious quarts of homemade good stuff. YOU SAVE BIG! Make dee-licious ice cream, sherbet, frozen yogurt and other frozen confections right at home, just the way you like it! Select manual cranking (in remote outdoor locations) or plug-in electric power to make traditional family fun effortless. Classic pine bucket with carry handle makes up to 6 quarts of ice cream or sherbet (personalize with candy or fruit for flavor); Crank handle for manual operation (the ha...
This Ice Cream Machines give to us some advantages, like this :
1. Nothing classic about it.
My wife bought this to replace a 1950's model hand-crank machine that we have been using about 5 or 6 times a year since we met, which was 13 years ago. It was given to me and I don't know how much it was used before that but I suspect quite a lot. The tub is made out of fiberglass, the cylinder stainless steel, the crank from steel and a rugged alloy of aluminum. The dash is made of wood and aluminum. We always make the same ice cream each time, mint chocolate chip. It always turns out very well. But it is showing some wear now, as you would expect a 60 year old machine to, even though we used it 4th of July this year (2009) and it worked just fine. We got this one because it had the hand-crank option, and the key as far as I'm concerned to making good ice cream is the option to crank it until it almost can't crank anymore. Lets be real, it isn't less expensive to make your own ice cream (like the description on this machine says); it costs between 15 and 20 dollars to make a modest...
2. Poorly made!
We were excited about the thought of an electric machine that could double as a hand-crank if electric isn't available. However, on the 3rd time making ice cream, the motor made noise, but didn't turn the paddle. So we switched to the hand-crank. There are too many plastic parts on the hand crank, so as the ice cream thickened, the crank started breaking. The ice cream was still very, very soft, but it just wouldn't crank anymore.
I called the company and they agreed that they had received some bad motors but were expecting new ones in that week or so. They also admitted that the plastic parts were a bad design, and they would be changing that in the future. I asked if they would send me a new crank as well. I waited a month and still no sign of it or call. I repeated to call them every couple of weeks, but after 4 calls I gave up and sent it back for a refund because the year warranty was about to run out.
I would not recommend this product at all.
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Frosty
This ice cream maker is well made for the price and it is much quieter than my older unit with the plastic ice bucket. The ice cream is more firm when it is done than with some of the other makers I have used. It makes enough ice cream for the neighborhood at one time. I also like having the option to use either the electric motor or the hand crank.
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